Current status of high-T-c wire

This paper is the result of the work of a SCENET material working group's e fforts 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, moto rs, current leads, magnets, transformers and generators. The current status performance values are supposed to be used in the design of today's protot ypes and the future values for the design of fully commercial HTS applicati ons of the future. We focus on what is expected to be the relevant paramete rs for HTS application design. The most successful technique by far for mak ing HTS tapes has been on the (Bi, Pb)(2)Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox (Bi-2223) material by the powder-in-tube (PIT) technique and this paper therefore focuses on givi ng the current status and expected future performance for Bi-2223 tapes.