SuperNode Ltd

⚡ We're delighted to announce that SuperNode are partnering with National Grid to develop industry standards for high-temperature superconducting cables in the UK grid. ⚡ The project, titled “Assessment of Superconducting Technologies for Standards Development,” will focus on addressing the technical challenges in deploying high-temperature superconducting (HTS) systems. SuperNode CEO John Fitzgerald said: “This project marks an important step for the advancement of superconducting technologies, which hold the potential to revolutionise power transfer and grid capacity expansion... We are excited to collaborate with National Grid and other key partners to explore the operational requirements and technical risks of superconducting technology, and the next steps for overcoming these barriers for use on the grid”. Sean Coleman, Strategic Innovation Fund Manager at NGET, said: “We’re pleased to be working with SuperNode and other partners on this exciting innovation project to explore the potential of superconducting technologies. Innovating and collaborating through initiatives like this can help us make strides towards our decarbonisation goals and delivering the UK’s ambition for a net zero energy system.” Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/e5T3gEvZ  #OfgemSIF Ofgem | Innovate UK | UK Research and Innovation | National Grid | University of Strathclyde | The University of Manchester | VEIR | Frazer-Nash Consultancy

🎤 Redefining Energy TECH - Ep42: The HVDC Grid Revolution (2/2) #applepodcast https://lnkd.in/ekHZU8Mt #spotify https://lnkd.in/ehJpYYmp Michael Barnard concludes his conversation with John Fitzgerald, CEO of SuperNode Ltd. They explore the game-changing potential of superconducting transmission technology. Superconductors, capable of carrying electricity with zero resistance at extremely low temperatures, are already used in applications like MRI machines and are now poised to revolutionize urban power distribution. Fitzgerald highlights advances in cryogenic systems, such as smooth bore cryostats, which allow cables to run three times longer between cooling stations, reducing infrastructure needs and enhancing efficiency. The episode spotlights projects like Munich’s upcoming 12-15 km superconducting power cable, which will transfer more power using less space, offering a cost-competitive solution for urban energy demands. Fitzgerald also underscores the importance of developing a European super grid and anticipatory investments in high-capacity power corridors to address growing renewable energy integration and reduce curtailment. He contrasts Europe’s efforts with rapid grid advancements in India and China, emphasizing the need for proactive planning and investment. Looking ahead, Supernode aims to commercialize its technology by the end of the decade. Fitzgerald calls on policymakers, utilities, and system operators to bridge gaps in energy infrastructure, establish partnerships, and secure funding to promote innovative transmission solutions for a sustainable future #energy #cleantech #future #investment #climateimpact #grids #HVDC #interconnectors

🚀 Delighted to see high-temperature superconductor (HTS) cables featured in the ESB Emerging Technologies 2024 report! The report highlights ground-breaking innovations shaping the future of energy and driving ESB’s net-zero ambitions. It identifies promising new trends within the global technology landscape that could transform Ireland’s electricity system in the short to medium term. 📖 Read the full report here – with SuperNode's HTS cable design highlighted on page 44: https://lnkd.in/e_UKi6Kh

Look what’s just arrived! Good job our factory has a big car park 🚛⚡️👷 SuperNode Ltd #Supernode #delivery #specialdelivery #factory #carpark #engineers #engineering #awsome #deliverymuch #ridgway #machines #ridgwaymachines #machinery #england #english #englishweather

CERTIFICATION 🏅| We are thrilled to Certify™ SuperNode Ltd as a #greatplacetowork again! Congratulations to the team for this fantastic achievement! 🎉 Check out all the Certified™ organisations 👉 https://hubs.li/Q02-Vb6T0 #gptw

📢 We’re thrilled to share that SuperNode has been certified as a Great Place to Work for the third consecutive year. This achievement reflects the trusting and inclusive culture fostered by our talented team. Here’s what some of our team had to say: 🗨️ “It’s an innovative environment where employees are valued, encouraged to grow, and can maintain a healthy work-life balance.” 🗨️ “SuperNode is a company looking to improve society, and this is evident in our values and the people who work here.” Thank you to our team for making this recognition possible! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/e5-_jP2c #GreatPlaceToWork #TeamCulture #Innovation Great Place to Work® Ireland

SuperNode CEO John Fitzgerald spoke to Michael Barnard on the🎙Redefining Energy podcast. Listen to part 1 here: https://lnkd.in/ehJpYYmp. John talks about SuperNode's and superconducting cable technologies' role in a power market where the cost of grid connections and planning delays are becoming a bigger part of the project cost and a bigger part of the constraints to delivering value for customers, consumers and countries. "SuperNode didn’t invent #superconductivity. We saw a problem and we explored the market to see what we can do to help improve the scale and pace at which transmission grids can be rolled out."

