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Demonstration Testing Started of SOFC-MGT Hybrid Power Generation System, Toward Commercial Launch for Business and Industrial Uses

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Yokohama, September 21, 2016 -- Today Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) commenced demonstration testing of a pressurized hybrid power generation system integrating a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack and a micro gas turbine (MGT), aiming toward commercial launching in the near future. Under a program supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), a national research and development agency, a system intended for both business and industrial uses was installed at the Senju Techno Station of Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., and a ceremony was held to mark the demonstration unit's start-up. Going forward, the number of demonstration sites will be progressively expanded to four, with commercial launching targeted for fiscal 2017.


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