STI to Present at International Workshop on Coated Conductors for Applications on...

STI to Present at International Workshop on Coated Conductors for Applications
on November 23, 2009

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Superconductor
Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:SCON) ("STI"), a world leader in the development and
production of high temperature superconducting (HTS) materials and associated
technologies, will present at the 2009 International Workshop on Coated
Conductors for Applications (CCA09) in Barcelona on Nov. 23rd. Dr. Brian
Moeckly, Director of Materials Research and Development at STI, was invited to
discuss "HTS films grown by reactive coevaporation on simplified coated
conductor IBAD-MgO templates for low cost manufacturing" in a paper jointly
authored with Dr. Vladimir Matias of Los Alamos National Laboratory's (LANL)
Superconductivity Technology Center.

"The US Department of Energy has identified 2G HTS wire as a potentially
transformational technology for improving energy efficiency in the transmission
and generation of electricity," stated Adam Shelton, STI's vice president,
product management and marketing. "For 2G HTS wire to gain wide market
acceptance, the price needs to be substantially reduced. Over the past 14 years
we have developed a unique HTS thin film deposition process that lends itself to
both scalability and low cost. Working with our world class partners GE Global
Research and LANL, we are adapting our effective and controllable material
deposition process for the production of HTS wire at a commercially viable cost.
STI is excited to participate at CCA09 and contribute to advancing the
development of second generation high-performance low-cost HTS coated
conductors."

The overall goal of CCA2009 is to establish the basic coated conductor
characteristics necessary for use in the fabrication of practical HTS devices,
and to identify the most efficient and effective means to achieve them. At the
workshop, the following topics will be discussed:

* HTS applications requirements for fault current limiters, cables,
rotating machines, SMES, transformers, high field magnets, etc.
* Challenges in long length scale-up of high performance coated
conductors
* Strategies towards low cost coated conductors
* Effective approaches to enhance coated conductors performance
* New visions for coated conductor applications
For additional information about CCA09, visit the website
http://www.icmab.es/cca2009.

About Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI)

STI, headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, has been a world leader in high
temperature superconducting materials since 1987, developing more than 100
patents as well as proprietary trade secrets and manufacturing know how. STI has
been providing innovative interference elimination solutions to the commercial
wireless industry for more than a decade and is now pursuing emerging
opportunities in the electrical grid and in equipment platforms that utilize
electrical circuits. For more information about STI, please visit
www.suptech.com.

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