VEIR pilot transmission lines
In DevelopmentAnnounced Nov 2022
- Location
- Woburn, Massachusetts (HQ), United States
- Application
- Overhead & underground transmission
- Rating
- Up to 400 MW (initial products)
- Chemistry
- REBCO
- Developer
- VEIR
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SuperRail – Paris Montparnasse
Under ConstructionAnnounced Jun 2022
- Location
- Paris (Montparnasse station), France
- Application
- Railway power supply
- Rating
- 1,500 V DC / 3,500 A (5.3 MW per cable)
- Developer
- SNCF Réseau
Shanghai Xuhui 35 kV cable
OperationalCommissioned Dec 2021
- Location
- Shanghai (Xuhui District), China
- Application
- Urban grid cable
- Length
- 1.2 km
- Rating
- 35 kV / 2,200 A
- Chemistry
- REBCO
- Developer
- State Grid Shanghai
ComEd Resilient Electric Grid (REG)
OperationalCommissioned Aug 2021
- Location
- Chicago (Northwest substation), United States
- Application
- Grid resilience cable
- Length
- 200 m
- Rating
- 12 kV / 3 kA (62 MVA)
- Chemistry
- REBCO
- Developer
- Commonwealth Edison (ComEd)
SuperLink
In DevelopmentAnnounced 2020
- Location
- Munich, Germany
- Application
- Grid transmission cable (110 kV network)
- Length
- 12 km (planned)
- Rating
- 110 kV / 500 MVA
- Chemistry
- REBCO
- Developer
- Stadtwerke München
St Petersburg HTS DC line
Operational (pilot)Announced Apr 2020
- Location
- St Petersburg, Russia
- Application
- DC grid transmission
- Length
- 2.5 km
- Rating
- 20 kV DC / 50 MW
- Chemistry
- Bi-2223/Ag
- Developer
- Rosseti
KEPCO Shingal–Heungdeok line
OperationalCommissioned Jul 2019
- Location
- Yongin, Gyeonggi, South Korea
- Application
- Grid distribution cable
- Length
- 1 km
- Rating
- 23 kV / 50 MVA
- Chemistry
- REBCO and BSCCO
- Developer
- KEPCO
HL-LHC Superconducting Links
Under ConstructionAnnounced 2016
- Location
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Application
- Accelerator magnet power transfer
- Length
- ~140 m per link
- Rating
- 120 kA DC (19-cable bundle)
- Chemistry
- MgB2
- Developer
- CERN
Shenzhen Ping'an concentric cable
OperationalCommissioned Sep 2021
- Location
- Shenzhen, China
- Application
- Urban grid cable (CBD supply)
- Length
- 400 m
- Rating
- 10 kV / 2,500 A (43 MVA)
- Chemistry
- REBCO
- Developer
- China Southern Power Grid (Shenzhen Power Supply)
Ishikari DC cable project
ConcludedCommissioned May 2015
- Location
- Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan
- Application
- DC cable demonstration (solar-to-data-centre link)
- Length
- 1 km (Line 2), 500 m (Line 1)
- Rating
- 10 kV DC / 5 kA (Line 1), 2.5 kA (Line 2)
- Chemistry
- DI-BSCCO (Bi-2223)
- Developer
- Chiyoda Corporation and Chubu University (with Sumitomo Electric, Sakura Internet)
Yokohama demonstration
ConcludedCommissioned Oct 2012
- Location
- Yokohama, Japan
- Application
- Grid cable demonstration
- Length
- 240 m
- Rating
- 66 kV / 200 MVA
- Chemistry
- BSCCO-2223 (DI-BSCCO)
- Developer
- TEPCO
AmpaCity
ConcludedCommissioned Apr 2014
- Location
- Essen, Germany
- Application
- Urban grid cable + fault current limiter
- Length
- 1 km
- Rating
- 10 kV / 2,300 A (40 MVA)
- Chemistry
- BSCCO-2223
- Developer
- RWE / Westnetz
LIPA Holbrook
OperationalCommissioned Apr 2008
- Location
- Holbrook, Long Island, New York, United States
- Application
- Grid transmission cable
- Length
- 600 m
- Rating
- 138 kV / 574 MVA
- Chemistry
- BSCCO-2223
- Developer
- Long Island Power Authority
Project HYDRA (Con Edison)
ConcludedAnnounced 2007
- Location
- New York City (prototype tested at Oak Ridge National Laboratory), United States
- Application
- Fault-current-limiting grid cable
- Length
- 170 m (Phase 2), 25 m (prototype)
- Rating
- 13.8 kV / 4 kA (96 MVA)
- Chemistry
- REBCO (2G HTS)
- Developer
- American Superconductor with Consolidated Edison (US Department of Homeland Security funded)
Albany HTS cable
ConcludedCommissioned Jul 2006
- Location
- Albany, New York, United States
- Application
- Grid cable demonstration
- Length
- 350 m
- Rating
- 34.5 kV / 800 A
- Chemistry
- BSCCO-2223 (30 m REBCO section from 2008)
- Developer
- National Grid / Niagara Mohawk
Southwire Carrollton
ConcludedCommissioned Feb 2000
- Location
- Carrollton, Georgia, United States
- Application
- Industrial plant feed
- Length
- 30 m
- Rating
- 12.4 kV / 1,250 A
- Chemistry
- BSCCO-2223
- Developer
- Southwire