Cubadebate
Havana, Republic of Cuba
19 November 2021

New floating plant for electricity generation in Cuba In this article: Barco, Cuba, Economy, Electricity, Mariel, National Electric System, Turkey, Electric Union (UNE) In this article 19 November 2021 | 74 | Floating plant in the process of unloading The arrival in Cuba of a new floating power plant for the generation of electricity will allow adding 130 megawatts (MW) of power to the National Electric System, according to the information published this Thursday, on Twitter, by Lázaro Guerra Hernández, technical director of the Union Electrical Result of an agreement between the Greater Antilles and the Turkish company Karadeniz Holding, another of these plants (also called patanas) is located in Mariel Bay, the start of which included Cuba, then, in a group of nine countries with floating facilities. for the production of electricity, in addition to being the first in Latin America. The 130 MW floating power plant to be located in the bay of Havana is already in Cuba, which will improve the country's generation capacity. #CubaViveYAvanza # FidelPorSiempre pic.twitter.com/aOwyXEQ73s - Lázaro Guerra Hernández (@ LzaroGuerraHer1) November 18, 2021 Floating plant in the process of unloading The 130 MW floating plant that is estimated to be completed this morning in Mariel is already in the process of unloading. # CubaViveYAvanza # FidelPorSiempre pic.twitter.com/aRnSOk1Ysv - Lázaro Guerra Hernández (@ LzaroGuerraHer1) November 19, 2021

Prensa Latina News Agency
Havana, Republic of Cuba
19 November 2021

Technical Director of Union Electrica (Electrical Union, UNE), Lazaro Guerra, told Prensa Latina that power plant is currently at the Mariel port, 45 km from this capital, for the discharge of some elements and other actions that can take some days. It will be taken later to the Havana Bay, where it will start operating in December once all necessary mechanisms are adjusted. Over the weekend, Guerra reported the arrival in Cuba of a fuel skid, another element of this mobile generation project that will be added to the country’s efforts to increase its generation capacity. In this sense, the country is working hard to recover the thermic units, the main suport of the national grid, severely affected by deterioration, lack of maintenance and shortage of spare parts. Minister of Energy and Mines, Livan Arronte, on Friday checked maintenance actions of blocks 5, 7 and 8 of the Maximo Gomez thermoelectric plant, from Mariel, which will incorporate 150 MW to their energy distribution on Sunday, Nov. 21. At the last session of the National Assembly, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that, despite the difficult conditions of Cuban economy, the government allocated funding for recovering, before the end of the year, 608 MW of power.

From Karpowership: “In October 2018, Karpowership signed a contract with Unión Eléctrica de Cuba (UNE), the state electricity company of Cuba, to deploy three Powerships of 110 MW in total for a period of 51 months. Karadeniz Powership Barış Bey and Karadeniz Powership Esra Sultan started operation in Port de Mariel in July 2019 and Karadeniz Powership Ela Sultan started operations in November 2019. In November 2019, the contract capacity was increased to 184 MW. Cuba is Karpowership’s first project in Western Hemisphere. Karpowership will supply 10% of Cuba’s total electricity needs.”

KARPOWERSHIP

Karpowership is a member of Karadeniz Energy Group, Istanbul, Turkey. The group is a pioneer in innovative energy projects for the last 20 years, with investments in domestic and international markets. The group started its energy investments in 1996, and is the first private electricity exporter in Turkey. Today, the group owns and operates more than 4,350 MW installed capacity globally. Karpowership is the only owner, operator and builder of the first Powership (floating power plant) fleet in the world. Since 2010, 25 Powerships have been completed with total installed capacity exceeding 4,100 MW. Additional 4,400 MW of Powerships are either under construction or in the pipeline. Starting from the design, and ending with delivery of electricity, Karpowership fully executes all activities in-house including but not limited to construction, site preparation, commissioning, and fuel supply. Utilizing the highest technology, Karpowership provides fast-track delivery, high efficiency, and all integrated “plug&play” project execution. Via these capabilities, Karpowership is able to successfully undertake a variety of commercial structures such as short term IPPs (Independent Power Producer), long-term IPPs, PPAs (power purchase agreements), and rental contracts with its Powership fleet. Powerships supplied and have been supplying 60% of Gambia, 26% of Ghana, 100% of Guinea Bissau, 10% of Guinea, 25% of Lebanon, 10% of Mozambique, 15% of Senegal, 80% of Sierra Leone, 10% of Sudan, 10% of Cuba, 30% of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, 55% of East Nusa Teneggara, Indonesia, 80% of Ambon, Indonesia, 10% of Medan, Indonesia, and 16% of Zambia’s and 30% of Southern Iraq’s total electricity generation. As of today, Karpowership has more than 2,600 direct employees from 19 different nationalities, creates employment for additional 10,000 co-workers for the construction of the Powerships and is expanding through renewables, Powerships and other innovative energy supply solutions.

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