Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build coal-fired power plant in Chile

三菱重工在智利獲得煤電廠建造合同

Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 21, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received a full-turnkey order from Empresa Electrica Guacolda S.A., an electricity provider in Chile, for a 152 MW (megawatt) coal-fired power generation plant to be built at the Guacolda Power Station in Huasco. Previously, MHI received orders for the No.1 and No.2 units of identical scale at the same plant, and the latest order marks the third unit ordered by the company. The No. 3 unit is scheduled to go on-stream in September 2009.

東京12月21日消息——三菱重工獲得了一份來自智利電力供應商Empresa Electrica Guacolda S.A.的整體承包合同，為其位于Huasco的Guacolda電站建造一個152兆瓦的煤力發電廠。此前，三菱重工在這同一電站獲得了相同規模的1號和2號發電廠建造合同，本最新合同是公司給予的第三份合同。3號發電廠預計于2009年9月建成投產。

The new power plant to be built in Huasco, approximately 700 kilometers north of Santiago, Chile's capital, will consist of a boiler, steam turbine, generator and steam condenser. MHI will manufacture the boiler at its Yokohama Dockyard and Machinery Works, which is also responsible for the plant construction work, and the steam turbine and steam condenser at its Nagasaki Shipyard and Machinery Works. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will supply the generator and Mitsubishi Corporation will handle the trade particulars.

該新發電廠將建于距智利首都圣地亞哥以北大約700公里的Huasco市，將由一個鍋爐、一個蒸汽渦輪、一臺發電機以及一個蒸汽冷凝器組成。三菱重工將在其橫濱造船機械所生產鍋爐，橫濱造船機械所同時還負責該發電廠得建造工作。在其長崎造船機械所生產蒸汽渦輪和蒸汽冷凝器。三菱電氣公司將提供發電機而三菱公司將處理交易細節。

Electrica Guacolda, headquartered in Santiago, is a mid-sized electricity provider in Chile. Based on long-term sales contracts, the company provides electricity to power distributors and state-owned and private copper mining companies. The Guacolda Power Station is advantageously located in Huasco in the proximity of customers. The high evaluation accorded by Electrica Guacolda to MHI's technological expertise and the proven operational record of its previously delivered power plants resulted in the award of the latest order.

總部位于圣地亞哥的Electrica Guacolda是智利的一家中型電力供應商。根據長期的銷售合約，該公司向配電商以及國營和私營銅礦公司提供電力。Guacolda電站的位置得天獨厚，非常靠近其客戶。Electrica Guacolda對三菱重工前面交付的發電廠的技術實力和得到證明的運作記錄評價頗高，從而為三菱重工贏得這份最新的訂單。

Amidst recovery of both the global and domestic economies and the resulting rise in international copper prices, Chile's real gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.3% in 2005 and continues to expand, with growth in 2006 now estimated to reach about 5%. Accordingly, the nation's electricity demand is also increasing.

隨著全球和國內經濟的恢復，以及國際銅價的上升，2005年智利的真實國內生產總值（GDP）增長了6.3％，而且繼續著增長勢頭，2006年到現時估計增長達5％ 。因此，這個國家的電力需求也在不斷增長。

Historically, hydropower has been Chile's major power source, but hydropower is vulnerable to seasonal and climatic changes - i.e. fluctuations in rainfall quantity. In response, the Chilean government began to diversify its energy mix to increase thermal power generation by natural gas and coal. However, to secure the energy resources to fuel its thermal power generation plants, Chile must rely on imports. Ever since the country faced a natural gas crisis in 2004, when the government of Argentina limited natural gas exports to Chile, coal-fired power plants have begun to receive renewed attention as a substitute for plants fired by natural gas.

歷史上，水力發電是智利主要的電力來源，但水力發電受制于季節和氣候的改變，例如降雨量的波動等。為此，智利政府開始將電力組成多樣化，增加天然氣和煤發電量。然而，為了保障其熱發電廠的燃料來源，智利必須依靠進口。自從2004年阿根廷政府限制向智利出口天然氣，導致智利遇到天然氣危機，煤力發電廠作為天然氣發電廠的替代而開始得到人們的重新關注。

Gaining momentum from the latest order, MHI will now further strengthen its marketing activities in Central and South America, especially in Chile where the economy is expanding steadily.

利用獲得該最新訂單的契機，三菱重工將進一步加強其在中南美洲的市場活動，特別是在智利這個經濟穩定增長的國家。

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