APPLICATION OF SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
Increasing energy efficiency and improving the environment through the introduction of new innovative technologies, including the use of superconducting materials, is one of the key strategic directions in the global development of the electric power industry. The advent of high-temperature superconductors (HTSC) has created fundamentally new opportunities for the practical use of this phenomenon. Superconducting materials allow us to create high-performance devices with a new level of parameters that cannot be achieved using traditional electrical materials. The article provides a review of foreign developments of superconducting wind generators and flywheel energy storage systems (FESS) with magnetic HTSC suspension. The designs of the Russia’s first 1 MVA superconducting wind generator and the first 5 MJ FESS with HTSC magnetic suspension are described.