All three Karpowership applications stuck in limbo
Heavy going for applications to moor power ships in Richards Bay, Coega and Saldanha
The department of forestry, fisheries & the environment has not yet approved any of the three applications for environmental authorisation for Karpowership SA’s gas-to-power projects at SA ports.
Karpowership SA, majority owned by a Turkish company, is one of the preferred bidders appointed by the department of mineral resources & energy in the emergency energy procurement programme. The bid included bringing its gas-to-power floating power stations to the ports of Coega, Saldanha and Richards Bay to generate about 1,200MW of power out of a total of 2,000MW procured under the risk mitigation procurement round...
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