AmericansuperconductorCEOGregYurek says that in the long run, thecost of superconductortransmissioncableswill be below that of addingnewabovegroundcopper power lines.
Greg Yurek, the head of American Superconductor and a former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, argues that recent trends have increased the instability of the grid and highlighted the need for this sort of technology.