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Environment Digest 43 – Karpowerships by Mike Pothier

Environment Digest 43 – Karpowerships by Mike Pothier

A ‘Karpowership’ is a floating power station – a large ship containing a number of gas-fired generators, which anchors off-shore and feeds power into the electricity grid. For some years South Africa has been in negotiations with the Turkish company that runs these ships, Karadeniz Powerships, to secure three of them in an effort to supplement Eskom’s faltering electricity production capacity, and thereby reduce the need for load shedding.

Environment Digest 43 – Karpowerships by Mike Pothier