The Istanbul-based company Karadeniz, the world’s only manufacturer of self-propelled floating power stations, produces electricity for Iraq and Lebanon, part of its fleet of seven power ships with a combined capacity of 1,200 megawatts.
Project "Power of Friendship"
Karadeniz Energy Group in Turkey developed a project named "Power of Friendship", which aims to supply electricity to shortage-stricken countries in the Middle East, northern Africa and southern Asia. The project provides for the building of ten floating power plants with a total capacity of 2,010 MW until the end of 2010.
For the manufacturing of the on-board power plant, a contract was signed with the German MAN Diesel company based in Augsburg. The contract, worth over Ђ100 million, includes the supply of 24 large-bore diesel engines, along with electromechanical equipment to be installed on four powerships with a total output of 400 MW. Twenty one of them are of type 18V51/60DF dual-fuel diesel engines and the three of type 14V48/60 heavy fuel oil engines. The dual-fuel diesel engines allow the powership to generate electricity running either on heavy fuel or natural gas, whatever the infrastructure is available at site.
