Mitsubishi Electric Ships Milestone 2,000th Turbine Generator

• ▪1908 – Mitsubishi Shipyard (Nagasaki, Japan), made first turbine generator.
• ▪1921 – Mitsubishi Electric Corporation was founded.
• ▪1923 – Mitsubishi Electric began production of turbine generators in Nagasaki.
• ▪1963 – Mitsubishi Electric began production of turbine generators in Kobe.
• ▪1976 – Made Japan’s largest capacity (1,300,000 kVA) generator.
• ▪1981 – Cumulative production of generators reached 1,000 units.
• ▪1996 – Made world’s largest-class (286,000 kVA) air-cooled generator.
• ▪2000 – Made world’s largest-class (1,600,000 kVA) generator.
• ▪2004 – Developed and began production of highly-efficient indirect hydrogen-cooled generators for gas turbine combined cycle*.
• ▪Mar. 2012 – Completed factory expansion in Kobe, increasing production capacity by approximately 30% per annum.
• ▪Oct. 2012 – Has shipped its milestone 2,000th turbine generator.

* Gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power stations use gas and steam turbines in combination to generate electricity in two stages, utilizing high-temperature exhaust gas from the gas turbine to produce the steam to drive the steam turbine. This configuration enables GTCC power plants to achieve a higher thermal efficiency, which in turn reduces fuel consumption and lower emissions.