Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading marine engine manufacturer, announced today it produced its 1,000th Packaged Power Station (PPS). The 1,000th PPS is one of 65 units ordered by Sinohydro Corporation in March this year.

The congratulatory ceremony today was attended by Mr. Xiong Lixin, vice president of Sinohydro; Mr. Lee Jai-seong, president & CEO of Hyundai Heavy; and Mr. Kim Jeong-hwan, COO of Hyundai Heavy’s Engine & Machinery Division. The 65 PPS will be delivered to Angola by the end of this month.

The PPS, using HHI-developed HiMSEN engine as its main mover, is a mobile power plant that fits into a 40-foot container. Its mobile design makes it ideal for use on islands or other remote areas where a traditional power plant would be impractical. These plants are also designed for rapid deployment in disaster-stricken areas.

Since its first delivery to the Dominican Republic in 2001, Hyundai Heavy has exported the mobile power generators to 22 countries including Cuba, Chile and Iraq.

Hyundai Heavy’s PPS played a crucial role in providing a stable power supply in earthquake-stricken Haiti and Chile in 2010, and tsunami-hit Japan in 2011.

In May this year, the Ulsan, South Korea-based company also donated two packaged power stations capable of generating enough electricity for more than 5,000 households to the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

In his congratulatory remark, Mr. Lee Jai-seong said, “This occasion is not just for celebrating how many PPS we have exported but for giving us an opportunity to think of how we can create new value from a technology.”