MHPS establishes a presence in Hanoi

MHPS’ new representative office in Hanoi will give the thermal power generation equipment manufacturer a closer connection to Vietnam

The new office aims to strengthen the company’s ability to both collect information and communicate with customers in Vietnam.

On November 4, a grand opening ceremony was held at the Hotel Nikko Hanoi, with guests spanning the range of Vietnam’s energy sector. In attendance were Deputy Director General Nguyen Khac Tho of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s General Directorate of Energy; Katsuro Nagai, envoy of the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam; and representatives from local power and energy companies.

Addressing the ceremony, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) president Takato Nishizawa said, “Our Hanoi representative office will be an important window for strengthening dissemination of information to customers and compiling local information. We will continue to provide high-quality infrastructure equipment and contribute to Vietnam’s economic development by offering advanced thermal power generation systems.”

The occasion marked a new beginning for MHPS’ operations in Vietnam. The attendees prayed for happiness, and the traditional Japanese ceremony of breaking open a sake cask was performed to great excitement.

MHPS’ gas turbines will cater for Vietnam’s increasing power generation needs

Responding to robust demand

In Vietnam, power demand is increasing with the country’s economic development. In the past, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group received orders for major power generation facilities – such as steam turbines and heavy oil-fired boilers for the first O Mon Thermal Power Plant, owned by Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho – contributing to enhancing the power generation capacity of the country.

About 55 gigawatts of new thermal power projects are planned for the country from 2016 to 2030, based on the national power development plan “Revised Power Master Plan No. VII” released in 2016.

MHPS offers superior supercritical pressure coal-fired power generation facilities, and environmental facilities with less CO2 emissions than conventional systems. The firm plans to expand orders of its lineup of highly efficient gas turbines and combined cycle power generation facilities and others in the future.

MHI in Vietnam

MHI has a symbiotic relationship with Vietnam as a manufacturer rooted in the country, contributing to both technology transfer and employment creation.

The company has offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, which act as information gathering bases; an overseas affiliate near Ho Chi Minh City, MHI Engine Systems Vietnam (MHIES-V), which assembles, operates, and sells diesel power generation sets for distributed generation; and MHI Aerospace Vietnam Co., Ltd. (MHIVA), which performs structural assembly of components for commercial aircraft in Hanoi.

MHPS Hanoi now joins this domestic base, and will contribute to the economic development of Vietnam by delivering environmentally-friendly power products with a greater level of service than ever.