Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=9559 American Superconductor (AMSC) is the maker of high temperature superconducting material. By high temperature they mean slightly higher than liquid nitrogen (<-411 deg f). The product that they are making can be formed into wire and virtually no loss due to resistance in trasmitting electricity. ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=955938013210Art BechhoeferThe Tres Amigas revenue bond seems to be the most likely cause. Thanks for the note. I had seen references to the project in earlier AMSC reports but did not know that the project was getting under way. One other factor that could affect AMSC in the short run is the problem with Sinovel, the wind turbine company tha...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289091865/22/2013 12:39:33 PMDanDIt might have something to do with this: City of Clovis Approves Introduction of Ordinance for Tres Amigas Industrial Revenue Bond myhighplains.com  AMSC owns a piece of this project, and will get contracts from it. If you're not familiar with Tres Amigas: tresamigasllc.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289077945/21/2013 6:58:15 PMArt BechhoeferAn article in this week's New Yorker magazine describes experiments in placing light weight wind turbines on kites soaring at 1000 feet above the earth to generate power more economically than fixed wind turbines mounted on long poles. Have you seen any information on this technology? It is being financed in part by ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289069865/21/2013 1:09:03 PMArt BechhoeferTrading volume so far this week is running about 4 times normal, and the price has gone up over some 15%. Can't find any corporate news that would explain the increased volume or price. Do you think AMSC is about to resolve its problems with the Chinese company Sinovel, which initially cancelled orders and allegedly ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289069035/21/2013 12:51:16 PMtktrimbathINTRO Here's my semi-annual exercise to see if I remember why I own the stocks I own, and so I can check back and see if their stories have changed. I post in case it helps others too. AMSC (was called American Superconductor) AMSC (market cap $0.143B) AMSC's story sounds the same but it seems to be playing out under ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2863590012/31/2012 10:54:36 PMDavid C. BurnsVestas and Mitsubishi Planning to Build Biggest Offshore Wind Turbine Vestas Chief Financial Officer Dag Andresen said the Aarhus-based company was talking with Japan’s largest heavy machinery maker about developing an 8-megawatt machine, about 30 percent more powerful than the current record-holder. It was the fir...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2857159011/28/2012 1:44:07 AMDavid C. BurnsSurprising competition found in high-temperature superconductors phys.org  via @physorg_comhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2855129011/15/2012 6:52:08 PMDavid C. Burns59 GW of Coal-Fired Generation Capacity Should Retire; Could Open Door for Renewable Energy Today, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released the findings of an economic analysis indicating as much as 18 percent of the country's coal-fired energy generating capacity should be considered for closure. The s...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2854545511/13/2012 5:07:01 PMDorenhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2847697910/16/2012 2:18:20 PMDavid C. BurnsFrance Taxing Carbon Emitters in an Effort to Overhaul Consumer Energy Costs The country plans to use more wind power and solar power and lessen its dependance on nuclear energy. The government will also start tenders by the end of the year for two offshore wind parks near Le Treport in the Channel and N...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284177779/18/2012 8:17:56 PMDavid C. BurnsWind could meet many times the world’s total power demand by 2030, Stanford reseachers say kurzweilai.net http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283993239/11/2012 10:04:15 AMDavid C. Burnshttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283497778/21/2012 4:13:24 AMDavid C. BurnsOffshore Use of Vertical-axis Wind Turbines Gets Closer Look renewableenergyworld.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283230058/8/2012 7:25:03 PMDavid C. BurnsThe Vast Potential for Renewable Energy in the American West Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah—the “Four Corners” states plus their western neighbors—are home to some of the best renewable electricity potential in the country. This issue brief assesses the federal government’s “reasonabl...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283183698/6/2012 7:02:39 PMDavid C. Burnshttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282841657/22/2012 2:25:30 PMtktrimbathINTRO Here's my semi-annual exercise to see if I remember why I own the stocks I own, and so I can check back and see if their stories have changed. I post in case it helps others too. AMSC (was called American Superconductor) AMSC (market cap $0.244B) AMSC started as a company built around making and selling supercon...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282384256/30/2012 10:48:37 AMDavid C. BurnsSpain Imposes "Temporary" Halt to New Renewable Energy and Co-generation Projects Faced with growing fiscal challenges and the specter of increasingly trigger-happy credit rating agencies, the new center-right Spanish government has acted to temporarily put a halt to awarding new feed-in tariff (FIT) contracts...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280581614/3/2012 3:01:29 PMDavid C. BurnsWind power on pace to zip past nuclear power worldwide With the wind at its back, global wind power generation capacity has increased 10-fold over the past decade and is on pace to surpass nuclear power output within five years, according to industry experts. ajw.asahi.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=279686252/23/2012 9:37:17 PMDavid C. Burns U.S. to Share Cautionary Tale of Trade Secret Theft With Chinese Official By JONATHAN WEISMAN NYTimes China’s next leader, Xi Jinping, may never have heard of American Superconductor Corporation before he arrived here Monday, but by the end of his visit Un...