Turkey can send floating power plants to Romania to supply 300-400 MW of electricity to Ukraine, Karpowership General Director Zeynep Kharezi said in an interview with Anadolu Agency, which is reported by TASS on Wednesday.
“We are negotiating about (the supply of) 300-400 MW of electricity. This capacity can provide electricity to a million households. We can send three or four ships to provide this capacity. The floating power plants can be located in different ports and the power supply can start within a month after the technical, commercial and safety details are completed,” Kharezi said.
“There are power transmission lines between Romania, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. We can place ships in Romania and the Republic of Moldova and supply electricity through power lines to Ukraine,” she added.
According to her, the main problem is that ships bound for Ukraine cannot be insured.
In this regard, the Turkish company is negotiating with the UN and a number of companies to “find the right solution.”
Karpowership has 36 floating power plants
Karpowership is the flagship company of the Turkish Karadeniz Holding, notes Novy Golos Ukrainy. The company has at its disposal 36 “power machines” that run on fuel oil or natural gas.
Connecting to local power grids takes less than a month. Such ships are mainly intended for countries with underdeveloped infrastructure, and are also used in emergency situations.
Earlier, Russian media reported that the Russian LNG producer Novatek had asked Karpowership to supply electricity for the Arctic LNG-2 project.
According to Kharezi, the company did receive such an offer, but is not negotiating with the Russian side: “As a company policy, we are determined to respect international sanctions.”
Eight waves of Russian airstrikes on critical infrastructure in recent weeks have severely damaged Ukraine’s power grid and led to emergency and scheduled blackouts across the country.
Ukrainian grid operator Ukrenergo said on Tuesday that it would take several days for its workers to restore electricity production to levels before the latest wave of Russian strikes on Monday.
Source: Hot News
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