American Superconductor Receives Largest Wind Turbine Electrical Control System Order to Date: $70 million

February 1, 2010 – Vol.14 No.46

American Superconductor Receives Largest Wind Turbine Electrical Control System Order to Date: $70 million.

American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC), of Devens, Massachusetts, has received an initial order for full wind turbine electrical control systems from China’s Shenyang Blower Works (Group) Co., Ltd. (SBW) valued at approximately $70 million. The systems will be deployed in the 2 megawatt (MW) doubly fed induction wind turbines that were co-developed with AMSC’s Windtec division.

SBW plans to erect its first 2 MW wind turbine in March 2010 and will be the fourth AMSC customer to enter volume production of advanced wind turbines in China. AMSC expects to begin shipping the electrical control systems to SBW in the second half of calendar 2010 and complete shipments in the first half of 2013.

AMSC Windtec co-developed the 2 MW doubly fed induction wind turbine with SBW under a contract signed in late 2008. Under the terms of the agreement, SBW has the right to sell the 2 MW wind turbines globally.

AMSC’s wind turbine electrical control systems and core electrical components ienable 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.

SBW is a large state-owned enterprise that provides a wide array of industrial equipment including large-scale compressors, blowers, fans, heat exchangers as well as large-scale nuclear power pumps, boiler feed pumps and petrochemical pumps. The company has more than 5,700 employees and approximately $1.4 billion in annual sales.

AMSC offers an array of proprietary technologies and solutions spanning the electric power infrastructure – from generation to delivery to end use. (2/1/10)

Links:

Shenyang Blower Works
http://www.shengu.com.cn

AMSC
http://www.amsc.com

--- AMSC to Develop 5MW Wind Turbines with China’s Dongfang Turbine Co.

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

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