This paper is the result of the work of a SCENET (The European
Network for Superconductivity) material
working group's efforts on giving values for present and future expected
performance of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wires and tapes. The
purpose of the work is to give input to the design of HTS applications like
power cables, motors, current leads, magnets, transformers and generators. The
current status performance values are supposed to be used in the design of
today's prototypes and the future values for the design of fully commercial
HTS applications of the future. We focus on what is expected to be the
relevant parameters for HTS application design. The most successful technique
by far for making HTS tapes has been on the (Bi,
Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox (Bi-2223) material by the powder-in-tube
(PIT) technique and this paper therefore focuses on giving the current status
and expected future performance for Bi-2223 tapes.