Completed 2009 Draft 8 m | Tonnage 12,575 GT | |
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Name Karadeniz Powership Ayşegül Sultan Owner Karadeniz Powership Co. Operator Karpower Ghana Co. Ltd. Class and type Special Service-Floating Power Plant | ||
The MV Karadeniz Powership Ayşegül Sultan is a powership, a floating power plant, owned and operated by the Istanbul based Turkish company Karadeniz Powership Co. Built in 2007, it was converted into a powership in 2015 by Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey. She is commissioned to supply electricity to the power grid in Ghana.
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Ship
The vessel is named after the sister of the chairperson of Karadeniz Holding. The 139.90 m (459 ft 0 in) long vessel has a beam of 42.00 m (137 ft 10 in) and a draft of 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in). She has a cargo capacity of 12,575 GT.
Powership
On October 27, 2015, the powership set sail to Ghana following a farewell ceremony held in Tuzla, Istanbul, where another powership of the fleet, the MV Karadeniz Powership Zeynep Sultan, 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 with 235 MW generation capacity will supply 11% of the power needs.
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".