The state energy trader JSC "Energy Company of Ukraine" (ECU) signed a memorandum with the Turkish company Karpowership on the use of floating thermal power plants with a capacity of 500 MW in the interests of Ukraine.
These power plants will be able to meet the needs of a million households in Ukraine.
One of the main options is the placement of floating ships in the ports of Moldova and Romania and the supply of electricity to the Ukrainian grid through these countries. Karpowership and ECU will hold negotiations with the authorities of Romania and Moldova regarding the implementation of this decision.
The General Director of ECU Vitaliy Butenko explained that in the conditions of war, the construction of new power units to replace destroyed and damaged ones is impossible. Therefore, the state is forced to look for innovative solutions to overcome the energy crisis.
Karpowership has a fleet of 36 floating power plants that can be connected to the grid in less than 30 days.
"Floating power plants are a fast, reliable and flexible solution to the countryʼs power shortage, and we are ready to support Ukraine to get the energy it needs as soon as possible," Karpowership Commercial Director Zeynep Kharezi noted.
- Due to Russian missile attacks on the energy infrastructure in Ukraine, there is a significant shortage of electricity. Ukraine has to test the export of electricity from Europe, but the head of the Verkhovna Rada committee on energy issues says that it will provide less than 10% of needs.
- At the end of November, it became known that "Ukrenergo" and the leadership of the Odesa region are negotiating with Karpowership about the lease of floating power plants. The placement of stations near Odesa was discussed, but no one could provide guarantees regarding their safety.