ComEd to install world’s largest superconductor cable

wirecableSeptember 22, 2014June 23, 2015

September 22, 2014June 23, 2015

July 29, 2014 When it comes to resiliency, utilities are taking many different paths. Some are raising substations to protect them from flooding. Others are replacing wood utility poles with metal ones, and others still are investing in state-of-the-art software and hardware that allows the grid to automatically isolate faults.......

First Superconductor Cable Energized in Korea’s Power Grid

wirecableNovember 17, 2011December 27, 2011

November 17, 2011December 27, 2011

28 September, 2011 Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), LS Cable & System and American Superconductor Corporation announced that the world’s longest distribution-voltage superconductor cable system has been energized at the I’cheon substation located near the city of Seoul. Powered by AMSC’s Amperium(TM) superconductor wire and installed in Korea Electric Power......

AMSC supplies superconductor wire for power substation in China

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May 25, 2011May 25, 2011

American Superconductor Corp (AMSC), a US based power technologies company, said that its high temperature superconductor wire is being used in an electrical substation in China. Located in the city of Baiyin in the Gansu province of China, the substation was built by the Institute of Electrical Engineering, China Academy of Science (IEE CAS). The......