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Africa: Sierra Leone Karpowership Cuts Should Be a Warning to South Africa - Eco-Justice Organisation
allAfrica, 12 September 2023
The Green Connection, an eco-justice organization opposing Karpowership's bid to secure 20-year contracts in South Africa, said the power cut in Sierra Leone should be a "warning"… Read more »
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South Africa: Karpowership Game Ranch 'Donation' Raises New Stink Over Green Offset Schemes
Daily Maverick, 11 September 2023
KwaZulu-Natal's official custodian of nature conservation has stepped into a pungent quagmire after entering into a provisional agreement that involves the 'donation' of a 1,784… Read more »
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South Africa: Karpowership Agrees to Donate Game Farm in Power Plant Deal With Govt
allAfrica, 7 September 2023
Karpowership agreed to purchase and donate a game farm to a provincial wildlife authority in an effort to speed up permission for one of the three gas-fired power stations it plans… Read more »
Karpowership to Donate Farm to South Africa to Secure Energy Deal
Turkish power producing firm Karpowership, which uses off-shore ships as gas power plants, has South Africa looking to the firm to help solve the nation's national load shedding crisis.
Karpowership has contracts with various countries that span 20 years and has recently agreed to shorten South Africa's contract to 10 years after a public outcry. Concerns have also been raised on the impact on the environment and ocean life.
Now Karpowership is agreeing to purchase and donate a wildlife farm to a wildlife authority in the KwaZulu-Natal province. In exchange for the game farm, the Turkish company claimed that Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, which oversees protected areas in the province, had agreed to refrain from objecting to its proposal for a 450 megawatt ship-mounted power plant at Richards Bay harbour.
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Rotational power cuts in South Africa have been scaled back, for now. "Over the past 24 hours, a generating unit each at Kriel and Majuba power stations were returned to ... Read more »
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According to Scrolla, power utility Eskom failed to disclose that South Africa was plunged into Stage 8 load shedding last week. The embattled power utility then ann Read more »
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Since 2010, Karpowership, a Turkish power producing firm, has been using off-shore ships as floating gas power plants. The company contracts to provide countries with power extends ... Read more »
Karpowership launched the Powership Project in 2007 and supplied the first floating power plant to Iraq in 2010. The Turkish company sent four more ships to Indonesia and an additional vessel to Ghana in 2016 and 2017 to help developing nations solve their power supply issues. It is now going to assist South Africa with its load shedding crisis. (file photo).
