TS Conductor has picked up $25 million this week to bring online a new transmission cabling factory, which promises to get more out of most grids. The money was ponied up by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, National Grid Partners and a NextEra Energy subsidiary and harks back to work that Jason Huang, director at TS Conductor, did during his PhD. The cable offers between 30% and 50% less resistance, dramatically reducing line loss. The new cabling is effectively annealed aluminum – heated up to change its structure and create a structure that conducts electricity better – but in order to use this, a carbon composite core that is harder than steel is used – it is lighter and prevents stretching. The…