The MV ''Karadeniz Powership Esra Sultan'' is a
Powership, a floating power plant, owned and operated by
Karpowership
Karpowership is a Turkish builder, operator, and owner of a fleet of powerships. Since 2010, 36 powerships have been completed with their total installed capacity exceeding 6,000 MW and further capacity under construction (or scheduled).
Karpow ...
. Built in 2007, it was converted into a Powership in 2015 by
Sedef Shipyard
Sedef Shipyard () is a Turkish shipyard established in Gebze, Kocaeli in 1972. The shipyard moved to Tuzla, Istanbul in 1990. The shipyard is building defense industry ships and commercial ships such as the multipurpose amphibious assault ship ...
in
Tuzla, Istanbul
Tuzla is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. It has a population of 288,878 (2022) and a land area of 138 km2 . It is on the Asian side of the city next to the municipality of Pendik. Tuzla is on a headland on the coa ...
, Turkey. She was commissioned to supply electricity to the power grid in
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
. Currently, she serves in Dakar, Sénégal.
Ship
The vessel is named after the sister of the chairperson of Karadeniz Holding.
The long vessel has a beam of and a draft of .
She has a cargo capacity of .
Powership
On October 27, 2015, the Powership set sail to
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
following a farewell ceremony held in Tuzla, Istanbul, where another Powership of the fleet, the , also weighed anchor to head to Indonesia. She arrived in Ghana earlier than expected
and begin her service at
Tema Harbour by December 2015.
The powership has an installed capacity of 235 MW.
As of July 2018 the Powership operates in
Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
.
Project
In June 2014, the
Electricity Company of Ghana signed a power purchase agreement for the duration of ten years with Karpower Ghana Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Turkey-based Karadeniz Holding's energy wing Karadeniz Energy Group. According to the deal, 450 MW of power will be supplied by two powerships making out 22% of the country’s total electricity demand required. Currently, the demand at peak periods stands at 2,120 MW in Ghana as reported by
Kwabena Donkor, the Ghanaian
Minister of Energy and Petroleum during his attendance at the ceremony held in Istanbul. The project will help to provide a fast solution to bridge medium-term power shortage in the country.
The project is the first large-scale powership project in Africa, and is called "Power of Friendship for Ghana".
Apparently, this ship was in the Dominican Republic on October 30, 2023.
See also
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List of power stations in Ghana
The following page lists power stations in Ghana.
Thermal power stations
Hydroelectric power stations
Solar power stations
See also
*Electricity in Ghana
*List of largest power stations in the world
*List of power stations in Africa
R ...
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Electricity sector in Ghana
Ghana generates electric power from hydropower, fossil-fuel (Thermal power, thermal energy), and renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy. Electricity generation is one of the key factors in order to achieve the development of th ...
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List of power stations in Lebanon
This article lists all power stations in Lebanon.
Thermal
Powerships
In May 2021, Turkish Karadeniz Powership Co. ceased supplying electricity to Lebanon.
Hydroelectric
See also
* Energy in Lebanon
* List of largest power sta ...
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karadeniz Powership Aysegul Sultan
2007 ships
Aysegul Sultan
Electric power infrastructure in Ghana
Ships built at Sedef Shipyard