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Indonesia has mineral resources that can be utilized in the field of electricity. However, Indonesia still depends on import material of electricity. This was stated by Researcher of Physic Research at LIPI, Ahmad Subhan to RRI World Service -VOI after media briefing related to development of superconductor and electrode lithium battery at Media Center of LIPI in Jakarta on Friday. He also said that the development of superconductor and electrode lithium battery will support the need of electricity in Indonesia.

“We as part of developers of the research hope that the research will be supported by the government. But it must be done seriously and we have an appropriate target. We need support so that it is more focused,” Ahmad Subhan said.

Meanwhile, another researcher of Metallurgy and Material at LIPI, Agung Imaduddin in the media briefing said that since 2010, the demand in the global market has been increasing significantly. For especially superconductor type of High Temperature Superconductors (HTS), he said that the implementation of superconductor material can reduce energy loss and it is environmentally friendly. Agung also stated that it needs cooperation to develop it to industry scale so that it can make superconductor wire with long scale. He added that the application of superconductor wire can be done for conductor, energy storage, transformer, electric motorcycle as well as medical devices. (VOI/AF/RHM)