The U.gov/documents/columbus_cable. "We believe this project
represents another key
step in the growth of the new worldwide HTS industry
and in the creation of solutions for our nation
's aging power grid.
gensets ferc
The wind-farm, consisting of 22 wind turbine generators and a D-VAR voltage
regulation
solution, will serve as a source of clean electricity for the
province.
The order for AMSC
's voltage regulation system was placed by AMEC/Black +
McDonald JV group under its contract to the
owner and developer of the
Kingsbridge project, EPCOR.amsuper.com.deregulation siting
To read more about D-VAR systems
, please see
http://www.S. The combined resources of Ultera represent the
first two successful
HTS cable installations in the world to provide power to
residential, commercial and industrial users
.mcr cogeneration
Collectively, the 42 customer-owned EMCs provide electricity and related
services to four
million people, nearly half of Georgia's population, across
73 percent of the state's land area.
AMSC expects to ship the system to Ontario this
July.com/products/transmissionGrid/104273030481
. With over $4 billion
in assets, EPCOR is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. "AMSC's wire is clearly
the best in class.
About American Electric Power
American Electric Power owns more
than 36,000 megawatts of generating
capacity in the United States and is the nation's largest electricity
generator.trelss sgs
For more information on Green Power EMC, visit http://www.
American Superconductor
, AMSC, POWERED BY AMSC, Revolutionizing the Way
the World Uses Electricity are trademarks and D-VAR
is a registered trademark
of American Superconductor Corporation. American Superconductor selected
to join Ultera/Department of Energy
superconductor cable project team
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.gensets edf
pdf.
electrification tamer
Georgia's 42 electric membership
cooperatives now
serve more customers than any other state network of EMCs in
the nation.
About EPCOR Power
Development Corporation
EPCOR Power Development Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of EPCOR
Utilities Inc.tamer superconductor
TUCKER, Ga.
The Kingsbridge wind farm project was selected through Ontario
's Renewable
Energy Supply process, a competitive program that provides economic and policy
support
for development of additional renewable energy sources within the
province.doe. While
the Company
anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause the
Company's views to change, the
Company specifically disclaims any obligation
to update these forward-looking statements.
sgs siting
AMEC
's shares
are traded on the London Stock Exchange where the company is listed in the
Support Services
sector (LSE: AMEC.S.swer modernize
and Canada and tenth
worldwide to rely on AMSC's voltage control technologies
to connect wind-
generated power safely and reliably to transmission grids.
"The timing is
significant because these sales are taking place just after
the Kyoto anti-global warming protocol
went into effect," he said."
About Ultera
Ultera is a joint venture between two of
the world's leading wire and
cable companies, Southwire Company of Carrollton, Ga.electrification deregulation
Created
in 2001, Green Power EMC was originally a joint effort of 17
Georgia cooperatives to contract for
electricity generated by renewable
resources, like biomass, solar and low-impact hydro.
Overall
, this is the ninth wind farm in the U.cfm. AMEC employs 45,000 people in more than
40 countries,
generating annual revenues of around #5 billion. Drawing on over 100 years of experience, EPCOR owns
and
operates power plants, electrical transmission and distribution networks,
builds and operates
water and wastewater treatment facilities and
infrastructure and provides power and water solutions
to customers in Alberta,
British Columbia, Ontario and the U.
Any statements in this release
about future expectations, plans and
prospects for the Company, including statements containing the
words
"believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will" and similar expressions,
constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995.microturbines superconducting
6-Megawatt (MW) facility will
contribute approximately 104,000 megawatt hours of renewable power
annually."
"On a global basis, wind energy has emerged in recent years as the energy
source
with the fastest rate of growth overall. -- one of Canada's top providers of energy and energy-related
services and products. Pacific Northwest.com., and nkt cables of
Denmark.electrification electricite
Customers signing
up for green power pay an additional charge each month
ranging from $3 to $5 per 150 kilowatt-hour
block, depending upon the
participating EMC.greenpoweremc. The 39. More information is available
at http://www.
