ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, August 15, 1996              TAG: 9608150034
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG

VPEC WINS 3-YEAR CONTRACT

The Virginia Power Electronics Center at Virginia Tech is now under a $700,000, three-year contract from Westinghouse/NAVY to develop a prototype for Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES). VPEC will build a SMES power conditioning system using state-of-the-art devices that will store electrical energy in bulk.

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