Comments on: Iron Superconductor Could Solve Key Offshore Wind Power Puzzle http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/14/brookhaven-lab-makes-low-cost-superconductor-for-offshorewind-turbines/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Offshore Wind Industry Will Become €130 Billion Annual Market By 2020 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/14/brookhaven-lab-makes-low-cost-superconductor-for-offshorewind-turbines/#comment-160911 Wed, 08 May 2013 15:08:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47156#comment-160911 […] this scenario turbines will get bigger and more powerful, boosting overall project output. The report predicts the average offshore wind farm size will jump […]

]]> By: catherinalucy http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/14/brookhaven-lab-makes-low-cost-superconductor-for-offshorewind-turbines/#comment-151374 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:13:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47156#comment-151374 Administration’s
Energy Innovation Hub program, will also be exploring the development
of substitute materials as well as new manufacturing and resource
recovery strategies.
http://www.resumetemplate.org

]]> By: Bill_Woods http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/14/brookhaven-lab-makes-low-cost-superconductor-for-offshorewind-turbines/#comment-147081 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 06:41:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47156#comment-147081 “… That critical temperature threshold rose 30 percent over the same
compound made without this layering process—still a very cold -253
degrees Celsius, but it promises significant application potential.”

-253° C (20 K) is very cold indeed. Well below the -196° C (77 K) at which liquid nitrogen boils, which means keeping it refrigerated would be very expensive.

]]> By: Dill Weed http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/14/brookhaven-lab-makes-low-cost-superconductor-for-offshorewind-turbines/#comment-147055 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:53:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47156#comment-147055 I am pro green energy and cheer the efforts of the EU, led by Germany, China, and others. I am part of the chior, period.

What did Qiang Li mean when he said “has significant applications”? Did he mean as a way to increase electical conduction for wind farms?
The article states the material superconducts at -253 C. OK, fair enough. But to reach the conclusion that this is going to increase the electrical conduction capacity of wind farms is “not one small step for man”. It is beyond reaching to assert this as the headline does.
This needs to be admitted and corrected and left up for readers to see. Over reaching by this far damages crediblity.

]]> By: Robert Bernal http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/14/brookhaven-lab-makes-low-cost-superconductor-for-offshorewind-turbines/#comment-147052 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:18:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47156#comment-147052 How do you keep a cable COOLED to near absolute zero… indefinitely. Seems that would be a major energy tax that would out cost that of extracting the extra material needed to just go conventional. (Imagine putting miniature cryogenic equipment and its supporting wiring alongside a wire inside a vacuum tube, thousands of miles long, lol).
However…
Hope Obama does his job and gets America back to strategic mining!

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