⚡The Clean Industrial Deal must support the mass deployment of innovative grid technologies to unleash the full potential of Europe’s electricity grid at the lowest cost to consumers ⚡ Europe has rightly recognized that electricity grids have a crucial role in decarbonising its economy, in achieving energy independence, and driving competitiveness. CurrENT is now calling for urgent action on the deployment of innovative grid technologies to unleash the full potential of Europe’s electricity grid at the lowest cost to consumers. Innovative grid technologies include grid-enhancing technologies that get more out of the existing grid, technologies that enable operation of a power system with a high penetration of renewables, and high-capacity conductors that offer up to ten times the transfer capacity of traditional conductors and significantly reduce network losses. It is essential that electricity grids feature prominently in the Clean Industrial Deal. CurrENT recommends policymakers include the following key elements: ⚡A strategy for the mass deployment of innovative grid technologies in Europe  🎯 Specific and SMART grid targets to measure whether Europe is on track to deliver the grids needed (e.g. decreasing the curtailment of renewables, decreasing the cost of grid capacity expansion in EUR per GW-km, increasing grid capacity in GW-km, increasing the efficient use of the grid, reducing losses, and decreasing raw materials per GW-km).   💶 Financing mechanisms to support the mass deployment of innovative grid technologies such as benefit-sharing incentives, financial guarantees, and dedicated grid technology calls under the Innovation Fund and other research and innovation programmes.  📈 Anticipatory investments that look at fully decarbonised scenarios and that are guided by the NOVA principle, prioritising the optimisation and reinforcement of the existing network over grid expansion while promoting and demonstrating new high capacity and high efficiency conductor technology.  These recommendations give Europe a realistic chance to decarbonize the power system before 2040, which will be needed to reach net zero by 2050. See CurrENT’s in-depth recommendations and read the full position paper here: https://lnkd.in/etKeT_nH    #CleanIndustrialDeal #InnovativeGridTechnologies #Decarbonisation #PolicyRecommendations Layla Sawyer | Brian Berry | Peter Hughes | Dominic Quennell | Romain COULLETTE | Georg Rute | Oluf Ulseth | Jack McCall | Alex Houghtaling | Marie Hayden | Yann Duclot | Alberto Méndez Rebollo | Duncan Burt | Sankara Subramanian | Mark Norton | Andrea Augieri, Ph.D. | Christian Kjaer | Mart Duitemeijer | Marco Rettig | Wolfgang Troppauer | Tullia De Rossi | Ewan Ramsay |

The video from the presentations and panel from the book launch for Eddie O'Connor's and Kevin O'Sullivan's book Supergrid Super Solution is now available and the book is available for pre-order. Amazing panel with an EU energy minister, MEP, leading journalists and industry professionals. Here is the transcript of my closing remarks, which I maintain are choices the EU should make. Video and pre-order options: https://lnkd.in/ghpfBj4h I have a modest proposal — since this is an Irish crowd, I can use that term — for how the EU could save a lot of money to put toward electrical transmission and the energy transformation: stop wasting time on hydrogen for energy. I compare and contrast with China, which has electrified all its transportation extensively with electricity and no hydrogen. They’ve barely implemented hydrogen. They have 600,000 electric buses, about a million electric trucks, and 46,000 kilometers of electrified high-speed rail. There’s no hydrogen to speak of—fewer than 10,000 hydrogen vehicles in the entire country. Stop wasting time and money on it. The EU has already wasted 25 years on that dead end. China also has the most electrified heavy industry in the world, and once again, no hydrogen. BASF just commissioned a plant in Shanghai, one of their big integrated chemical plants. It’s producing a sixth of the emissions because it’s electrified. Those emissions will decrease further as China’s electricity grid decarbonizes. Stop wasting money on the dead end of hydrogen for energy. We need to focus on fixing hydrogen as an industrial feedstock, but Europe is wasting enormous resources on it as an energy solution. The second point is carbon capture and sequestration. Europe is proposing 19,000 kilometers of CO2 pipelines for waste. Instead, electrify and don’t emit—it’s much cheaper. Europe is wasting a lot of time, energy, and proposing to spend an enormous amount of money on two dead ends that won’t move the climate needle. Free up the resources from these areas and allocate them more effectively. #climateaction #winning #solutions

Europe’s energy security depends on its ability to replace costly fossil imports with renewable energy, combined with extensive electrification. However, the primary barrier to this transition is the lack of a synchronised, pan-European electricity infrastructure capable of supporting variable renewable energy. In our response to the European Commission's public consultation on the energy security evaluation, SuperNode emphasised the need to accelerate Europe’s transition to secure, independent and decarbonised energy systems. Read our full response here: https://lnkd.in/epDS48Rx