American Superconductor and design, AMSC, POWERED BY AMSC, Revolutionizing
the
Way the World Uses Electricity, are trademarks of American Superconductor
Corporation.sf6 swer
Original
participants in Green Power EMC include Carroll, Cobb, Coweta-
Fayette, Habersham, Irwin, Jackson
, Lamar, Ocmulgee, Sawnee, Snapping Shoals,
Tri-County and Walton EMCs; Coastal Electric; Diverse
Power; Flint Energies;
GreyStone Power; Jefferson Energy; and Southern Rivers Energy.com.S. The
D-VAR solution also helps maintain
transmission stability after electrical disturbances or faults
that typically
occur on the grid. EPCOR's website is
http://www. When complete in the summer
of
2006, the HTS cable is expected to supply power to approximately 8,200
residential and industrial
AEP customers. And
we are proud to have them join our project team because of their deep
experience
and knowledge in superconductivity and transmission planning, both
of which are vital to the successful
deployment of HTS power cable systems. AMSC's
HTS wire and power electronic converters are at the
core of a broad range of
new electricity transmission and distribution, transportation, medical and
industrial processing applications, including dynamic reactive power grid
stabilization solutions
, large ship propulsion motors and generators, smart,
controllable, superconductor power cables and
advanced defense systems. Reference is made to these and
other factors discussed in the "Management
's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operation" section of the Company
's most
recent quarterly or annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.superconductivity microturbine
In the future, more than 200,000 additional households will have the
choice of purchasing "green
" energy from new Green Power EMC members Altamaha,
Amicalola, Canoochee, Grady, Hart, Mitchell, Little
Ocmulgee, Planters, Slash
Pine, Three Notch and Sumter EMCs.
At the same time, Green Power
is exploring other renewable resources to
add to its generating capacity, and recently added a low
impact hydroelectric
generating plant at Tallassee Shoals in Athens, Ga. In aggregate, upon
installation
of this and similar systems at other wind farms, some 677 MW of
electric power will be managed by
AMSC's D-VAR systems -- enough zero-emission
energy to meet the needs of over 335,000 homes.ca. All
other trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.electricity. Ultera has more than seven
years of day-to-day operational experience with HTS cable systems providing
power to end users
in the United States and Denmark.nktcables.cogeneration sgs
And because of the inherent
capabilities of D-VAR systems
to manage voltage fluctuations on a highly
reliable basis, they have become the preferred solution
for integrating wind
energy into the transmission grid," Yurek added. The
Company's products are
supported by hundreds of patents and licenses covering
technologies fundamental to Revolutionizing
the Way the World Uses
Electricity(TM).amsuper.
"Superconductivity is one of several promising
technologies that we expect
to play a significant role in solving the nation's power grid problems
," said
Kevin Kolevar, Director of DOE's Office of Electricity and Energy Assurance. The
Company
's products are supported by hundreds of patents and licenses covering
technologies fundamental to
Revolutionizing the Way the World Uses
Electricity(TM). There are a number of important
factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
indicated by such forward-looking
statements.Science (including social sciences applications) and technology related to electric power
transmission, as well as to power generation (if not specific to a particular energy source).
swer hydroelectric
"We're delighted these cooperatives made the decision to join the
renewable energy effort," said
Green Power EMC President Michael Whiteside. Global focus on new energy sources and recent Kyoto Protocol
add momentum to
application of AMSC systems that connect clean energy generation facilities
with electric transmission grid
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. "More than
140
countries have committed to reducing their emissions of six major
greenhouse gases by 2012 driving
the need to find new ways of capitalizing on
low- and zero-emission energy alternatives and to develop
and adopt higher
efficiency electrical equipment.
D-VAR systems provide dynamic and steady
state voltage support for an
entire wind farm by monitoring the voltage at the wind farm and modifying
its
reactive power output to meet the interconnection requirements of local
transmission grid
operators., American
Superconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: AMSC), a leading electricity solutions
company, announced today that it has received an order for 48,760 meters
(approximately 30 miles
) of high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire from
Ultera(TM) to manufacture a 200-meter-long HTS
power cable to serve the
electrical distribution load fed from a large substation in Columbus, Ohio
. Such factors include:
uncertainties regarding the Company's ability to obtain anticipated funding
from corporate and government contracts, to successfully develop, manufacture
and market commercial
products, and to secure anticipated orders; the risk
that a robust market may not develop for the
Company's products; the risk that
strategic alliances and other contracts may be terminated; the
risk that
certain technologies utilized by the Company will infringe intellectual
property rights
of others; and the competition encountered by the Company,
including several large Japanese companies
.trelss siting
"They felt strongly their cooperatives should offer consumer-members the
choice to support environmentally
-friendly sources of energy.
