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Tokyo, September 16, 2008 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), jointly with Toyota Tsusho Corporation, has received an order from West Delta Electricity Production Company (WDEPC) of Egypt for two sets of a 650 MW (megawatt) natural-gas/heavy-oil fired steam-turbine power generation system. The two systems, each featuring the largest power generation capacity of conventional thermal power generation units of this kind in Egypt, will be added to WDEPC's existing power plant near Alexandria to meet robust electricity demand in the Nile Delta region.