History
This section outlines the history of Mitsubishi Power.
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. | |
|---|---|
| 1884 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries established (Lease of Government - Owned Nagasaki Shipyard) |
| 1908 | Completed first steam turbine [0.5 MW] |
| 1963 | Completed first gas turbine (Chiba Plant, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. [12 MW]) |
| 1980 | Completed Steam power plant (Hartha Thermal Power Station, Iraq [200 MW x 4 units]) |
| 1984 | Completed world's highest efficiency and largest gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power plant (Higashi Niigata Thermal Power Station Group 3, Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. [1,090 MW]) |
| 1987 | Completed Steam power plant (Lagos Power Station Units 1-6, Nigeria [220 MW x 6 units]) |
| 1988 | Completed first H-25 series gas turbine (Tokuyama Refinery, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. [25 MW class]) |
| 1990 | Completed world's first double flash cycle geothermal power plant (Hatchobaru Power Plant Unit 2, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. [55 MW]) |
| 1991 | Completed gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power plant employing dry low NOx combustion system (Shin Oita Power Station Unit 1 series, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. [690 MW]) |
| 1997 | Developed world's highest efficiency 1,500°C class G-series gas turbine [330 MW] |
| 1998 | Completed ultra-supercritical pressure coal-fired power plant (Misumi Power Station Unit 1, The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. [1,000 MW 600 / 600°C]) |
| 2000 | Completed ultra-supercritical pressure coal-fired power plant (Tachibanawan Power Station Unit 2, Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. [1,050 MW 600 / 610°C]) |
| 2007 | Completed ultra-supercritical pressure coal-fired power plant (Walter Scott Jr. Energy Center Unit 4, MidAmerican Energy Company, U.S.A. [790 MW 566 / 593°C]) |
| 2010 | Started commercial operation of first H-100 series gas turbine (Shin Oita Power Station Group 1, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. [115 MW x 6 units]) |
| 2011 | Developed world's highest efficiency 1,600°C class J-series gas turbine Started commercial operation at demonstration unit at power plant [389 MW] |
| 2012 | Completed ultra-supercritical pressure lignite-fired power plant (Boxberg Power Station, Germany [670 MW 600 / 610°C]) |
| 2013 | Started commercial operation of an Integrated coal Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plant (Nakoso Power Plant Unit 10, Joban Joint Power Co., Ltd. [250 MW]) |
| February 2014 | Established Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. following integration ofthermal-power generation systems businesses of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. And Hitachi, Ltd. |
| October 2014 | Merged with Babcock-Hitachi K.K. |
| December 2016 | Received orders for a global state-of-the-art integrated coal gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plants (Nakoso IGCC Power GK [540 MW]) (Hirono IGCC Power GK [540 MW]) Launched JAC-series Gas Turbines |
| August 2017 | Launched solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and Micro Gas Turbines Hybrid Power Generation System |
| July 2020 | Commissioned and started commercial operations of T-Point 2 combined cycle power plant validation facility |
| September 2020 | Renamed Mitsubishi Power, Ltd. |