Mitsubishi Electric Wins Order to Manufacture Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems for Nuclear Power Plants in Guangdong Province, China
TOKYO-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) and consortium partner China Techenergy Corporation Ltd. (CTEC) jointly won an order for digital instrumentation and control systems (digital I&C systems) to be used at two 1,000 MW nuclear power plants, which will be constructed by China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Corporation Ltd. (CGNPC). The consortium order is worth approximately 10 billion yen.
Background
The installed capacity of nuclear power plants in China is expected to increase from the current capacity of 9,000 MW to 60,000 MW by 2020, and up to 160,000 MW by 2030. Plans call for more than 50 new nuclear power plants to be constructed.
CGNPC is a major electric power company that owns 4 nuclear power plants in operation and 10 plants under construction out of the 30 plants currently in operation or under construction in China. It plans to build approximately 20 CPR1000-type1 plants within the next decade.
In July 2007, Mitsubishi Electric received an order for 6 digital I&C systems for CPR1000-type nuclear power plants from China Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation Ltd. (CNPEC), an engineering subsidiary of CGNPC. At that time, Mitsubishi Electric and CTEC proposed the digital I&C solution based on the system applied in advanced nuclear power plants in Japan. The order was the first I&C system developed by a Japanese enterprise for Chinese nuclear power plants.
Following on from previous orders, this latest order means that Mitsubishi Electric’s digital I&C system has now been adopted in 8 out of 10 CPR1000-type nuclear power plants under construction in China; and it raises the possibility that the system will continue to be applied as a standard in CPR1000-type nuclear power plants yet to be built.
Mitsubishi Electric has been strengthening and expanding its nuclear power business in areas outside Japan including China. The company is striving to further expand its digital I&C system business even for other types of nuclear power plants in cooperation with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Mitsubishi Corporation, and CTEC.
1: Chinese self-designed pressurized water reactor with capacity of 1,000 MW.
An improved nuclear power reactor based on a platform designed by France.
| Brief overview | ||
| Ordering Party | 1. Yangjiang Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (Power production subsidiary of CGNPC) 2. China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd. (Guangdong Province) (Engineering subsidiary of CGNPC) | |
| Contractors | 1. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Consortium Leader) 2. China Techenergy Co., Ltd. (Chinese system engineering company) | |
| Product | Digital I&C System for Nuclear Power Plant (2 units) | |
| Place of Delivery | Yangjiang Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. Yangjiang Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1&2 (Yangjiang, Guangdong Province) | |
| Amount of Order | Approx. 10 billion yen (Consortium total) | |
| Delivery Date | The first delivery will be in April 2011. Start of operation is scheduled for 2013. | |
About Mitsubishi Electric
With over 80 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products to both corporate clients and general consumers all over the world, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and communications, space development and satellite communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation and building equipment. The company recorded consolidated group sales of 3,665.1 billion yen (US$ 37.4 billion*) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. For more information visit http://global.mitsubishielectric.com
*At an exchange rate of 98 yen to the US dollar, the rate given by the Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market on March 31, 2009.
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