#Mitsubishi Electric Corporation


Mitsubishi Electric to build HVDC verification facility

Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it will enter the global market for voltage-sourced converters (VSC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems with a new HVDC verification facility to be built at its Transmission and Distribution Centre in Amagasaki, Japan by 2018.

First 765 kV transformer manufactured in U.S. in 25 years

Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI), a Mitsubishi Electric’s subsidiary based in the North America, shipped its first high-capacity 765 kV power transformer to a U.S utility company American Electric Power (AEP) at the end of April.

Mitsubishi Electric to build MVDC development facility

Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will be investing over $41 million into building a development and demonstration facility for middle voltage direct current (MVDC) distribution at its Power Distribution System Centre in Marugame, Japan.