MHI Licenses Technologies for Nuclear Turbines and Auxiliaries
To China’s Harbin Group

Under the agreement, MHI will provide its technologies to Harbin Turbine Co., Ltd. and Harbin Boiler Company Limited, both manufacturers of major electric power generation equipment and affiliates of Harbin Power Equipment Co., Ltd. (HPEC). The technologies to be licensed apply to 1,200 MWe-class large-size steam turbines for NPP use and major auxiliary equipment, including moisture separator reheaters, deaerators, main valves, condensers and feedwater heaters.

To date MHI, together with HPEC, has received orders for a total of four 1,200 MWe steam turbine generator (STG) packages: two units for the Sanmen NPP in Zhejiang Province in September 2007, and two units for the Haiyang NPP in Shandong Province in January 2008. The STG package includes MHI’s most advanced high-performance, high-efficiency steam turbine with 54-inch class rotating blades. Initially MHI will manufacture the major turbine parts, and subsequently, based on the latest agreement, it will shift production to a Chinese partner in a phased manner.

China, in reflection of its outstanding economic growth, plans to increase its nuclear power generation capacity to 40,000 MWe by 2020, and in line with those intentions many new NPP construction projects are being launched. As a result, going forward great demand for NPP equipment and related technologies is expected.

The latest licensing agreement is highly significant for MHI as it further solidifies the company’s foundation for full-scale entry into the Chinese market for newly built NPPs, which is expected to become increasingly robust in the coming years. At the same time, as MHI further develops its collaborative ties with the Harbin Group, it will also continue to strengthen its marketing activities targeting the rapidly growing Chinese market.