News 2003FY
January - March
- March, 2004
- MHI has completed consignment of the thermal plant simulator for the Okinawa Electric Power Company and the Hokkaido Electric Power Company.
- March, 2004
- Order received for 4 BFPT (Boiler feed pump turbines) for the Shanxi Wangqu supercritical pressure thermal power plant, China
- March, 2004
- Design Technology in Wind Turbines: "Smart Yaw" - the new concept in load reduction
- March, 2004
- MHI awarded contract from PT. PLN (Persero) for 740MW combined-cycle power plant in Indonesia.
- March, 2004
- 24th CIMAC World Congress on Combustion Engine Technology in Kyoto 2004
- March, 2004
- Increasing number of MACH-30G gas engine plants going into service
- March, 2004
- Japan first: 24kWh-class lithium secondary battery electricity storage system begins grid connected operation
- January, 2004
- Top 10 News of 2003 from MHI Power Systems Headquarters
- January, 2004
- MACH-30G Gas Engines Chalk Up Record of 45.5% Power Generation Efficiency
- January, 2004
- A new type of KU series engine is introduced to the market
- January, 2004
- Low wind velocity wind turbine MWT-1000A receives international certification for performance and noise level
- January, 2004
- Bulk order for major components of China's super-critical pressure steam turbines
- January, 2004
- Bulk order for major components for China's first 1,000 MW ultra-supercritical boilers
- January, 2004
- MHI participates in equity of international IPP project for first time with AES Energia Cartagena of Spain
October - December
- November, 2003
- Participation in International Conference On Power Engineering 2003 Kobe & Exhibition Post-conference Report
- November, 2003
- International Gas Turbines Congress 2003 Tokyo & Exhibition Post-congress Report
- November, 2003
- A world's first: autonomous underwater vehicle powered by fuel cell system successfully completes its first underwater cruise
- November, 2003
- Coal-firing capacity increasing work is completed at the Nakoso power station No. 7 boiler of Joban Joint Power
- November, 2003
- Wind turbines for the largest scale wind power plant in Japan, the Kamaishi Extensive Wind Farm, are advanced in the course of manufacturing
- November, 2003
- Completion Ceremony of the Kin power station for Okinawa Electric in Japan
- November, 2003
- Seto Town (Japan) holds a Wind Hill Festival
- November, 2003
- Introducing MACH-30G gas engine technology
- November, 2003
- McGraw-Hill selects Ilijan power plant in the Philippines as a top world plant
- November, 2003
- Order received from CFE for the rehabilitation of boilers and the modernization of control & instrumentation systems at the manzanillo I thermal power plant
- November, 2003
- Order for a large-scale coal-fired power plant from BLCP Power of Thailand
July - September
- September, 2003
- Seto Wind Hill Power Plant in Japan has eleven 1,000 kW wind turbines
- September, 2003
- Unit 8 (Final unit) begins commercial operation at Ghazlan II Power Plant in Saudi Arabia
- September, 2003
- Remote control operations and monitoring system for diesel generator power plants on islands
- September, 2003
- Exelon's Mystic project undergoes successful commissioning and start-up
- September, 2003
- Formal order for gas turbine combined-cycle power plant for Spain and long-term service contract also secured
- September, 2003
- MHI awarded a contract for a 30 MW geothermal power plant from Reykjavik Energy in Iceland
- September, 2003
- MHI was awarded a contract from Veracel Celulose S/A in Brazil for a 125MW turbine p
- September, 2003
- Taiwan's Nanpu power plant No.4 unit (248 MW) began commercial operation
- September, 2003
- Establishment of KU engine production line for fifty units annually
- September, 2003
- Order for 110 MW thermal power plant burning petroleum coke from K.K. Frontier Energy Niigata
- July, 2003
- Among the world's longest steam turbine titanium blades - 45 inches - put into commercial operation
- July, 2003
- Tuxpan #3 & #4 power start commercial operation
- July, 2003
- Nippon Petroleum Refining Co., Ltd. Negishi Refinery Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Electric Power Plant Begins Commercial Operation
- July, 2003
- Contracts awarded for World's Largest Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Power Plant from Taiwan Power Company
- July, 2003
- The MACH-30G Gas engine is a recipient of the Japan Gas Association Corporation's Technical Award
- July, 2003
- Order for Russian-made, lignite-fired boiler combustion up-grade for Thermal Power Plant #4 in Mongolia received
- July, 2003
- MHI wins its largest wind farm project ever for one of world's largest wind farms in Texas
- July, 2003
- MHI awarded contract from Electrabel for 800MW combined-cycle power plant in Spain
April - June
- May, 2003
- MACH Gas Engines Completed For N. S. ENERGY Sodegaura
- May, 2003
- MARK-30B, The New Diesel Engine With The Highest Efficiency In The World Started Operation In MHI Nagasaki As On-Site Power Generation.
- May, 2003
- The first 2000kW Wind Turbine Generator in Japan starts operation at Okinawa.
- May, 2003
- An international certificate for MHI photovoltaic modules, MA100 was awarded
- May, 2003
- Fuel Conversion Of Sumitomo Joint Electric Power Nyugawa Thermal Power Station No. 1 Unit Completed
- May, 2003
- MHI Receives a Bulk Order for 10 Gas Turbines from China's First, Large-scale Natural-Gas-Fired Power Plants
- May, 2003
- Commencement of commercial operation of Mitsubishi Rayon 70MW Power plant