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The German government funded resistive superconducting fault current limiter project CURL 10 is based on bulk material and aims at the development of a three-phase prototype for the medium voltage level (10 kV, 10 MVA). The key element of the project is the development of suitable robust superconducting components. On the basis of the well known melt cast process (MCP) for BSCCO-2212, these are manufactured by cutting superconducting tubes to bifilar coils. At the operation temperature of 65 K a current density of 4000 A cm −2 was achieved. In order to protect the superconductor during limitation the component was equipped with an electrical shunt contacted on its entire length.Single-phase tests with nine of these components in series, corresponding to a protected load of 1.2 MVA, have been successfully accomplished and are described in detail. These tests include different types of short circuits as specified by the utilities within the project and included lightning surge loads up to 75 kV.

The paper describes the results of a study undertaken by the German "Power Engineering Society within VDE (ETG)". Different stakeholders took part in the Task-Force "Energy Storage" in order to evaluate the needs and possibilities of electrical energy storage in future power supply systems. This paper is focussed on the results with regard to distribution systems and includes the possible impact of mobile storage systems in a vehicle-to-grid approach.

Superconducting fault current limiters (SCFCLs) are new and attractive devices to limit short-circuit currents in power systems. In recent years, the technical feasibility of SCFCLs in medium voltage applications was successfully demonstrated in several field tests.In high voltage power systems the application of SCFCLs is very attractive too, because at this voltage level conventional devices to limit short-circuit currents are hardly applicable and system studies showed considerable economical benefits. Therefore, a German project started recently to develop a first 110 kV, 1.8 kA prototype of a resistive SCFCL. A magnetic triggered resistive concept using MCP-BSCCO 2212 bulk material will be used for the demonstrator.This paper reports about the conceptual design of this SCFCL and the project status. Focus is given on the main data of the 110 kV prototype, the SCFCL modules, the general design of the whole system and the most important high voltage design aspects. The calculations and estimations show that the conceptual design presented in this paper seems feasible and that a major technical challenge is to ensure a reliable electrical insulation system.