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Article: United States: AMSC secures $12 million in funding from DOE for smart grid projects.
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- July 23, 2009
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Byline: sandesh03
American Superconductor Corporation, or AMSC, has announced that the US Department of Energy has provided more than $12 million in funding to AMSC under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. AMSC has said that it is receiving $4.8 million in additional funding to develop a three-phase 138kV fault current limiter (FCL) using the company's 344 superconductors. This FCL will feature a proprietary Siemens-developed, low-inductance coil technology that makes the FCL invisible to the grid until it switches to a resistive state.
AMSC is serving as project manager and wire supplier. The team also includes Southern California Edison, ...