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AMSC (American Superconductor Corporation - NASDAQ: AMSC) serves the utility, industrial and wind power markets with a host of leading energy technologies based on proprietary high temperature superconductor (HTS) wires and power electronic systems. |
In The Spotlight
WORLD’S FIRST TRANSMISSION VOLTAGE SUPERCONDUCTOR
CABLE ENERGIZED IN LIPA’S POWER GRID
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The world's first HTS power transmission cable system is pictured above. This system, which consists of three cables running in parallel in a four-foot wide underground right of way, is capable of carrying 574 megawatts of power. The three cables shown entering the ground can carry as much power as all of the overhead lines on the far left.
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Cable System Able to Carry 574 Megawatts of Power to Local Residents and Businesses
Industry/Government Partnership Takes Major Step Forward in Development of Electricity Superhighways
Very Low Impedance Characteristics Enable Self-Adjusting, Secure Power Networks
Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) announced the operation of the world’s first high temperature superconductor (HTS) power transmission cable system in a commercial power grid.
The 138,000 volt (138 kV) system, which consists of three individual HTS power cable phases running in parallel, was energized on April 22, 2008 and is operating successfully in LIPA’s Holbrook transmission right of way.
The cable system, including six outdoor terminations for connection to LIPA’s grid, was designed, manufactured and installed by Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry. The cable utilizes HTS wire produced by AMSC, which also is the prime contractor for the project. The 2,000-foot-long cable system is cryogenically cooled using a liquid nitrogen refrigeration system from Air Liquide.
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- AMSC Sets First Quarter Reporting Date for August 5, 2008
- AMSC Announces Increasing Adoption of Its SVC Solution for Industrial Applications
- Commissioning of World's First Superconductor Power Transmission Cable System Celebrated
Learn More
Video: The world's first transmission power cable system throws the switch at the Holbrook Superconductor project.
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Webcast: "Superconductor Cable Systems," presented by Jack McCall, AMSC Director Business Development, HTS T&D Systems, as part of the Increasing Bulk Power Transfer series of T&D World.
Watch the recorded seminar.
New article: Technologies Advance Transmission System in Transmission & Distribution World
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Technical Library
►► The IEEE Board of Directors elevated Alex Malozemoff, PhD, AMSC Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, to IEEE Fellow, effective 1 January 2008, for leadership in the development of vortex dynamics of high temperature superconductors
Events
11-15 August - Edison Electric Institute's Transmission and Wholesale Markets School
Jack McCall, Business Development T&D Systems is presenting "Superconductors and the Grid" at EEI's Transmission and Wholesale Markets School: The Top 50 Things You Need to Know About Electric Transmission in 2008 on Friday, August 15th at 8:00 a.m.
17-22 August - 2008 Applied Superconductivity Conference
AMSC is exhibiting at Booth #504 and presenting a paper
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