American Superconductor Corp just announced that Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. has placed a follow on order for 30 sets of electrical control systems to be used in AMSC’s 1.65 MW wind turbines. Hyundai also ordered electrical control systems for their own 2 MW turbine prototype from AMSC. All of the equipment ordered by Hyundai is scheduled to be shipped by May of next year.
In a press release, Timothy Poor, AMSC’s Senior Vice President … Read the rest
China’s CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co., Ltd. (“CSR-ZELRI”) has just placed a follow-on order with American Superconductor Corp for $10 million worth of wind turbine core electrical components, according to this . CSR-ZELRI will use the parts to build turbines using the 1.65 MW wind turbine design it licensed from AMSC’s subsidiary, AMSC Windtec. This is the largest that CSR-ZELRI has placed thus far, bringing the total amount of orders placed with AMSC … Read the rest
American Superconductor Corporation announced yesterday that the company has just received its first order from the Chinese power grid market. The order, placed by Beijing SNTA Electric Power Technique Co., was for one of AMSC’s D-VAR voltage regulation systems. Under the contract, AMSC will provide Beijing SNTA Electric Power Technique Co one of these systems by the middle of this year.
The D-VAR system makes it possible for wind farms to connect to the larger … Read the rest