industry electric power infrastructure founded 1987 1 headquarters devens ma u.s. key people daniel p. mcgahn president & ceo revenue 316 million 2010 2 net income 16 million 2010 total assets 400 million 2010 website www.amsc.com american superconductor amsc is an american energy technologies company based in devens massachusetts specializing in the design and manufacture of power systems and superconducting wire . 3 it owns amsc windtech in klagenfurt austria . contents 1 detroit edison project 2 holbrook superconductor project 3 tres amigas project 4 2009 government stimulus 5 korea s ls cable 6 hts rotors 7 references 8 external links detroit edison project edit american superconductor installed a test of a superconducting electric power transmission power cable in the detroit edison frisbee substation in 2001 . 4 5 6 holbrook superconductor project edit the world s first production superconducting transmission power cable the holbrook superconductor project was commissioned in late june 2008 . the suburban long island electrical substation is fed by about 600 meters of superconductor wire manufactured by american superconductor installed underground and chilled to superconducting temperatures with liquid nitrogen . 7 tres amigas project edit american superconductor was chosen as a supplier for the tres amigas project the united states first renewable energy market hub . 8 the tres amigas renewable energy market hub will be a multi mile triangular electricity pathway of superconductor electricity pipelines capable of transferring and balancing many gigawatts of power between three u.s. power grids the eastern interconnection the western interconnection and the texas interconnection . unlike traditional powerlines it will transfer power as dc instead of ac current . it will be located in clovis new mexico . 2009 government stimulus edit in 2009 the department of energy announced that they would provide 4.8 m to amsc for further development of superconducting electrical cables . 3 korea s ls cable edit amsc will sell three million meters of wire to allow ls cable to build 10 15 miles of superconducting cabling for the grid . this represents an order of magnitude increase over the size of the current largest installation at long island power . 9 hts rotors edit amsc has demonstrated a 36.5 mw 49 000 horsepower high temperature superconductor hts electric motor for the united states navy and is developing a similar 10 mw wind turbine generator through its wholly owned austria based subsidiary amsc windtech . it operates at 30 40 kelvin and the cooling system uses 40 kw . 10 references edit american superconductor corp fe 2009 annual report a b berst jesse 2009 07 16 . american superconductor poised for super results . smart grid news . retrieved 2009 07 22 . 1 2 3 gelsi steve 2008 07 10 . power firms grasp new tech for aging grid . market watch . retrieved 2008 07 11 . superconductor electricity pipelines to be adopted for america s first renewable energy market hub . 2009 10 13 . retrieved 2009 10 25 . american superconductor sells millions of meters of wire to power south korea . 2010 10 07 . retrieved 2011 04 23 . fischer martin . new path to 10 mw renewable energy world 12 october 2010 . retrieved 14 october 2010 . external links edit american superconductor website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title american superconductor & oldid 736842434 categories superconductivitycompanies based in middlesex county massachusettscompanies listed on nasdaqhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersuse dmy dates from january 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 30 august 2016 at 05 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view