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SuperPower Completes World’s 1st Integration of 2G HTS Wire on Live Power Grid - Philips to continue support of SuperPower’s dev

Schenectady, N.Y. – SuperPower, Inc. today announced the re-connection of the 350-meter high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cable to the National Grid power system between the Riverside and Menands substations in Albany, N.Y.  Using a new 30 meter cable segment fabricated with wire manufactured in Schenectady, SuperPower marked the successful installation and energization of Phase 2 of the HTS Cable Demonstration Project funded by the U.S.

U.S. Department of Energy and SuperPower, Inc. Increase Energy Efficiency in Nation's Electric Grid

$27 Million Project Demonstrates Advanced Superconductivity Technology 

NYSERDA Awards $6 million in Power Delivery R&D Projects

Albany, Feb. 4, 2008–The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has awarded 14 contractors nearly $6 million in funding to pursue development of advanced technologies that will improve the efficiency and delivery of power for electric customers across the state. The projects range from first-of -a-kind superconductor cable installation in Manhattan, to transmission line fault-detecting software and a unique underground compressed-air energy storage project near Watkins Glen in the Finger Lakes Region.

ORNL, SuperPower Inc. Sign High Temperature Superconducting Wire Agreement

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 9, 2008 — The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) today announced that SuperPower Inc., a Schenectady, N.Y., superconducting wire manufacturer, has signed a license agreement to use an ORNL-developed technology that can lower the cost of producing superconducting wires for more efficient transmission of electricity.

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SuperPower Announces New World Record Performance in Second-Generation HTS Wire

SuperPower Announces New World Record Performance in Second-Generation HTS Wire
11/06/2007

SuperPower Announces New World Records in Wire and Magnet Technologies

SuperPower Announces New World Records in Wire and Magnet Technologies
08/07/2007
 

Shipment of Completed 30-Meter HTS Cable for Installation Into Albany HTS Cable Project Announced

Shipment of Completed 30-Meter HTS Cable for Installation Into Albany HTS Cable Project Announced
05/02/2007

 

Receives $3 Million Office of Naval Research Contract for Further Development of a High-Temperature Superconducting Generator

SuperPower Receives $3 Million Office of Naval Research Contract for Further Development of a High-Temperature Superconducting Generator for Application to the Navy's All Electric Ship Program
02/27/2007

 

SuperPower Names John R. Herrin Vice President of Manufacturing

SuperPower Names John R. Herrin Vice President of Manufacturing
02/22/2007

 

Dr. Venkat Selvamanickam Promoted To Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Venkat Selvamanickam Promoted To Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
01/24/2007

 

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