EU Grants EUR 50,000 Prize to Energy Researchers

EU Grants EUR 50,000 Prize to Energy Researchers
The EU SOFT Innovation Prize for fusion research in the amount of EUR 50,000 is awarded to a team of researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Swiss Plasma Center (SPC). Scientists of the Institute for Technical Physics of KIT have developed a novel superconducting conductor concept. Thanks to its energy-efficient current transport, it might be used as a basic element in future high-current cables of fusion power plants, industrial facilities, or DC power grids. Today, the prize was awarded at the Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT) in Prague.

“Sustainable energy sources and, above all, the reliable distribution of energy are major elements of the energiewende,” Professor Holger Hanselka, President of KIT, says. “The prize reflects KIT’s essential contribution to research, to the transformation of the energy system, and to the viability of our society.”