§13477 High-temperature Superconductivity Program

Summary

The Secretary must run a five-year program on high-temperature superconducting electric power equipment. The program focuses first on making superconducting materials that can carry more electric current. It also covers making prototype power equipment (like motors, generators, transmission lines, transformers, and magnetic energy storage), improving material performance at higher temperatures and in different magnetic fields, building wire-based prototypes that work at the highest possible temperatures with cryogenic cooling (for example, nitrogen), helping industry design cheaper, more efficient power systems, and making prototypes useful for both commercial and defense needs. The Secretary should also speed up partnerships among the Department of Energy, federal agencies, labs, industry, and universities using existing DOE agreement tools. There is $21,900,000 authorized for fiscal year 1993 for this program, and whatever amounts are needed for later years, to come from funds authorized under section 13471(c) of this title.