Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with General Electric Co. to consider their joint development of a new steam turbine for gas turbine combined cycle power plants (GTCC). The two companies will integrate their technologies under the co-development and will aim to create a new generation steam turbine with high performance and high reliability. This steam turbine will be manufactured by each company and will be utilized for their respective GTCC projects.

GTCC is the system for power generation under which gas turbine generates electricity and its exhaust gas will be used for the generation again with steam turbine. This system utilizes resources effectively and can decrease the greenhouse effect gas emission. As the concern for global warming spread over the world, large demand is expected for GTCC and nuclear power generation system which impose less burden to the environment. MHI will expand its power systems business by innovative new steam turbines which are the critical component in those systems.

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