Power ships the answer

As with all the current medium term solutions, by the time we get the power ship rented, connected and running, we will probably be two years down the line and have a few new coal generators and renewables online anyway.

It is also very expensive and Eskom literally have no extra money to rent the ships.
 
In case anyone 'floats' the idea of the Russian Nuclear Barges:

Each vessel has two modified KLT-40 naval propulsion reactors together providing up to 70 MW of electricity or 300 MW of heat, enough for a city with a population of 200,000 people. It could also be modified as a desalination plant producing 240,000 cubic meters of fresh water a day.Another modification will be supplied by two ABV-6M reactors with a capacity of around 18 MWe (megawatts of electricity). Also, 325 MWe VBER-300 and 55 MWe RITM-200 reactors have been mentioned as potential reactors to use for the floating nuclear power station.
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ABCpt said:
Solving our water and electricity problem. Sounds like a win win to me.
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Then all of our coastal cities would glow in the dark, even after the barges have left.

Russian Naval Nuclear Technology doesn't have a good safety record.
 
IMHO Not really a solution for us, more of a solution for a regional catastrophe where infrastructure is destroyed - eg NOLA / New Orlean's.

What we need is fast tracking independant power providers so that we can get the private sector to add capacity to the grid, and for Eskom to pull finger out of ass, and connect up the IPP's from the REIPP phase's 1,2,3 so that they're not sitting there ready, but waiting for Eskom to connect them to the grid. We literally have additional capacity sitting unused because Eskom doesn't want to connect their infrastructure up. Sigh..
 
He believes powerships can deliver power at R2.00 to R2.50/kWh which is considerably less costly than Eskom’s open-cycle gas turbines that run at a cost of up to R3.00 to R4.50, depending on the diesel price.
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It is a no brainer if a powership can generate power in a more cost efficient way than you can.
 
LaraC said:
It is a no brainer if a powership can generate power in a more cost efficient way than you can.
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But it may cost another R1 000 000 per kWh to clean up the radiation leaks afterwards.

Russian nuclear technology cannot be trusted.
 
Jola said:
But it may cost another R1 000 000 per kWh to clean up the radiation leaks afterwards.

Russian nuclear technology cannot be trusted.
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The powerships mentioned in the article uses gas or diesel.
 
Crikey... electricity from petrol/diesel... how cost effective :p
I'm willing to bet that'll cost 10x more than they're recouping per mwh
 
Jola said:
But those are very inefficient, don't think that Eskom can afford the fuel.

They also don't produce much power.
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We used to have one for emergencies in East London. Not sure if Port Rex power station is operational anymore though. 2x Rolls Royce boeing engines IIRC.
http://www.eskom.co.za/Whatweredoin...werStations/Pages/Port_Rex_Power_Station.aspx

Either way... I can't see our government paying someone else for electricity TBH. They won't even allow locals to supply.
 
Karadinez operates and maintains its own plant and typically enters into agreements for two to five years.
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It would appear as if the powerships are self-sufficient and no additional cost for fuel is needed.
 
Get power ships for aluminium smelters....
Better focus on merits, unfinished business - Madupi.
 
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