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Mitsubishi Power Receives Order for Two H-25 Gas Turbines for District Heating Use in Uzbekistan

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
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TOKYO, Mar 30, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for two H-25 gas turbines with capacity of 32-megawatt (MW)/unit for a natural gas-fired cogeneration plant being built in Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

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  • TOKYO, Mar 30, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for two H-25 gas turbines with capacity of 32-megawatt (MW)/unit for a natural gas-fired cogeneration plant being built in Tashkent, the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
  • This is the second order for this plant, following an order for an H-25 gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator in the adjacent existing No.
  • Since the initial order in 1987, Mitsubishi Power has established a solid track record of operating performance, selling 30 units in Japan and 160 overseas including this latest order.
  • Mitsubishi Power has supplied gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) equipment used in other facilities throughout the country, including Navoi 1&2 Power Plant, Talimarjan Power Plant, Turakurgan Power Plant, and Sirdarya Power Plant, and have supported the energy supply for the country's economic development.

Showa Denko Launches Mass Production of 6-inch SiC Single Crystal Wafers

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Monday, March 28, 2022
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(SDK) (TOKYO: 4004) has launched mass production of silicon carbide single crystal wafers (SiC wafers) with a diameter of 6 inches (150 mm), which are used as materials for SiC epitaxial wafers*1 to be processed and installed into SiC-based power semiconductors (SiC power semiconductors).

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  • (SDK) (TOKYO: 4004) has launched mass production of silicon carbide single crystal wafers (SiC wafers) with a diameter of 6 inches (150 mm), which are used as materials for SiC epitaxial wafers*1 to be processed and installed into SiC-based power semiconductors (SiC power semiconductors).
  • As an independent supplier of SiC epitaxial wafers, SDK has the global-top share in the market, and has been providing power-device manufacturers with Best in Class SiC epitaxial wafers.
  • SDK has been considering in-house production of SiC wafers, which are used as main material for SiC epitaxial wafers, aiming to improve quality of our SiC epitaxial wafers and establish a stable supply system for them.
  • This time, SDK decided to launch in-house mass production of 6-inch SiC wafers because plural customers have adopted SDK's SiC epitaxial wafers made from our in-house produced 6-inch SiC wafers.

NEC Develops the World's First Unit Cell Facilitating Scaling Up to a Fully-connected Quantum Annealing Architecture

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Thursday, March 17, 2022
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TOKYO, Mar 17, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has developed the world's first LHZ scheme(1) unit cell facilitating scaling up to a fully-connected architecture using superconducting parametron(2) quantum bits (qubits).

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Mar 17, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has developed the world's first LHZ scheme(1) unit cell facilitating scaling up to a fully-connected architecture using superconducting parametron(2) quantum bits (qubits).
  • NEC has succeeded in demonstrating quantum annealing operations using these qubits, which will enable high accuracy calculations.
  • Via this achievement, NEC has made further progress toward the production of a quantum annealing machine(3), which is a type of quantum computer.
  • NEC has achieved a world first by successfully solving small-scale combinatorial optimization problems via quantum annealing using this new technology.

HINO TO JOIN HYDROGEN DEMO STUDY IN CALIFORNIA PORTS

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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The grant supports the demonstration of Hino's Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell trucks in real world operations in California ports.

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  • The grant supports the demonstration of Hino's Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell trucks in real world operations in California ports.
  • Hino, Toyota-Tsusho and Mitsui's technology of choice for this project is advanced hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks.
  • The team plans to demonstrate zero-emission operation generated by hydrogen power units in daily drayage operations, in and around the ports.
  • About Hino Trucks: Hino Trucks, a Toyota Group Company, manufactures, sells, and services a lineup of Class 4-8 commercial trucks in the United States.

Fujitsu Leads Development of Energy-efficient CPUs and Photonics Smart NIC for Next-generation Green Data Centers Under NEDO Program

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Friday, February 25, 2022
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Fujitsu has been selected along with NEC Corporation, AIO Core Corporation, Kioxia Corporation, Fujitsu Optical Components Co., Ltd. and KYOCERA Corporation.

