The MV ''MV Karadeniz Powership Orhan Bey'' is a

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, a floating power plant, owned and operated by

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. She was commissioned in 2013, and initially contracted to supply electricity to the power grid in

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Powership

Built in August 2013 by Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul, she was renamed ''Karadeniz Powership Orhan Bey'' after the Karadeniz Holding's vice chairperson. Equipped with eleven

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s and four high-voltage

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s, the

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has an installed generation capacity of 202 MW on

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( HFO- and gas-fired). The Powership's fuel tanks capacity allows her to generate ten days long uninterrupted power. Arrived in

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, Lebanon on August 12, 2013, she joined the other fleet member , which was already generating electricity. Moored facing Jieh Power Plant, ''Orhan Bey'' was connected to the grid on September 3, 2013. According to a power purchase agreement, worth US$370 million, signed on July 13, 2012 in

with the Lebanese Government, the two powerships supply a total of 270 MW electricity in Lebanon, covering 27% of the power needs of the country. At the end of 2016, the contract capacity was increased to 370 MW of reliable power from the Powerships for another 2 years. 370 MW contract is being served by 406 MW installed capacity, dual-fuel, and combined-cycle Powerships located in

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and

Jieh Jieh (or Jiyé, Jiyeh, الجية) is a seaside town in Lebanon with an estimated population of 5000, 23 km south of Beirut, in the Chouf district via a 20-minute drive along the Beirut to Sidon highway south of the capital. In Phoenician tim ...

municipalities. The contract expired in September 2021, while Électricité du Liban owed Karpowership overdue payments in excess of $100 million. Powership has stopped its supplies on 1 October 2021. As of 6th January 2023 Orhan Bey is supplying SLN-Eramet Doniambo

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production unit near

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2013 ships

Orhan Bey Orhan Ghazi ( ota, اورخان غازی; tr, Orhan Gazi, also spelled Orkhan, 1281 – March 1362) was the second bey of the Ottoman Beylik from 1323/4 to 1362. He was born in Söğüt, as the son of Osman I. In the early stages of his re ...

Electric power infrastructure in Lebanon Ships built at Sedef Shipyard {{Energy-stub