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.
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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.
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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.