American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC)? Sinovel Wind Group Co., Ltd. (Sinovel) have announced that they have expanded their strategic partnership to include additional wind turbine designs for both the onshore and offshore markets.?
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Under the new agreement, Sinovel and AMSC’s wholly-owned AMSC Windtec subsidiary, will design and jointly develop a range of advanced, multi-megawatt-scale wind turbines that Sinovel plans to market and sell worldwide.? Sinovel expects to begin volume production of these multi-megawatt-scale wind turbines by the end of 2012 and, as part of the agreement, will purchase core electrical components from AMSC for these new machines.