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

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This amount of zero-emission electricity is sufficient to power approximately 4.5 million US households and represents nearly 10% of the world’s 158,000 MW of wind power installed as of the end of 2009. Full-scale conversion drivetrain. Global Wind Power Market. AMSC founder and Chief Executive Officer Greg Yurek.

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DOE Announces $100M Available for ARPA-Es 3rd Funding Opportunity; Focus on Grid-Scale Energy Storage, Electrical Power Technology, and Building Energy Efficiency

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ARPA-E’s first solicitation, announced in early 2009, was highly competitive and resulted in funding 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology (ADEPT).