Superconductivity for the energy storage industry

How big is the super-conducting power storage market?

The market for super-conducting power storage is forecasted to reach $100 million by 2025. Current leads: HTS current leads represent the first large-scale application of high-temperature superconductivity.

What are superconductor materials?

Thus, the number of publications focusing on this topic keeps increasing with the rise of projects and funding. Superconductor materials are being envisaged for Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES). It is among the most important energy storage systems particularly used in applications allowing to give stability to the electrical grids.

What are the applications of superconducting power?

Some application scenarios such as superconducting electric power cables and superconducting maglev trains for big cities, superconducting power station connected to renewable energy network, and liquid hydrogen or LNG cooled electric power generation/transmission/storage system at ports or power plants may achieve commercialization in the future.

What is superconductivity (SMEs) in Japan?

Currently, a number of these units are operational in Japan. Through SMES, superconductivity provides an alternative to store magnetic energy and power an electrical circuit without energy conversion. These SMES have become a realizable device thanks to approved advancements in superconducting materials and cryogenics.

How to design a superconducting system?

The first step is to design a system so that the volume density of stored energy is maximum. A configuration for which the magnetic field inside the system is at all points as close as possible to its maximum value is then required. This value will be determined by the currents circulating in the superconducting materials.

Are superconducting magnets the future of electrical equipment?

However, with recent develop-ment in superconducting electrical equipment (e.g., transform-ers, generators, motors, fault current limiters, power storage, current leads and cable), by 2025 the superconducting magnets will capture only 77% of the total market while superconducting