Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. has received an order for an M701F gas turbine and generator for a gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation plant which Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh Ltd., a state-owned power generation company will build in Haripur near Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

Shipment of the gas turbine and generator to Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.who is EPC contractor for the 410 MW New Haripur Combined Cycle Power Plant, is scheduled in April 2012. The plant will be the largest GTCC plant owned by governmental power sector in Bangladesh.

In GTCC plants, gas turbine and steam turbine are used in combination to generate electricity in two stages, utilizing high-temperature exhaust gas from the gas turbine to produce steam to drive steam turbine. This configuration enables GTCC plants to achieve higher thermal efficiency, which in turn reduces fuel consumption and results in less emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) relative to electricity generation, and contribute to environment protection.