Floating power plants: a solution in case of crisis (Blackout Belgian 2018 / 2019)?

[moinsdewatt]

Belgium: floating power plants planned to avoid any blackout

Published 22 / 10 / 2018

Engie Electrabel, a subsidiary of the French energy company Engie, is holding discussions with suppliers of floating diesel or natural gas power plants with a view to possible use in Belgian waters.


Engie Electrabel is in contact with the American company The Power Barge corp with a view to a possible floating gas or diesel power plant project in Belgium. (Photo: The Power Barge corp)

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[Christophe]

I would like to know the price per MWh of these floating power stations ... One thing is certain: no worries about cooling in the North Sea in winter!

Who builds them? Who uses them?

[moinsdewatt]

Response for one of the manufacturers:

Turkish company Karpowership has deployed a floating power plant in Sudan, making it possible to inject 150 MW into the grid

Posted on May 24, 2018


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With a capacity of 150 megawatts, the ship will supply electricity to the Sudanese network for 12 months, under an agreement signed with the Sudanese Thermal Power Generating Company, STPGC) in April 2018.

It is, from an official source, the sixth Turkish electricity-producing vessel present in Africa.

Karpowership has floating power plants in Ghana, Mozambique, Zambia, The Gambia and Sierra Leone.

Karpowership is a member of the Turkish group Karadeniz Energy Group. The builder of floating power plants claims to have built 15 infrastructures of this type since 2010, for an installed capacity greater than 3 MW. Currently, the group ensures work on 000 MW sites.

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