MAN Diesel & Turbo has longstanding relationships with numerous electrical Utilities which purchase a wide variety of scopes-of-supply. These include single engines to generator sets or the complete electrical and/or mechanical portions of new or refurbished power and cogeneration plants. A special form of customer relationship pioneered by the MAN Diesel & Turbo Power Plant business unit is the Strategic Alliance, under which the future equipment needs of the Utility are discussed at regular intervals and built into a long term plan. In this way, the Utility and MAN Diesel & Turbo can strategically plan the expansion and renewal of power generation capacity