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=279510382/15/2012 2:35:43 PMDoren> I missed a similarly sad bit of news about the superconducting side I haven't seen anything. No doubt investors are wary of stories in general, and tired of waiting for a breakthrough on superconducting materials. Most of AMSCs current businesses I think are thin profit margin businesses. If they discover a break...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=279462062/13/2012 2:53:25 PMDavid C. BurnsUS regains lead in clean energy investment The US overtook China to regain top position as the world’s leading investor in “clean” energy last year, thanks to the Obama administration’s subsidy programme, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a research company. It was the first year since 2008 that the US...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=278785401/13/2012 2:19:12 AMDavid C. BurnsStartup Promises a Revolutionary Grid Battery Battery developer Eos Energy Storage claims to have solved key problems holding back a battery technology that could revolutionize grid energy storage. If the company is right, its zinc-air batteries will be able to store energy for half the cost of additional generat...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=278604941/4/2012 3:40:23 PMtktrimbathMy semi-annual review of AMSC INTRO Here's my semi-annual exercise to see if I remember why I own the stocks I own, and so I can check back and see if their stories have changed. I post in case it helps others too. AMSC (now called American Superconductor) AMSC (market cap $0.190B) AMSC is an innovative company looki...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2785380412/31/2011 1:33:01 PMDavid C. BurnsWind Electricity To Be Fully Competitive With Natural Gas by 2016, Says Bloomberg New Energy Finance The best wind farms in the world are already competitive with coal, gas and nuclear plants. But over the next five years, continued performance improvements and cost reductions will bring the average onshore wind...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2776905111/15/2011 6:51:08 PMDorenChinese Turbine Firm Tied to Software Theft online.wsj.com  By REBECCA SMITH A former employee of American Superconductor Corp. was convicted in Austria on criminal charges in a corporate espionage case linked to China's biggest manufacturer of wind turbines. The conviction on charges of fraud and industrial ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276620819/26/2011 2:50:06 PMArt BechhoeferThe Chinese like to copy technology or goods that someone else has invented. This is acceptable as long as they agree to pay whatever licensing and royalty fees are attached to that use. In many cases, they have paid royalties, especially to Qualcomm, whose wireless technology is at the core of most of the wireless s...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276463109/19/2011 12:09:54 PMDorenIt was almost a no brainer after they got dumped. Let that be a lesson to other tech companies doing business with the Chinese. Never liked that dictatorship. Never thought we should be chummy with them... http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276461719/19/2011 11:20:58 AMArt BechhoeferIs it a coincidence that Sinovel started installing its own equipment shortly after canceling contracts with AMSC, and shortly after allegedly obtaining AMSC trade secrets from a person with knowledge of AMSC software code? In its lawsuit against Sinovel, AMSC, as part of its discovery, will be able to subpoena softwa...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276450909/18/2011 3:22:35 PMi-nodeAmerican Superconductor Sues Sinovel For IP Theft; Shrs Off American Superconductor shares are trading sharply lower after the wind turbine technology company announced that it is filing criminal and civil complaints in China against Sinovel Wind Group, which had been one of American Superconductor’s key customers. Th...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276394949/15/2011 11:57:07 AMDavid C. BurnsTechnology Cost Review: Grid Parity for Renewables? Research from the University of Melbourne's Energy Research Institute predicts that the price of wind and solar energy will continue to fall. The Institute's Renewable Energy Technology Cost Review covers the current and future costs of three fo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276133789/3/2011 2:28:53 AMDavid C. BurnsRenewables Investment Breaks Records Global investment in renewable power and fuels set a new record in 2010, according to a new analysis commissioned by UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE) from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Investment hit $211 billion last year, up...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276060888/31/2011 1:26:42 AMDavid C. BurnsGermany Dims Nuclear Plants, but Hopes to Keep Lights On Not since the grim period after World War II has Germany had significant blackouts, but it is now bracing for that possibility after shutting down half its nuclear reactors practically overnight. Nuclear plants have long generated nearly a quarter of...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276037688/30/2011 4:53:12 AMDavid C. BurnsChina set to challenge global wind industry By Pilita Clark in London and Leslie Hook in Beijing Financial Times Standing under the enormous swinging blades of the world’s most powerful wind turbine near the German city of Magdeburg, it is hard to imagine that Europe’s wind industry has much to worry abo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276012668/29/2011 1:28:02 AMDavid C. BurnsJapan Approves National Feed-in Tariff Japan positioned itself as the next large growth market for renewable energy Friday as the upper chamber of parliament approved legislation that will create a national feed-in tariff. The new law is expected to bolster solar, win...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=275984858/27/2011 4:10:53 AMDorenGood question. No one knows. They sell generator designs & license patents(?), pod engines or designs for shipping tankers. They acquired this technology in a buyout. This is where they make the most money? They just lost Sinoval (China) as a customer hence the collapse of their stock price. Some think Sinoval is goin...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=275868298/22/2011 5:06:39 PMsemi_infinite I am trying to understand this company better. Does the wind industry need AMSC technology? How so and are there other sources such as GE and Siemens?http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=275835808/21/2011 2:44:30 AM