It's already been mentioned but turbine generator efficiency gains are not to be scoffed at. Boosting global power production by maybe 10% for almost nothing is no joke.
It's relatively quick to achieve rather than the much larger undertaking of replacing power lines. Which might not even be viable, it might be turn out to be a real room temp SC and cheap to produce, but it doesn't mean the rest of its physical properties are conducive to simply replacing cables, there's a good chance it'll be brittle or prone to stress flaws.
Also the timing of potentially having superconducting microchips at around the same time as useful digital AI is a wild combo
It superconducts up to +130’C
They have a patent already for CVD - heat free computer chips
MRI magnets without cooling - nuclear fusion and smaller MRIs
It's already been mentioned but turbine generator efficiency gains are not to be scoffed at. Boosting global power production by maybe 10% for almost nothing is no joke.
It's relatively quick to achieve rather than the much larger undertaking of replacing power lines. Which might not even be viable, it might be turn out to be a real room temp SC and cheap to produce, but it doesn't mean the rest of its physical properties are conducive to simply replacing cables, there's a good chance it'll be brittle or prone to stress flaws.
Also the timing of potentially having superconducting microchips at around the same time as useful digital AI is a wild combo
It's a ceramic which makes it unsuitable for wires AFAIK.
You can flip a generator inside out.