KARPOWERSHIP secured permission from South Africa’s environment department to refile an application to moor a ship-mounted power plant in the eastern port of Richards Bay as the company’s stalled plans to affect a 1 220-megawatt electricity supply contract regains momentum.
The Turkish company withdrew its submission to deploy the 450-megawatt plant earlier this year after it faced a complaint that it hadn’t notified a competitor, which had its own plans for the port.
On Wednesday, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment dismissed a complaint by a nonprofit against Karpowership’s plan to moor a similar plant at Saldanha on South Africa’s west coast.
The department gave notice of its decision on the Richards Bay plant in a letter written Thursday to Triplo4 Sustainable Solutions, Karpowership’s environmental consultants, which was sent to Bloomberg. Public comment must be sought on the impact of the project for at least 30 days, the
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