American Superconductor Bags Large Order for Second Generation High Temperature Superconducting Wire

By Chris de Morsella on April 27, 2009 1 Comment 138 kV, 344 superconductors, Albany New York, American Superconductor, billion-dollar opportunity, Columbus Ohio, Consolidated Edison, DAPAS program, electric motors, electromagnets, fault current limiters, high temperature superconductor, HTS wire, HV/DC grid backbone, Joon Hyung Cho, KEPCO Chief Executive Officer, Kim Ssang-Su, Korea, Long Island, LS Cable, Manhattan, Second Generation High Temperature Superconducting Wire, Seoul, smart grid, Superconducting Cable, synchronous condensers, transformers, turbine generators, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, wind turbine generators

In a significant boost to the emerging high temperature superconducting wire sector, American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC), a leading supplier of super-conducting wire, announced that LS Cable Ltd. (LS Cable) has ordered approximately 80,000 meters of its 344 superconductors, AMSC’s proprietary brand of second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire.

Superconducting cables are poised to play a critical and important role in the evolving smart grid. Superconducting cables are capable of carrying much more current and have significantly lower impedance than conventional cables; because of this they facilitate more efficient AC power flows within the grid.