As Toshiba Group's only overseas hydropower equipment manufacturing base, Toshiba Hydropower Equipment (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Toshiba Hydro) will develop a large pumped storage power station unit with a capacity of 312,000 kilowatts per unit for the United States Laddington Pumped Storage Power Station. wheel.

The Ludington Pumped Storage Power Station is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in the United States. Six reversible pumped storage units are installed at the power station. Not long ago, Toshiba International USA, a subsidiary of Japan’s Toshiba Group in the United States, and the Consumer Energy Corporation of the United States and Edison, Detroit, jointly sponsored the upgrade and upgrade of six sets of 312,000 kilowatt-class pumped storage units of the power station, with a contract value of approximately US$500 million. The project contract was signed by Toshiba International USA. The first unit is scheduled to be delivered in June 2013 and the project will be completed in 2019. Among them, the single pump 260 tons, the diameter of 8.4 meters of the core components of the pump turbine runner is the world's largest, it will be undertaken by Hangzhou Toshiba Hydropower.

In terms of pumped-storage unit manufacturing, Toshiba Group of Japan has the world's largest capacity and single-unit capacity of 470,000 kilowatts of the Shenlukawa pumped storage unit design and manufacturing performance. Relying on the Toshiba Group's rich performance and comprehensive support, Toshiba Hydropower successfully won the bid for the 42,000-kilovolt pumped storage unit with the largest single capacity in Guangdong in the current Qingyuan pumped storage power station in May 2010. In the forefront of domestic hydropower equipment manufacturing industry.

Since its opening in February 2005, Toshiba Hydro has expanded its large-scale generator manufacturing plant and heavy-duty assembly plant to meet the needs of large-scale development of hydropower equipment in the world, and has introduced advanced generator bar production lines and 20-meter large-scale CNC lathes. The advanced equipment such as the 14-meter heavy-duty digital controlled vehicle and the large-scale CNC milling and boring machine enable the company to have 600,000 kilowatt-class hydroelectric generating sets. The successful bid for the Qingyuan Pumped-storage Power Station and the Guanyingyan Power Station turbine generator symbolizes that Toshiba Hydropower has stepped into the ranks of large-scale hydropower equipment suppliers.

This time, the large pumped storage unit runner of the United States Leddington Power Station was the embodiment of Toshiba’s comprehensive quality management method. At the same time, it also proved that the company's large-scale unit equipment has been recognized by US users. The successful establishment of this project is another milestone for Toshiba Hydropower in pumped-storage manufacturing.