300‐MVA superconducting generator being designed
DOI: 10.1063/1.2995582
The Electric Power Research Institute has contracted with Westinghouse Electric Corporation to design and construct the world’s first commercial superconducting generator. The 300‐MVA power generator, which is to be built in East Pittsburgh, Pa., is expected to cost $19 million over a five‐year period with the cost divided between EPRI and Westinghouse. At present the largest superconducting generator is a 5‐MVA machine built by Westinghouse. Pioneering work on superconducting generators was done by an MIT group, where a 3‐MVA generator is operating and other machine concepts are being developed. General Electric is builing a 20‐MVA generator in Schenectady. Plans for generators in this power range are being developed in Leningrad and in Japan as well.
