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COVER STORY

Realising a carbon-neutral world

through sustainable methods

Information from Mitsubishi Power Africa

As global warming and climate change become more widely recognised as issues faced by the whole of
humankind, society is entering a period of great change. In order to achieve the goal of decarbonisation
and electrification of social infrastructure, electricity (life), mobility, and industry, are essential.

n economical and stable energy technology and keeping the power plants in their best condition. People cannot survive or
supply is also necessary for develop without electricity and abolishing thermal power plants immediately is not a solution.
Aeconomic development and the Mitsubishi Power supports existing thermal power plants by running them in the most
improvement of people’s lives. With this in efficient and sustainable manner. For this, we make use of our group’s expertise in technology
mind, Mitsubishi Power will seriously tackle development, while also using technology we have already put into practical use, such as the
these issues and help realise a carbon- optimisation of facility operations and control of overall CO₂ emissions by increasing the use
neutral world for the continued prosperity of digitalisation and AI.
of the whole planet. This is the energy In the second step, we use the AI technology developed in the first step to help customers
transition that the Mitsubishi Power Group in the industrial sector improve their resource and production efficiency. By contributing to
is aiming for. the growth of our customers’ businesses, we expect our group’s business to expand to areas
In order to realise a carbon-neutral such as support for their asset operations and maintenance, as well as facility upgrades.
world while meeting the demand for energy Mitsubishi Power Africa is part of Mitsubishi Power, a group company of Mitsubishi
to support economic development, it is Heavy Industries (MHI) and a leader in technology, reliability, and service to the power
necessary to engage in both reduction and sector worldwide. Our product range includes large and small gas turbines in simple or
recovery of CO₂ emissions to achieve net- combined cycle, fuel cells and energy storage. Our steam power consists of boilers, turbines,
zero carbon. geothermal, integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) and air quality control systems
(AQCS).
The four steps of energy transition Services include design, maintenance, monitoring, and refurbishment. The company
The first step is to decarbonise coal and supplies environmentally friendly, reliable, and innovative power and associated plants, power
gas power plants and further reduce plant maintenance services, plant modernisation solutions and digital services in Africa.
CO₂ emissions by using high efficiency However, reducing CO 2 emissions alone is not enough to realise our carbon-neutrality

Hydrogen Gas Turbine developed by Mitsubishi Power.

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