Breakthrough In Superconductor Power（超导电能）.pdfVIP

October 8, 2012 AMSC Doubles Superconductor Wire Performance and Reduces Pricing Company Now Producing Power Cable Wire With Demonstrated Performance up to 200 Amps Lowered Pricing Expected to Expand Addressable Market PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 8, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMSC (Nasdaq:AMSC), a global solutions provider serving wind and grid leaders, today introduced a new class of Amperium® superconductor wire for power cable applications with industry-leading performance, pricing and production capacity at the Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC 2012). This breakthrough is expected to enable lower cost superconductor power cables and expand the global addressable market for these systems. AMSC is now offering brass-laminated 4.4 mm Amperium wire with demonstrated current carrying performance up to 200 amps. This is considered industry-leading performance for high-volume second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire and compares with AMSCs existing line of 70- 100 amp wires. Similar to AMSCs existing Amperium product line, the new wire has leading electrical, mechanical and thermal properties. Along with this substantial increase in performance, AMSC also has announced that the kiloamp-meter pricing of this new brass- laminated wire has been substantially reduced compared with AMSCs existing Amperium product line. This, in turn, is expected to lead to a reduction in the cost of superconductor power cables while also expanding the global addressable market for these systems. We believe increasing wire performance and reducing pricing can serve as catalysts for superconductor cable adoption, said Jean-Maxime Saugrain, Corporate Vice President Technical at Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry. With years of successful superconductor cable demonstrations and in-grid experience behind us, we look forward to continuing our close collaboration with AMSC to grow our superconductors business and maximize global market pene