About American Superconductor
AMSC is the world's principal
vendor of high temperature superconductor
(HTS) wire and large rotating superconductor machinery
, and it is a world-
leading supplier of dynamic reactive power grid stabilization products.American
Superconductor Receives HTS Wire Order from Ultera for Columbus Ohio Superconductor Cable Project
The new cable would replace
existing overhead aluminum bus in the 13 kV portion of the substation
.com and
http://www.probabilistic trelss
, Georgia's first renewable energy
program, Green Power EMC, just got larger
with the addition of 11 new member
EMCs.2 million households.
Department of Energy is
providing half of the $8.
"This project is a very important step in the development of new, high
capacity HTS cables that are necessary to assure the security and reliability
of the nation's
power networks. Ultera is dedicated to the development and
commercialization of HTS power cables
.
About American Superconductor
AMSC is the world's principal vendor of high temperature
superconductor
(HTS) wire and large rotating superconductor machinery, and it is a world-
leading
supplier of dynamic reactive power grid stabilization products. More information is available at http:
//www.edf electrification
"
AMSC has joined the Ultera/DOE project team that, in addition to the host
electric
utility, AEP, comprises Praxair (NYSE: PX) for cryogenic systems,
TechCenter for power controls,
and Oak Ridge National Laboratory for
supporting technology and research. Ultera was created to
continue the successful development of high
temperature superconductor power cable technology independently
initiated by
both Southwire and nkt cables. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.sgs siting
AMSC chief executive Greg Yurek noted that the Kingsbridge order, as well
as recent
purchases of D-VAR systems by other wind farm developers, should be
viewed in light of events at
the international level.
The cable will be operated starting in mid-2006 by American Electric Power
(NYSE: AEP)."
Ultera is a joint venture between two of the world's leading wire and
cable
firms, Southwire Company, located in Carrollton, Georgia, and nkt
cables, based in Cologne, Germany
.
"We are honored to join this outstanding industry-government partnership
and to have been
selected as the HTS wire supplier for this important cable
project," said Greg Yurek, AMSC's chief
executive.com. AEP is also one of the largest electric utilities in the United
States, with more
than 5 million customers linked to AEP's 11-state
electricity transmission and distribution grid
. The company is based in
Columbus, Ohio.deregulated edf
Details of the project are available at
http://www
. These forward-looking statements
should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as
of any date
subsequent to the date this press release is issued.samy sf6
EMC Green Power Program Grows in
Georgia
Green Power EMC has
generated more than 50 million kilowatt hours of electricity from
landfill
gas, Georgia's most abundant and economical renewable resource, at two sites
that began
operating in October 2003.
The new Kingsbridge Wind Power project is located near Goderich, Ontario
,
on the northern shore of Lake Huron.amsuper.
About AMEC plc
AMEC plc is an international
project management and services company that
designs, delivers and supports infrastructure assets
for customers worldwide
across the public and private sectors.epcor. AMSC's
HTS wire and power
electronic converters are at the core of a broad range of
new electricity transmission and distribution
, transportation, medical and
industrial processing applications, including dynamic reactive power
grid
stabilization solutions, large ship propulsion motors and generators, smart,
controllable
, superconductor power cables and advanced defense systems. In addition, the forward-looking statements
included in this press
release represent the Company's views as of the date of this release.microturbines modernize
L).
"We decided to use AMSC's wire in our HTS cable after a thorough
evaluation of HTS wires from
vendors around the world," said Stuart Thorn,
chief executive of Southwire.electricite modernize
"
The recent addition
of 11 cooperatives brings Green Power EMC membership
to 28 electric cooperatives in Georgia, offering
green energy to approximately
1.
The Roberts Road landfill facility in Fayette County generates
one
megawatt of power to the statewide electric grid, along with four megawatts of
electricity
generated at the Taylor County landfill near Columbus, the site of
Georgia's first renewable energy
facility.American Superconductor's Voltage Regulation System Tapped by Ontario Wind Farm in Zero-Emission
Energy Effort
, American
Superconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: AMSC), a leading electricity solutions
company, today announced an order for one of its D-VAR(R) voltage regulation
systems to provide
centralized control of the voltage for a zero-emission wind
farm in Canada.65 million of
funding
for this cable demonstration project. More information is
available at http://www.mysouthwire.superconducting swer
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