Mitsubishi Power to collaborate with Entergy on decarbonization projects

Mitsubishi Power and Entergy Corp. will collaborate on decarbonization projects for Entergy’s utility businesses in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

Mitsubishi Power is a leader in providing technologies to reach decarbonization goals. The partnership will help Entergy limit carbon emissions from electric power generation.

Specifically, the partnership will help Entergy develop hydrogen-capable gas turbine combined cycle facilities, green hydrogen production, storage and transportation facilities, nuclear-supplied electrolysis facilities with energy storage, and utility scale battery storage systems.

Entergy was the first U.S. electric utility to commit to limiting carbon dioxide emissions in 2001. Currently, its plan to lower carbon emission rate to half of year-2000 levels by 2030.

“For two decades, sustainability has been a priority for Entergy. We have pledged to conduct our business in a manner that is environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable that will benefit all our stakeholders,” Paul Hinnenkamp, Entergy’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, said. “New technologies and innovative solutions to the challenges posed by climate change present opportunities for us to significantly decrease carbon emissions from our generation portfolio while maintaining low rates. We are pleased to welcome Mitsubishi Power as a collaborative partner in developing strategies to integrate these new technologies and solutions that support us achieving our environmental and customer commitments.”

This year Mitsubishi Power announced the sale of its first hydrogen-capable advanced class gas turbines in March for the Intermountain Power Plant. Last month the company announced a 200-megawatt lithium-ion battery storage project in Texas. In September, Mitsubishi Power announced the world’s first green hydrogen standard packages for power balancing and energy storage.

“In recent years, we have supported Entergy on three large power projects that the utility executed on schedule and on budget as part of a multi-year project to modernize the power generation fleet and voluntarily reduce carbon emissions,” said Paul Browning, Mitsubishi Power America’s president and CEO. “Now, we’re proud to work with Entergy on the next phase of decarbonization. At Mitsubishi Power, our mission is to provide power generation and storage solutions to our customers that enable them to affordably and reliably combat climate change and advance human prosperity.”