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| October 28, 2004 No.1026 | ||
| MHI Receives an Order of M501G Power Island For PGE Port Westward Combined-Cycle Power Plant in Oregon |
| Tokyo, October 28, 2004 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order from Portland General Electric Company (PGE), a regulated electric utility based in Portland, Ore., to supply major equipment for PGE's Port Westward gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation plant. |
The 400 MW (megawatt) Port Westward power plant, targeted to start commercial operation in May 2007, is to be constructed at the site located approximately 120Km north of Portland. The new plant will help PGE maintain adequate margin in its electricity supply capability, especially as customers' future energy needs are forecasted to grow at 2.5 percent annually. MHI will supply one M501G gas turbine and one steam turbine, both to be manufactured at the company's Takasago Machinery Works. MHI won the order through Mitsubishi Power Systems, Inc. (MPS), a U.S. subsidiary. MPS will supply a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) through local procurement. Detailed plant engineering work, procurement of the balance of plant equipment, equipment installation and plant commissioning will be separately consigned by PGE to a local engineering firm. PGE is a fully integrated electric utility that serves 755,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Oregon, and is the state's largest electric utility. PGE operates hydroelectric, gas turbine and coal-fired power plants having a collective generation capacity of more than 2,000 MW. The Port Westward plant, when completed, will be the most efficient PGE natural gas-fired power plant and the most efficient power plant of its type in the Pacific Northwest - as well as one of the most efficient of its type in the Western U.S. overall. The GTCC plant on order will use natural gas for fuel. Use of natural gas results in higher power-generating efficiency than coal- or oil-fired power plants, enabling reduced flue-gas emissions and thereby making gas-fueled plants more environmentally friendly. With GTCC type power generation, gas and steam turbines are used in combination to generate electricity in two stages. In the first stage, a gas turbine generates electricity; in the second stage, steam produced by high-temperature exhausts from the gas turbine drives the steam turbine, again producing electricity. This dual configuration enables GTCC plants to achieve thermal efficiency above 55%, approximately 15% higher than conventional thermal power plants dependent on coal or oil. Higher efficiency means that GTCC plants require less fuel relative to electricity output and emit less CO2. Their use of natural gas for fuel enables suppression of emissions of NOx (nitrogen oxides) and SOx (sulfur oxides) to levels significantly lower than coal-fired plants. Due to steeply rising natural gas prices, customers in the U.S. gas turbine market today are attaching increasing importance to higher power output and greater efficiency from the long-range perspective. Based on the successful operating records of its equipment previously delivered to the U.S. market, MHI now aims to build on the momentum of this latest order to further strengthen its marketing activities for the high-performance, thermally efficient G-type turbines in the coming years. # # #
About Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading heavy machinery manufacturers, with consolidated sales of 2,373 billion yen in fiscal 2003 (year ended March 31, 2004). MHI's diverse lineup of products and services encompasses shipbuilding, steel structures, power plants, chemical plants, steel plants, environmental equipment, industrial and general machinery, aircraft, space rocketry and air-conditioning systems. For more information, please visit the MHI website (http://www.mhi.co.jp). PRESS CONTACT: Hideo Ikuno: h.ikuno@daiya-pr.co.jp Tel: +813-6716-5277, Fax: +813-6716-5929 Daiya PR (in charge of public relations for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.) |
