MHI in a consortium with Mitsubishi Corporation (UK) Plc and Balcke-Dür GmbH, a German engineering company, has received a turnkey order from Orkuveita Reykjavikur, a city-owned utility in Iceland, to build two 40 MW geothermal power plants, 80 MW in total, at Hellisheidi. Previously MHI received an order for Units 1 and 2 in 2004, and the latest order marks the 10th geothermal power plant consigned to MHI by the power provider. With these 10 plants, including Units 3 and 4 on order, Iceland's cumulative geothermal power generation capacity will reach 340 MW.

The Hellisheidi geothermal power station is located in a geothermal area approximately 20 kilometers east of Reykjavik, the nation's capital city. The electricity generated will be supplied mainly to local aluminum refineries. Units 3 and 4 are slated to go on-stream in September and November 2008, respectively. Each power plant consists of a steam turbine, generator, condenser and cooling tower. The steam turbines will be manufactured by MHI, generators will be made by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and Balcke-Dür will fabricate the condensers and cooling towers.

Prior to the latest order, MHI has already supplied eight geothermal power plants (260 MW in total), commencing with the first order for the Krafla power station (two 30 MW plants) that was delivered in 1978, followed by four 30 MW plants for the Nesjavellir power station and two 40 MW plants for the Hellisheidi power station. The team was awarded the new order as a result of the power provider's recognition of the technological excellence, reliability and safety of those earlier deliveries.

Outside Japan, to date MHI has delivered geothermal power plants to 12 countries worldwide, including Iceland, the United States, Mexico, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Kenya. Their collective power output exceeds 2,500 MW. On the strength of these proven achievements and expertise in this area, MHI will now further fortify its global marketing activities for geothermal power plants as a clean energy resource.