The EUROTAPES project is coming to an end in February 2017, and the project consortium is meeting in Barcelona from the 13th to the 15th of this month to present their final results. After 54 months of research, the project will be closing, having successfully achieved its objectives.
The EUROTAPES project has produced 600 meters of superconducting tape using a process that reduces the production cost of superconducting materials, simplifies their architecture, and improves their capacity in high magnetic fields across various temperature scales. It has also achieved significant results in advanced magnetic research, a field in which leading research centers such as CERN and ITER are active. In the long term, the project will make renewable energy more competitive by enabling wind turbines to generate more energy with greater efficiency and lower generator costs.
EUROTAPES has benefited from the participation of outstanding researchers renowned for their excellence in the field of superconductors, alongside the involvement of leading companies and universities from around the world. In addition to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the project included contributions from ICMB and Leitat, as well as the Universities of Cambridge, Antwerp, and Ghent, the Vienna University of Technology, six technology centers, and eight companies from Belgium, Austria, Romania, Germany, France, Slovakia, and Italy.
