"Powership" on Gatun Lake, Panama
Barge-mounted floating power station 'Murat Bey' on Gatun Lake, Panama. The lake is between the Caribbean and Pacific locks of the Panama Canal.
These "Powerships", built, owned and operated by a Turkish Company, 'Karpowership' are either barge- or ship-mounted and generate electricity on contract to wherever needed worldwide; Cuba has needed a number of these to supplement its weak power grid. Russia and other sympathetic sources have underwritten the costs involved.
Photo taken on a very murky, humid day during our cruise aboard the 'Celebrity Beyond' cruise ship.
"Powership" on Gatun Lake, Panama
Barge-mounted floating power station 'Murat Bey' on Gatun Lake, Panama. The lake is between the Caribbean and Pacific locks of the Panama Canal.
These "Powerships", built, owned and operated by a Turkish Company, 'Karpowership' are either barge- or ship-mounted and generate electricity on contract to wherever needed worldwide; Cuba has needed a number of these to supplement its weak power grid. Russia and other sympathetic sources have underwritten the costs involved.
Photo taken on a very murky, humid day during our cruise aboard the 'Celebrity Beyond' cruise ship.