American Superconductor gets $8m order

American Superconductor Corp. said today it has received an additional $8 million in orders for its wind-energy technology from a Chinese customer.

The Westborough company said its Windtec subsidiary has received a follow-on order for 150 additional wind energy electrical systems from Sinovel Wind Corp. Ltd. of Beijing.

Since 2005, Windtec has received orders from Sinovel for more than 900 sets of electrical systems for wind energy systems, American Superconductor said.

"Sinovel has quickly emerged as one of China's largest and most respected wind energy companies," American Superconductor chief executive Greg Yurek said in a statement. "The relationship we have formed with Sinovel continues to expand as they aggressively ramp up manufacturing capacity of their 1.5 megawatt energy systems."
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)