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AMSC Power Electronics Support Nearly 10% of Global Wind-Generated Electricity

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Windtec technology transfer offers fully developed wind turbine designs including variable speed, pitch-controlled wind turbines with power ratings from 650 kW to 10 MW and larger. Full-scale conversion drivetrain. This product has become the de facto standard for connecting wind farms to power grids worldwide, AMSC says.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Urban Electric Power (Pearl River, New York).

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The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

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EV owners should be urged to charge at night to save not only money and the power grid but “ the world ,” a news headline cries out. For China, Japan, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States, EVs are the vehicle needed to “ win the future of transportation and manufacturing.”