AMSC Receives $10 Million Order for Turbine Electrical Components from China’s CSR-ZELRI

November 17, 2009 – Vol.14 No.35

AMSC Receives $10 Million Order for Turbine Electrical Components from China’s CSR-ZELRI.

In a follow-on order American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) will supply wind turbine core electrical components to China’s CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co., Ltd. (CSR-ZELRI). The components will be used 1.65 megawatt (MW) wind turbines designed by AMSC’s wholly owned AMSC Windtec(tm) subsidiary and manufactured by CSR-ZELRI. CSR-ZELRI licensed its 1.65 MW wind turbine design from AMSC Windtec in January 2007.

This is the largest order AMSC has received from CSR-ZELRI. To date, CSR-ZELRI has ordered more than $20 million of core electrical components from AMSC.

CSR-ZELRI installed its first 1.65 MW prototype in Jianghua, located in China’s Hunan Province in November 2007, less than 10 months after engaging AMSC Windtec. The company entered series production of the 1.65 MW turbines in mid-2008.

AMSC’s wind turbine electrical control systems and core electrical components include the company’s proprietary PowerModule™ power converters, pitch and yaw converters, SCADA systems and other power electronics. They enable reliable, high-performance wind turbine operation by controlling power flows, regulating voltage, monitoring system performance, controlling the pitch of wind turbine blades and the yaw of the turbines to maximize efficiency.

CSR-ZELRI is a subsidiary of China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp (CSR), China’s largest railway equipment manufacturer and a leader in the power sector.

AMSC, of Devens, Massachusetts, offers an array of proprietary technologies and solutions spanning the electric power infrastructure – from generation to delivery to end use. (11/17/09)

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