Turkish company Karpowership, which has temporarily suspended its operations in Guinea Bissau, where it has been serving with floating energy ships since 2019, due to long-term payment disruptions, has restarted its activities after the problems were resolved.
Karpowership announced the resumption of operations after financial difficulties were resolved by the Guinea Bisau government.
Emre Durmuşoğlu, one of the Commercial Directors of Karpowership Africa Region, commented on the issue: “We are pleased to share that after the financial difficulties that made fuel supply impossible were resolved by the Guinea Bisau government, the fuel problem was resolved and we started production again in the country where we could not produce electricity for 1.5 days.”
The company stated that after the economic problem in Guinea Bissau, the company began to not receive payments and therefore fuel suppliers could not be paid, and it was stated that electricity production was temporarily stopped.
Karpowership is among the world’s largest operators of floating power plants, and many African countries rely on the company for electricity. However, Karpowership has hardened its stance against governments that do not pay for the services they provide. Last month, the company also cut off electricity to Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, due to an unpaid bill of $40 million.
The company, which has been providing electricity to Guinea Bissau since 2019, supplies energy to many countries of the world with floating energy ships.
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