BEST PATHS

EU #FP7 project BEST PATHS will overcome the challenges of integrating #renewables into Europe´s #energy mix

[Frédé·lect·ric Lesur ⚡️ @FredericLesur]

📰 So proud to have contributed with @RTE_France & @Nexans_ teams to this unique @BestPaths_EU Project🇪🇺 from the genesis to full-size validation⚡️. #Superconducting cable transmitting #HVDC 3.2 GW. 🙏@CERN @ASGsconductors @IASS_Potsdam @ESPCI_Paris ++
▶️ https://t.co/lb7MxJGZAk

[Frédé·lect·ric Lesur ⚡️ @FredericLesur]

✅ Work on an exciting 🇪🇺 @BestPaths_EU project
✅ Present world 1st results at #Bruxelles
✅ Create #PintOfScience Special Ed. #TrivialPursuit
✅ Meet #3DPrinting talented @PintOfScienceBE team
✅ Win unique tokens
✅ Move to @PintOfScienceFR #Beauvais for my 2nd talk
♥️#Pint19

[Frédé·lect·ric Lesur ⚡️ @FredericLesur]

Great opportunity to discuss the compactness (system + trench) of #superconducting #cables amongst the available applications of #superconductivity. ⚡️@BestPaths_EU Demo validated as a #HVDC 320 kV class system, even for 10 kA conductor (3.2 GW). 🧠🍻 #Pint19 #Pint19BE 🇧🇪

[Greenovate! Europe @GreenovateEU]

Very thin #superconducting cables could transmit the equivalent #energy of 3 nuclear plants. A solution for the future electricity motorways?

Great to see @FredericLesur explaining the results of our @BestPaths_eu project at #pint19BE 🔥⚡️

[Frédé·lect·ric Lesur ⚡️ @FredericLesur]

Here is how #Google #Translate interprets "overhead line bare conductors" from 🇫🇷 to 🇬🇧 = naked airline pilots 👨🏻‍✈️😂. For electrotechnical #vocabulary, definitely prefer Electropedia, offered by @IECStandards.
▶️ https://t.co/KysUTi8brF

[Greenovate! Europe @GreenovateEU]

Even though @BestPaths_eu project ended several months ago, @Nexans_ @FredericLesur presented results on supraconducting cables to the general public at #ILoveScienceFestival this weekend in #brussels for @pintofscienceBE. Students and families were equally hooked! @FP7_Projects

[TchoMallow @TchoMallow]

@DelphineDgn @pintofscienceFR @FredericLesur @villedebeauvais ❔5 - Quel est la T° critique du supraconducteur MgB2 (diboride de Magnésium) ?
💡Réponse : 39K = -234°C !
MgB2 est utilisé dans des cables supraconducteurs.
Il y aura un démonstrateur @BestPaths_eu à cette soirée :
https://t.co/BwjAHyhql2

#pint19 #défi par @FredericLesur

[Frédé·lect·ric Lesur ⚡️ @FredericLesur]

And #superconductors have been commercially operated since 2006 in distribution grids (≈ 12 kV), and 2008 in transmission grids (138 kV). ⚡️🔌 A step made possible by the #HTS tapes. But @CERN and @BestPaths_EU showed the huge potential of #MgB2 wires.
https://t.co/GopNwuS3op

[Frédé·lect·ric Lesur ⚡️ @FredericLesur]

My #TrivialPursuit #PintOfScience Edition 🎲
❓5 (Science & Nature) = 39 K = -234°C!
@Jeannot91 champion👏🏻.
MgB2 is used in #superconducting #cables (40 kA recently achieved at @CERN). I will present @BestPaths_EU Demo at @PintOfScienceBE 🇧🇪⚡️🇪🇺.
▶️https://t.co/BVcY2UKcSC
#Pint19

[Frédé·lect·ric Lesur ⚡️ @FredericLesur]

Always fascinated by @CERN achievements 😵. This time, the #MgB2 #superconductor @ 25 K in helium gas (as we used within @BestPaths_EU Project 🇪🇺) is laid in this flexible cryostat. ❄️🐍Impressive cooled metal python: 40 kA! ⚡️🔌the High-Luminosity #LHC.
▶️https://t.co/osIwpFVeHd

[Frédé·lect·ric Lesur ⚡️ @FredericLesur]

@Born_To_Build @elonmusk @Tesla Or super #power #transmission from hydro and windy north to southern cities? 🏙️ Or simply to interconnect large areas to spots where energy is available at the best market price? ⚡️#superconductor #cable @BestPaths_EU 🇪🇺 https://t.co/BVcY2UKcSC

[Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) @RIFS_Potsdam]

A small footprint, more capacity and no losses: After 4 yrs of research, the @BestPaths_eu consortium publishes recommendations for deployment of superconductor technology https://t.co/bmukQH1kSi

[BEST PATHS @BestPaths_eu]

Conference is over, but the debate goes on - how far are #superconductors from deployment? Read the conference report from @IASS_Potsdam with a quote from @ENTSO_E at: https://t.co/aTvr39uxt9 #beyondBestPaths #BestPaths

[BEST PATHS @BestPaths_eu]

#BestPaths final event was held last week: read more about the project results presented! https://t.co/O8MimSxALm #energygrid #FP7

[BEST PATHS @BestPaths_eu]

Thanks to everyone who joined us today for #BeyondBestpaths from @RedElectricaREE and the whole #BestPaths project consortium! As Mr Fernandez says, now "The show must go on: there will be no #energytransition without #innovation"

[BEST PATHS @BestPaths_eu]

Pierre Bernard from @Supergrid_EU: #education of #consumers will be crucial to secure the transition towards #sustainable #energy systems

[Friends of Sustainable Grids @FOSG_EU]

Currently, discussing #transmission #grids as a backbone to the future #electricity system at the @BestPaths_eu conference!

[BEST PATHS @BestPaths_eu]

#ElectricityGrid #supergrid #RenewableEnergy: food for thoughts from our panelists, @ClimateGilda @Supergrid_EU @ENTSO_E @Wimbledon @eu_acer. #BeyondBestpaths

[Greenovate! Europe @GreenovateEU]

Truly going #BeyondBestpaths: Mr Iliceto from @TernaSpA is illustrating the recommendations from #BestPaths to replicate our experience and to encourage the deployment of the #innovations developed.

[BEST PATHS @BestPaths_eu]

Truly going #BeyondBestpaths: Mr Iliceto from @TernaSpA is illustrating the recommendations from #BestPaths to replicate our experience and to encourage the deployment of the #innovations developed.