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goals. The third step, then, is to promote carbon recycling, which refers to capturing and the customers themselves. Mitsubishi
reusing CO 2 where emissions are unavoidable. Mitsubishi Power and MHI are developing Power would like to do away with
various carbon capture projects and have completed several plants in the USA, Middle and traditional buyer-seller relationships,
Far East. reconsider the way things are done,
The fourth and final step is to apply the technologies that the company has implemented and search for solutions in close
and developed in various fields to build a hydrogen value chain. There are currently several cooperation with external partners
challenges to address, such as economic efficiency, but net-zero carbon can be realistically and customers.
achieved by 2050 by establishing a long-term vision and using accumulated resources for Mitsubishi Power Africa is the newly
technological innovation and business development. formed African service vehicle and it
Mitsubishi Power has developed a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) with a 5 to 10 MW output, embodies the long-term commitment of
which is now in commercial operation in Japan. In addition, Mitsubishi Power is developing Mitsubishi Power to support and service
a hydrogen fired large gas turbine in the EU and USA. These hydrogen technologies become the African power market.
some of the solutions to the hydrogen value chain. The company has an outstanding
record of supplying plant and equipment
all over the African continent over many
decades. Well known former companies
from the power industry have been
assimilated into Mitsubishi Power over
time, including Hitachi, Steinmuller,
Babcock-Hitachi, Lentjes, and VKW.
Mitsubishi Power has re-
established a strong presence in South
Africa through the Medupi and Kusile
power station construction projects
where it has also been involved in
maintenance and service work on
both power stations since 2015 and
has completed numerous outages and
maintenance contracts.
With the two major construction
projects nearing completion,
investors deemed it fundamental in
the development of future business
to restructure the main construction
company MHI Power ZAF (formerly
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Africa)
and create Mitsubishi Power Africa as its
representative in Africa.
Figure 1: Energy trends
Mitsubishi Power is creating a future
that works for people and the planet by
Aiming to make progress together leads to success developing innovative power generation
A carbon-neutral world cannot be realised overnight. It is also unlikely that it can be technology and solutions to enable the
achieved with in-house technology alone, and since there are numerous methods of decarbonisation of energy and delivery of
decarbonising, conditions will vary greatly depending on goals, technology, timing, and reliable power everywhere. n

Mitsubishi Power as BESS Integrator & Solution Provider
Utility Scale BESS (Battery Energy Storage System ) combine with Solar, Wind and Gas generation for Grid Stabilization, Energy Arbitrage, Quick Despatch,
Fuel Saving, Black Start and Power Quality.

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