American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC) has received an initial order worth more than $10 million for wind turbine electrical control systems from South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd. The systems will be utilized in Doosan's onshore and offshore 3 MW full-conversion wind turbines. AMSC will be shipping the electrical control systems to Doosan between the middle of 2011 and the middle of 2012.
The company is the seventh customer to place a volume production order for wind turbine electrical control systems or components with AMSC over the past 12 months. Doosan's 3 MW pilot model has been in operation at Korea's Jeju Island since October 2009.
SOURCE: American Superconductor Corp.
