Description of need
Viable large-scale economic use of High-temperature superconducting magnets for Nuclear fusion requires a magnet cost below $50/kAm. At present it’s 4x that. So the industry needs Lower-cost high-temperature superconducting magnets.
Problem severity (1-10)
2 The odds that a new market entrant can compete with the HTS tape manufacturers and/or with the leading HTS magnet provider (Commonwealth Fusion Systems) are very low according to Sara Ferry.
Who has this need
- MRI manufacturers
- Gyrotron manufacturers
- Fusion device companies: Tokamaks, Stellarators, linear fusion concepts
Total addressable market (TAM)
Solutions today, and their shortcomings
- The leader in HTS tape today is a Japanese company
- Startups like MetOx and AMPeers are shooting for order of magnitude improvements in the cost of making superconducting tape.