American Superconductor Corporation just announced that is received a large order from China’s CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co., Ltd. The multi-million dollar order is for 100 sets of AMSC’s wind turbine core electrical components such as the PowerModule(TM) PM3000W. The components, which should be shipped out by the end of this year, will be used in 1.65 MW wind turbines designed by AMS  Windtec.

Greg Yurek, AMSC’s CEO, commented on the order in the company’s press release, saying ""CSR-ZELRI has done a tremendous job of ramping up production of high quality wind turbines in a very short time. We expect CSR-ZELRI to continue its rapid growth and to take a significant share of the Chinese wind turbine market in the years ahead."