Karpowership in Abidjan
Meanwhile, Karpowership has made a new agreement with Ivory Coast, one of the West African countries. The Turkish company won the tender for the supply of an emergency power plant with a maximum capacity of 200 MW in the Ivory Coast. The tender was approved by the Ivory Council of Ministers at the end of January 2022. After the approval, the 200 MW floating power plant named Fatmagül Sultan settled in Abidjan.
African adventure started in 2014
Karpowership’s African adventure started in 2014 with a 450 MW energy agreement signed with Ghana for 10 years. In 2019, another agreement was signed for the Sekondi military port in the country, and with these agreements, 26 percent of the country’s energy needs were met. The company subsequently signed a joint agreement with Zambia and Mozambique in November 2015. In line with the agreement, the Karadeniz Powership İrem Sultan energy ship met 16 percent of Zambia’s energy demand until 2018. Afterward, with a new agreement signed with Mozambique, 125 MW of electricity was provided via the Powership Mehmet Bey energy ship, and 10 percent of the country’s energy needs began to be met.
In 2018, Karpowership Turkish power ships signed agreements with Gambia (35 MW, 60% of the country’s demand), Sierra Leone (50 MW, 80% of the country’s demand), Sudan (10% of the country’s demand, with 150 MW). The following year, the company signed new agreements with Guinea-Bissau (more than 90 percent of the country’s demand with 35 MW), Senegal (235 MW, 15 percent of the country’s demand), and Guinea (10 percent of the country’s demand with 105 MW).
