[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 9357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-754]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Technical Innovations Enabling a New Direct 
Wind Turbine Generator, ATP Award No. 70NANB7H7055

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 19, 2007, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et. seq. (``the Act''), Technical Innovations 
Enabling a New Direct Drive Wind Turbine Generator, ATP Award No. 
70NANB7H7055 has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. 
The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
are American Superconductor Corporation, Westborough, MA and TECO-
Westinghouse Motor Company, Round Rock, TX. The nature and the 
objectives of the venture are: to open up the possibility of large 
direct-drive generators and, in particular, the realization of very 
large offshore wind turbines.
    The activities of this venture project will be partially funded by 
an award from the Advanced Technology Program, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 08-754 Filed 2-19-08; 8:45 am]
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