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What’s New in the World of Superconductivity (October)Power
American Superconductor Corporation (October 3, 2006)
American Superconductor Corporation has received an order for 22,000 meters offirst-generation HTS wire from the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) for use ina 10-year project focused on the development of SMES systems. While most commercial
SMES systems utilize low-temperature superconductors, SMES systems based on HTS wire
are expected to have operating temperatures that are 5 to 20 times higher than
low-temperature systems – making them more efficient, rugged, and affordable for power grid
applications. Angelo Santamaria, vice president and general manager of the AMSC Wires
business unit, commented, "KERI's SMES system required a unique four-ply superconductor
with particularly high electrical performance - a product that we developed jointly with KERI
utilizing our first-generation HTS wire. Our ability to rapidly meet customer specifications withfirst-generation wire as we continue to scale up manufacturing of second-generation wire wasonce again key to winning this order.” The KERI project is being funded by South Korea's
Ministry of Science and Technology.
AMSC has received orders for nearly 150,000 meters of first-generation HTS wire during
the second quarter of fiscal 2007, ending September 30, 2006. The company entered thequarter with more than 400, 000 meters of first-generation HTS wire in stock. AMSC expects toreceive orders for most, if not all, of its remaining first-generation inventory by December 2007,
when annual gross capacity for its 344 superconductors will be ramped to 720,000 meters.
AMSC discontinued its production of first-generation HTS wire on June 30, 2006.
Source:“American Superconductor Wins New HTS Wire Order from Korean Technology Developer”
American Superconductor Corporation press release (October 3, 2006)
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=86422&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=911368&highli
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American Superconductor Corporation (October 10, 2006)
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has received a follow-on order for 450
PowerModule™ PM1000 systems from Windtec Systemtechnik GmbH (Windtec), an Austriandeveloper and licensor of wind turbine system designs and a developer and supplier of windturbine electrical systems. Windtec will package the PowerModule systems with other electroniccomponents for one of China’s largest domestic wind turbine manufacturers. The new orderrepresents a three-fold increase over the previous PowerModule order placed by Windtec,
which was announced in February 2006. Windtec’s President, Gerald Hehenberger,commented, "AMSC and Windtec have worked closely together to customize PM1000 systems
to provide voltage regulation and electrical controls for several Windtec wind energy systemdesigns. AMSC's PowerModule systems are best in class, and they provide us with tremendous
flexibility and capability in the systems we design for our customers. Windtec looks forward toexpanding its relationship with AMSC and to capitalizing together on the rapidly growing wind
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power market.” AMSC expects to ship the PowerModule systems during the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2008. This if the fourth and largest order placed by Windtec in the last 12 months.
Greg Yurek, Chief Executive Officer and founder of AMSC, reported, "The global wind energy
market has become a significant growth area for AMSC, and we expect this will continue formany years. Windtec is a key channel to the Chinese market for our PowerModule systems. We
expect to continue to work closely with them to meet the objective of China and additional
fast-growing countries around the world to generate more zero-emission electricity from wind."
With this order, AMSC’s D-VAR® and PowerModule solutions will be serving more than 2,500
MW of wind-generated electricity, exceeding the company’s 2,000-MW target for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2007.
Source:“American Superconductor Receives Follow-on Order from Windtec for PowerModule™
Systems to be Utilized in 450 Chinese Wind Turbines”
American Superconductor Corporation press release (October 10, 2006)
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=86422&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=913740&highlight
HTS-110 (October 19, 2006)
HTS-110 has won contracts totaling $1.2 million to design and manufacture two HTSmagnets, one for the Hahn-Meitner Institute for the Berlin Electron Synchrotron facility and theother for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO) for their new
OPAL neutron factory. The Berlin magnet will be a world-first for an HTS magnet, as copper or
LTS magnets are currently used in most synchrotron beam-lines. The HTS magnet was chosenfor its high performance (5 T) and its cost competitiveness and will be cooled by a pulse tube
refrigerator to an operating temperature of around 20 K. Sohail Choudhry, CEO of HTS-110,commented, “The chance to develop this magnet open up the huge area of beam-line
experiments, as well as synchrotron storage, making it an exciting opportunity for the HTS
industry.”
The ANSTO magnet will be the largest that HTS-110 has built to date, weighing 250 kg
and containing more than 10 km of wire. The magnet will be installed in the new OPAL neutron
factory being commissioned in New South Wales, Australia. Since the magnet will not requireliquid helium for its operation, it will be economical and easy to use.
Source:“Two overseas contracts scored for high-tech magnets”
HTS-110 press release (October 19, 2006)
http://www.hts-110.com/news/coverage/new-orders.html
American Superconductor Corporation (October 25, 2006)
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has signed a cost-plus-fee contract
valued at $5.3 million with the United States Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
for the design and optimization of HTS ship propulsion motors and power electronic drives. The
first $1.9 million increment of funding will focus on motor, drive and electrical system options
optimized for possible integration into DDG-1000 and CG(X) surface combatant ships. Thisinitial stage of the contract should be completed in the next six months. Greg Yurek, Chief
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Executive Officer and founder of AMSC, reported, "This is the first in what we are confident will
be a series of contracts from the United States Navy, will enable us to continue optimizing HTS
motors and power electronic drives for use in future surface combatants as well as otherclasses of naval vessels. It will also strengthen the foundation for adoption of theserevolutionary advanced motors in a broad set of commercial ship types. American
Superconductor's technology offers significant and compelling benefits over conventional
solutions, and we are committed to bringing these benefits to the Navy."
