July 2001
Cooling Down in Motown
New superconducting cables are put to the test in Detroit.
By Peter Fairley
A gritty section of Detroit surrounds one of the city's oldest electric power stations. But the technology that Detroit Edison is installing at the Frisbie substation is pure 21st century-underground superconducting cables that can transmit immense currents of electricity with near perfect efficiency.
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