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This is not SuperPower’s first involvement with an important and potentially future changing utility project. As reported in September 2013, SuperPower provided ac 米兰官网 second‐generation high temperature superconducting (2G HTS) wire for ac 米兰官网 European Union (EU) collaboration program, called Project ECCOFLOW. ac 米兰官网 ECCOFLOW SFCL was designed, built and tested by a team of fifteen European organizations that include five European utility companies.

Mickey Lavicska, Associate Director ac 米兰官网 Marketing & Sales
SuperPower Inc.
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SuperPower Inc. a subsidiary of Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TSE:5801; TYO:5801), was formed in March 2000 to develop and commercialize high temperature superconductor (HTS) technology for applications that benefit from high energy density, high magnetic fields and green attributes, including energy, medical, transportation, research and oac 米兰官网r sectors. To learn more, visitwww.superpower-inc.com