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2023 - HAL Noordam Cruise #2 - Sydney NSW to Vancouver BC - Nouméa, New Caledonia - 19 of 20

A floating power generator anchored in the Port of Nouméa harbour.

 

As of 06 January 2023 Orhan Bey is supplying SLN-Eramet Doniambo ferronickel production unit Nouméa, New Caledonia with electricity.

 

The plant owned by Karadeniz Powership Co., Istanbul, Turkey can generate 203 MW and was built in August 2013 by Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul.

 

The floating electricity generating plant named Orhan Bey replaced a 50-year-old plant that supplied The Nickel Society (SNL) Nouméa facility.

 

The power ship is a special purpose power plant installed to serve as a power generating resource.

 

The ship is the first of its kind in the south Pacific and it arrived in New Caledonia 25 August 2022.

 

The power plant is operated by Turkish and New Caledonian technicians.

 

The plant floats in the water near the nickel factory in Doniambo, Noumea.

 

The plant emits 30 percent less C02 and emits less sulphur dioxide emissions and is quieter in operation than the old plant.

 

Karpowership is an enterprise of Turkish and German governments and the first business to make ships of this type.

 

The power ship was built to supply power to Lebanon in 2013. The contract expired September 2021 when Électricité du Liban owed Karpowership overdue payments in excess of $100 million. Powership stopped its Lebanon supplies 01 October 2021.

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