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5/12/2008 4:00 PM

American Superconductor Corp (AMSC)

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An energy technologies company, which offers an array of solutions based on two proprietary technologies: programmable power electronic converters and high temperature superconductor wires.

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Diversified Electronics (77), Rule Breakers Universe (161), Alternative Energy (50), Wind Power (10), Small Cap (1922)
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American Superconductor Corp At A Glance

Current Price:	$28.94
Last Trade Time:	5/12/2008 4:00 PM
Open:	$0.00
Previous Close:	$29.86
Daily Range:	$28.58 - $30.44
52-Week Range:	$14.35 - $33.41
Volume:	1,561,520
Market Cap:	$1.24B
P/E Ratio:	0.00
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Avatar taryntoo (25.80) Submitted: 12/25/07 1:35 AM

It's hard to know who's going to excel in the tightly contested solar, wind, tidal, geotherm, etc. power generation markets. But they all share a need for power regulation, charge control, and high efficiency magnetics.

AMSC will probably supply these markets.

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Recs 0 (AMSC) imobillc (70.12) Submitted: 5/09/08 10:59 AM : Start Price: $30.51 AMSC Score: -5.49 This is a Buy! American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) is an energy technologies company, offering an array of solutions based on two technologies: programmable power electronic converters and high temperature superconductor (HTS) wires. The two primary markets it serves are the wind energy market and the power transmission and distribution or power grid market. The Company conducts its operations through two business units: AMSC Power Systems (Power Systems), which supplies electrical systems used in wind turbines; sells power electronic products that regulate wind farm voltage to enable their interconnection to the power grid; licenses wind energy system designs to manufacturers of such systems, and provides consulting services to the wind industry, and AMSC Superconductors (Superconductors), which focuses on the manufacturing of HTS wire and coils; the design and development of HTS products, such as power cables, fault current limiters and motors, and the management of HTS projects, such as HTS power cable system design, manufacturing and installation. In May 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Power Quality Systems, Inc. On January 5, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Windtec. Windtec is operated by the Company's Power Electronic Systems business unit. In October 2007, the Company announced that it has formed a division, known as AMSC China, to serve the industrial markets in China. AMSC Power Systems The Company's Power Systems business unit designs, develops, assembles, tests, services and sells power electronic products, systems and solutions that generate and rapidly switch, control and modulate power. Power Systems offers three product lines that service the needs of customers in a broad array of industries, including the transmission and distribution, wind power and manufacturing industries. AMSC's PowerModule power electronic converters incorporate power semiconductor devices that switch, control and move power. With power ratings from 60 to 1,000 kilowatts per converter, this product utilizes a printed circuit board design that incorporates a microprocessor, thereby making it programmable for many uses. The Company's primary commercial PowerModule product is known as the PM1000. It also offers the PowerModule PM1000 Product Developer Kit and PM1000 System Developer Kit to enable customers to integrate and adopt the product in their applications. In addition to PowerModule power converter hardware, its Power Systems business unit is responsible for software development for the PowerModule power converters, as well as for the software needed to integrate the PowerModule power converters into larger scale systems. Through the acquisition of Power Quality Systems, Inc. the Company obtained the thyristor switching technology. These are modular solid-state switches, or valves that can be configured in a variety of different ways to cater to specific reactive compensation and power quality needs. These products are solely used as a component in its static volt-amp-reactive (VAR) compensator and power quality static VAR compensator offerings and are not sold as a stand alone product. The Company's grid reliability, power quality and interconnection systems product line consists of five core reactive compensation and voltage regulation offerings. The Company's dynamic VAR (D-VAR) reactive compensation systems provide a source of reactive compensation for a range of operational needs. They can correct voltage instability problems on transmission networks, provide dynamic voltage and power factor control and regulation on transmission and distribution networks, protect industrial facilities requiring power quality, and support a stable point of interconnection for distributed generation