American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has announced that it has received a follow-on order for US$10 million worth of wind turbine core electrical components from China’s CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co., Ltd. (CSR-ZELRI).
CSR-ZELRI will use the components in the 1.65MW wind turbines designed
by AMSC’s wholly owned AMSC Windtec subsidiary. CSR-ZELRI licensed its
1.65MW 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 US$20 million of core electrical components from
AMSC.
