MHI receives massive wind turbine orders from U.S.

MHI has received massive orders for its wind turbine power generation systems in succession from five major U.S. wind power generation developers. The wind turbines ordered total 788 units with collective power generation capacity of 1,363.4 MW. The orders consist of 411 units of 2.4 MW wind turbines (MWT92/2.4 and MWT95/2.4) and 377 units of 1 MW wind turbines (MWT62/1.0, also known as MWT-1000A). The collective generation capacity of the systems on order is almost equal to Japan's total wind turbine power generation capacity (as of the end of March 2007, 1,495.27 MW, generated by 1,314 units). This is the first time for MHI to receive such a large amount of orders within such a short period.

MHI received all these orders through Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (MPSA). The company received an order for 166 units of the MWT95/2.4 (398.4 MW in total) from Edison Mission Energy and an order for 118 units of the same system (283.2 MW) from Babcock & Brown. Orders for the MWT62/1.0 were placed by Airtricity, Inc. and Eurus Energy America, in amounts of 197 units (197 MW) and 180 units (180 MW), respectively. Another company ordered 43 units of the MWT92/2.4 and 84 units of the MWT95/2.4 (304.8 MW). Deliveries of these wind turbines will begin this year and be completed in 2009.