Europe Lines Up Floating Power Plants to Bolster Winter Supplies

  • Governments seek oil, gas-fired powerships for use this winter
  • Nations seek more energy sources in face of security worries

A Karpowership Khan-class vessel sailing to be deployed in Ghana.

Source: Karpowership
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European governments are in talks to hire giant floating power plants as the continent scrambles for energy supplies this winter.

So-called powerships burn liquefied natural gas, low-sulfur fuel oil or biodiesel and could be set to dock off European ports in December, according to Istanbul-based Karpowership, which owns a fleet of the vessels.