Devens-based AMSC said it will sell high-temperature superconductor (HTS) wire to Nexans, a French provider of cables and cabling systems. Nexans will use the wire as part of a type of surge protector for a project designed to replace high-voltage equipment in inner cities with superconductor systems.
Medium voltage superconductor systems provide a unique alternative to conventional high-voltage installations, AMSC said in an announcement.
The Nexans project, called a superconductor fault current limiter (SFCL), will provide overload protection to a superconductor cable, lowering fault current levels, and allowing safe and reliable interconnection to the grid, AMSC said. The SFCL will employ AMSC’s Amperium superconductor wire.
“This order is further evidence of our belief that superconductor FCLs (fault current limiters) will be one of the key elements to be deployed as utilities continue to upgrade their networks,” Kerry Farrell, an AMSC spokesperson, said in an email.
The value of the deal was not disclosed.
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