facilities and wind farms. Its dynamic VAR compensators (DVC) solutions are based on the D-VAR system. The DVC systems are utilized in situations where both transient and steady state voltage regulation is required. The static VAR compensators (SVC) are a single-point solution geared toward utilities that are looking to stabilize their power grid. SVC is a transmission-level solution that utilizes thyristor switched capacitors and reactors to alleviate power flow restraints on stability limited lines. Power quality-industrial voltage restorer (PQ-IVR) systems are voltage protection solutions that can detect power quality problems within milliseconds, and counteract them before they turn into productivity problems. PQ-IVR systems incorporate PowerModule power electronic converters and can be configured to meet a range of customer requirements. The power quality static VAR compensators (PQ-SVC) systems, address power system disturbances for the distribution grid and industrial facilities. The Company's Windtec subsidiary provides a range of wind energy system designs and services. Wind energy systems comprise all components of a system needed to generate electricity from wind. These components include the foundation, the tower, wind turbine blades and the nacelle, which incorporates gear boxes, a generator, electrical systems and ancillary controls. Windtec licenses designs and develops designs based on specific customer needs. Windtec offers these designs through technology transfer or licensing agreements. Customers then are able to begin manufacturing the wind energy systems. In addition to the design and development work, it offers customer training and support services, as well as wind turbine electrical systems. The Company competes with Inverpower, SatCon, Semikron, Xantrex, ABB, Alstom, Mitsubishi Electric, Siemens, S&C Electric, Aerodyn, DeWind, REpower, Gamesa, GE, Suzlon and Vestas. AMSC Superconductors The Superconductors business unit designs, develops, manufactures and sells HTS wire and products made with HTS wire. The Company sells wire to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that incorporate HTS wire into value-added products, which are, in turn, sold to electric utilities, ship integrators and industrial end users, among others. It also develops power cable systems, fault current limiters and rotating machines (including electric motors, generators and synchronous condensers) based on its HTS wire. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company completed its transition from the manufacture of first generation HTS wire to its second generation HTS wire, which the Company has named 344 superconductors. Both first generation HTS wires and 344 superconductors are hair-thin, ribbon shaped wires that are approximately 0.4 centimeters wide. The core of its 344 superconductors consists of multiple thin coatings of several materials, including a thin coating of HTS material, on a base metal or alloy. The Company's 344 superconductors are able to switch from a superconducting state with zero resistance to the flow of electricity, to the resistive state when the current passing through the wire exceeds a critical value. Because a high resistance reduces current in an electrical network, the smart switching feature of superconductor wire can be used to limit high fault currents that arise because of network short circuits. This is the basis of fault current limiting devices for utility and military applications. Its 344 superconductors are well suited for such applications because the resistance of the other layers in its structure can be kept high, thus decreasing the amount of wire required to achieve the required resistance. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, the Company had shipped 11,500 meters of 344 superconductors to more than 25 customers in more than 10 countries. The Company competes with Bruker Biospin, Innova Superconductor Technologies, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Royal Philips Electronics, Fujikura, Furukawa, Showa, Hypertech, SC Power, SuperPower, Hyundai and Toshiba. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (AMSC) tuckerchloe (43.80) Submitted: 5/09/08 12:31 AM : Start Price: $30.77 AMSC Score: 7.44 up $8 in a day for a stock that is losing money? Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (AMSC) costanostra (68.62) Submitted: 5/08/08 7:54 PM : Start Price: $30.28 AMSC Score: -4.98 This stock is loaded like a freight train and headed flyin' like an aeroplane. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (AMSC) iceberg17 (36.99) Submitted: 5/08/08 3:47 PM : Start Price: $33.26 AMSC Score: -13.51 ok, I am a believer! Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (AMSC) deccles02 (57.26) Submitted: 5/08/08 3:09 PM : Start Price: $31.71 AMSC Score: -9.33 An energy technologies company, which offers an array of solutions based on two proprietary technologies: programmable power electronic converters and high temperature superconductor wires. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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