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  • Fujitsu has been selected along with NEC Corporation, AIO Core Corporation, Kioxia Corporation, Fujitsu Optical Components Co., Ltd. and KYOCERA Corporation.
  • Within this project, Fujitsu will lead the development of low-power consumption CPUs and photonics smart NIC optimized for next-generation green data centers.
  • Additionally, Fujitsu Optical Components will work with Fujitsu to develop photonics smart NIC.
  • Fujitsu will further refine this technology and develop a low-power consumption CPU that can be used in next-generation green data centers.

kMoL, a Machine Learning Library for AI Drug Discovery With Federated Learning Capabilities

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022
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Elix, Inc., an AI drug discovery company with the mission of Rethinking Drug Discovery (CEO: Shinya Yuki/Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; hereinafter referred to as Elix) has developed kMoL, a machine learning library for AI drug discovery with federated learning functionally.

Key Points: 
  • Elix, Inc., an AI drug discovery company with the mission of Rethinking Drug Discovery (CEO: Shinya Yuki/Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; hereinafter referred to as Elix) has developed kMoL, a machine learning library for AI drug discovery with federated learning functionally.
  • Abstract: A machine learning library for AI drug discovery with federated learning capabilities.
  • kMoL incorporates Elix Mila, a federated learning module developed by Elix, making kMoL the only machine learning library with federated learning capabilities among those released for AI drug discovery.
  • When Elix started developing kMoL, most machine learning libraries with federated learning capabilities were based on the machine learning framework TensorFlow.

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Concludes Agreement on Construction of World's First Demonstration Test Ship for Liquefied CO2 Transportation

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022
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Construction will get underway at the Enoura Plant of MHI's Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works, with completion and delivery scheduled for the second half of the fiscal 2023.

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  • Construction will get underway at the Enoura Plant of MHI's Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works, with completion and delivery scheduled for the second half of the fiscal 2023.
  • The Engineering Advancement Association of Japan (ENAA), one of the entities performing business relating to the demonstration projects, will charter the ship from Sanyu Kisen, the subcontractor, and operate it for the project purposes.
  • Mitsubishi Shipbuilding will be in charge of all aspects from the ship design through construction, including the cargo containment system, applying its gas handling technologies and expertise cultivated through the construction of liquefied gas carriers (both LPG and LNG types).
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group is one of the world's leading industrial groups, spanning energy, logistics & infrastructure, industrial machinery, aerospace and defense.

SDG&E and Sumitomo Electric Complete Zero-Emissions Microgrid Pilot Project, Helping Advance California’s Climate Goals

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Friday, January 28, 2022
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During the pilot, the batteries charged when solar energy was abundant and discharged during peak hours to meet demand.

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  • During the pilot, the batteries charged when solar energy was abundant and discharged during peak hours to meet demand.
  • We are honored that the Sumitomo flow battery has contributed to the successful demonstration of this large-scale microgrid, said Hideo Hato, Senior Managing Director of Sumitomo Electric.
  • Sumitomos cutting-edge non-flammable and reusable flow battery system can help support Californias climate goals and improve resiliency for the states electric infrastructure.
  • The other was a black start meaning microgrid operators established and sustained service after a complete loss of power.

JERA and MHI Start a Demonstration Project to Develop Technology to Increase the Ammonia Co-firing Rate at Coal-fired Boilers

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Friday, January 7, 2022
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As a fuel that does not emit carbon dioxide when burned, ammonia is expected to offer great advantages in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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  • As a fuel that does not emit carbon dioxide when burned, ammonia is expected to offer great advantages in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
  • This Project aims to develop an ammonia single-fuel burner suitable for coal-fired boilers and to demonstrate operation of the burner at actual boilers.
  • By FY 2024, JERA and MHI will develop a new burner capable of single-fuel ammonia combustion and draw up a master plan for equipment to demonstrate its use in actual boilers.
  • Based on the results, the two companies will decide whether to install the burners at JERA's coal-fired boilers made by MHI.

Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Announces its Participation in Japanese Hydrogen Forum; Aims to Develop Hydrogen Value Chain in the U.S.

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021
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NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA), the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of the world's largest traders and investors of goods and services, announced today its participation in the Japanese Hydrogen Forum (JH2F).

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  • NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA), the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of the world's largest traders and investors of goods and services, announced today its participation in the Japanese Hydrogen Forum (JH2F).
  • Hydrogen is a carbon-free energy resource, has high energy density to generate electricity and is an affordable source of energy storage.
  • It can also be converted into renewable natural gas through methanation technology as well as into basic material resources such as resin.
  • SCOA is the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of the world's leading traders of goods and services.