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MHPS Delivers First Boiler to Medupi Power Station in South Africa
-- 800 MW Power Plant Commences Commercial Operation --

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Yokohama, August 31, 2015 – Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS), in cooperation

with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe GmbH and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems

Africa (Pty) Ltd., group companies of MHPS, has completed installation and delivery of the first

boiler to be supplied to the Medupi Power Station1 of Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., a utility

company in the Republic of South Africa. The boiler is the first of 12 units to be installed at

Eskom’s Medupi and Kusile2 power stations, among the largest coal-fired power stations in South

Africa. Going forward, the remaining 11 boilers will be sequentially delivered to support the two

power stations’ combined 9,600-megawatt (MW) high-efficiency power generation: 4,800 MW

(six 80 MW boilers) per station. The Medupi and Kusile power stations are slated for completion

in 2019 and 2020, respectively.


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