OREANDA-NEWS. September 28, 2011. TUT and the company Russkii Sverhprovodnik signed a cooperation agreement in the area of second-generation low and high-temperature superconductors. The priority areas of this cooperation comprise superconducting materials for energy and transportation, medical equipment, analytical research of the structures of materials, research and technologies for creating ceramic materials, reported the press-centre of TUT.

Andres Keevallik, Rector of TUT, confirmed that the first steps of cooperation include preliminary research and the development of technologies and production processes for superconducting high-temperature ceramics. These results can be applied in subsequent projects related to new types of generators and electrical machinery. “The scientists of TUT and Russkii Sverhprovodnik are about to make a relevant contribution to the production of materials required in energy, industry, transportation and medicine,” Rector Keevallik stressed.
 
BACKGROUND
The main goal of the Russian company Russkii Sverhprovodnik is research-intensive high-technology production in the field of second-generation high and low-temperature superconductors. At present more than 50 researchers and 11 laboratories are connected with the company.

Such electrical installations grant consumers significant economic and technical benefits. Such equipment is used in energy, industry, transportation and medicine.

According to the World Bank forecasts the volume of electrical installations using the superconductivity technology in the international market will reach over 40 billion USD by the year 2015 and well over 244 billion USD by the year 2020.