ARPA-E’s CABLES Funds Research To Enable Electric Twin-Aisles

GE Research is developing a high-voltage electrical distribution system using CO2 to insulate and cool the cables.
Credit: GE Aviation
To electrify future large commercial aircraft will require new wiring systems that can distribute tens of megawatts of power at thousands of volts safely and reliably at high altitudes. To pave the way to such a future, the U.S. Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)...
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