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Devens company announces China turbine deal

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American Superconductor Corp., an energy technology company in Devens, said today that it has signed a multi-million-dollar contract to provide wind turbine designs to China’s XJ Group Corp.

The company, which refers to itself as AMSC, said it will receive an up-front fee but did not elaborate on the financial details of the contract. (The graphic above this story was taken from AMSC's website.)

Under that contract, AMSC said a subsidiary will provide XJ Group with designs for a 2 megawatt (MW) doubly fed induction wind turbine; in addition, AMSC said it also expects to provide core electrical components for the 2 MW wind turbines manufactured by XJ Group.

AMSC noted in a press release: "Recent reports have indicated that China may increase its wind power capacity from 6 gigawatts at the end of 2007 to 100 gigawatts by 2020. This type of expansion would require approximately 47,000 2 MW wind turbines over a 12-year time frame."
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)

tags American Superconductor, China, turbines, wind