AMSC is currently assembling and testing the components of a 36.5-MW HTS propulsion
motor for the Office of Naval Research. The completed motor will weigh approximately 75 tons
and will be one-half the size and one-third the weight of traditional copper-based propulsion
systems. Factory testing should be completed before the end of calendar 2006.
Source:“American Superconductor Wins New U.S. Navy Contract for HTS Motor Design andOptimization”
American Superconductor Corporation press release (October 25, 2006)
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=86422&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=920995&highlight
Zenergy Power plc (October 26, 2006)
Zenergy Power plc announced that E.ON Wasserkraft GmbH has decided to install theworld's first HTS hydrogenerator in a commercial hydroelectric power station in Bavaria,
Germany. The 1.25-MW hydrogenerator will incorporate Zenergy’s patented HTS materials,
enabling the production of a hydrogenerator capable of delivering efficiency levels of greaterthan 98% - a significant improvement over current efficiency levels. This increase in thegenerator’s efficiency will improve the economic return of renewable energy production. The
projected cost of the overall development and installation is €3.44 million, of which theEuropean Commission will provide €1.85 million. The hydrogenerator will be built by
Converteam (formerly ALSTOM Power Conversion) using superconductive coils made byTrithor GmbH. A maintenance-free cryogenerator is being built by Stirling. The superconductor
generator, once tested and installed, is expected to power approximately 2,000 households.
Ulrich Fuchs, head of Electrical Engineering, E.ON Wasserkraft GmbH, commented, “To be theworld's first utility company to implement HTS materials into its power generation equipment isa hugely exciting prospect for E.ON Wasserkraft GmbH. As Europe's largest producer ofhydroelectric power, we are ideally positioned to benefit from the economic improvements that
Zenergy's technology brings to the production of renewable energy. We very much look forward
to having this generator in ongoing grid operation and would like to thank the European
Commission for its ongoing support for this ground breaking work.”
Source:“Hydro-Generator Collaborative Project with E.ON Wasserkraft GmbH”
Trithor press release (October 26, 2006)
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American Superconductor Corporation (October 31, 2006)
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has signed a strategic business alliancewith the Shanghai Electric Cable Research Institute (SECRI), the leading research,development and standardization institution for China's wire and cable industry. The newalliance will develop and promote the use of HTS power cables in China. Under the terms of thealliance, AMSC will serve as the preferred supplier of HTS wire to SECRI and therecommended preferred HTS wire supplier to its cable-manufacturing licensees for all future
superconductor cables. SECRI plans to develop and certify HTS power cable systems for useby power cable manufacturers throughout China. As a first step toward this objective, SECRI
will manufacture and test a 30-meter-long, 110,000-volt prototype transmission voltage HTSpower cable utilizing AMSC's HTS wire. The cable will then be installed in the power grid,probably in Shanghai. SECRI will also help introduce AMSC's D-VAR(R) power grid solutions tokey decision makers throughout China.
According to an energy analyst for Frost & Sullivan, China accounted for close to 41% of
the world's energy growth in 2004.
Source:“American Superconductor and Shanghai Electric Cable Research Institute Announce Strategic
Business Alliance”
American Superconductor Corporation press release (October 31, 2006)
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Communication
ISCO International, Inc. (October 3 and 26, 2006)
ISCO International Inc. has reported its financial results for their third quarter. ISCO
posted higher revenue in September 2006 than it did throughout 2005, which had seen the best
four revenue quarters in the company’s history. Performance in the third quarter included apositive net income from operations and a positive contribution to the company’s overall cash
flow of US $0.5 million. Revenue in the third quarter more than tripled to $6.4 million, comparedwith $2.0 million for the same period in the previous fiscal year. The company entered its fourthquarter with approximately $1 million in order backlog, compared with negligible backlog at thesame time point in the previous fiscal year. Net loss for the quarter improved by about 70% to$0.2 million, compared with $0.6 million for the same period in the previous fiscal year.
Sources:”
ISCO INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES $6 MILLION IN THIRD QUARTER REVENUE”
ISCO International, Inc. press release (October 3, 2006)
http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/ResLibrary.asp?BzID=826&ResLibraryID=17249&GoTopage=1&Category=135“ISCO INTERNATIONAL REPORTS RECORD REVENUE, NET OPERATING INCOME ANDPOSITIVE CASH FLOW IN ITS FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER 2006”
ISCO International, Inc. press release (October 26, 2006)
http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/ResLibrary.asp?BzID=826&ResLibraryID=17588&GoTopage=1&Category=135
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ISCO International, Inc. (October 19, 2006)
ISCO International Inc. has been selected, for the second year in a row, as one of theDeloitte Technology Fast 500 – a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies inNorth America. ISCO’s Chief Executive Officer, John Thode, commented, “"The bar this year wasmuch higher than last year, and I'm proud to say that we fully met that challenge and took ourplace amongst our highest performing peers." Tony Kern, deputy managing principal of Deloitte'sTechnology, Media and Telecommunications, also stated, "To be successful in today's
increasingly competitive landscape, companies have to be better, smarter, and more innovative
than in the past, and the Technology Fast 500 companies are doing exactly that. We acknowledge
ISCO International for its fast-paced growth in an increasingly competitive world."
Source:“ISCO INTERNATIONAL RECEIVES ANOTHER DELOITTE TECHNOLOGY FAST 500
AWARD”
ISCO International, Inc. press release (October 19, 2006)
http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/ResLibrary.asp?BzID=826&ResLibraryID=17488&GoTopage=1&Category=135(Akihiko Tsutai, Director, International Affairs Department, ISTEC)

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