MHI has received consecutive orders from China for a gas turbine and a steam turbine for combined cycle thermal power plant facilities. The turbines will be supplied to the Angang Group International Trade Corporation and the Jiangsu Shagang Group Company.
The defining characteristic of this combined cycle power generation is that the gas emitted from the blast furnace is used as a fuel to drive the gas turbines. By making efficient use of exhaust gasses, these power stations are able to reduce CO2 emissions. Our products are therefore able to contribute to the preservation of the Chinese environment.

The Angang Group had originally planned to construct a power plant fueled by coal. However MHI proposed the construction of the combined cycle power plant based on an appreciation of the customers desire to make efficient use of the blast furnace gas. The Angang group made a favorable appraisal of MHI's technology and decided to place the order.
The facility will be constructed in Anshan city Liaoning Province, about 90 kilometers south of Shenyang. Output for the plant will be 300 MW. One gas turbine and one steam turbine will be supplied by MHI, generators will be supplied by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, while the exhaust heat recovery boiler will be supplied by a Chinese manufacturer. The gas turbine is of the M701S(F) model. This is the first time that the Angang Group will install a combined cycle power plant. As well as supplying equipment for the project, MHI has also signed a long-term maintenance contract to maintain and repair the gas turbines over the first four years of its operation. Civil works and installation will be carried out by the client themselves. The gas turbine and steam turbine to be supplied by MHI will be shipped in December 2005, with power plant scheduled to begin in November 2006. The Angang Group International Trade Corporation is a subsidiary of the Anshan Steel Group, which is one of the largest publicly owned steel company in China.

Shagang Group will also build a power generating plant using exhaust gas from the blast furnaces. The facility will be constructed in Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, about 90 km north-west of Shanghai. MHI will provide two gas turbines, and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will provide the generators. Each generator will have an output of 30 MW, for a total of 60 MW. The gas turbines are of the M251S model. Shagang Group is one of the top ten privately owned steel makers in China. The company had originally intended to make use of the exhaust gas from the blast furnace within a conventional thermal power plant they had used previously. However, they changed their plans to order a combined cycle power plant. MHI faced competition, but was able to secure the order based on the proven track record of our technology.

MHI will continue to promote its superior technology and supply record to supply BFG fired gas turbines to the Chinese market.