Volkan Buyukbicer receives the award
Karpowership Ghana Company Limited has been named the Best Independent Power Plant Service Company in 2017 at the Ghana Business Quality Awards held over the weekend.
The award seeks to recognize Karpowership for its quality service, competitiveness and innovation in Ghana.
The award ceremony was themed, ‘Building Ghana Beyond Aid; the Role of the Private Sector in Economic Growth and Job Creation.’
Speaking after receiving the award, Volkan Buyukbicer, the Country Manager of Karpowership, said, “Karpowership has been supplying reliable, sustainable and affordable electricity to the national grid since the commencement of our operations in Ghana in 2015. It’s therefore not surprising that our hard work and dedication to strengthening Ghana’s energy market to induce economic growth through the supply of electricity has been duly recognized and rewarded.”
Dedicating the award to the staff of Karpowership, Mr. Volkan said, “it’s indeed the hard work and commitment of staff that has made this possible.”
He further added “we also appreciate the immense support from related government authorities within the industry for their contribution towards the success of the project.”
The company is expected to relocate its 470MW Karadeniz Powership Osman to the Sekondi Naval Base in order to utilize Ghana’s natural gas in the Western enclave.
Mr. Volkan hinted that preparations are ongoing to ensure that the powership is relocated within the first quarter of 2019.
Karpowership was one of the immediate solutions of the government of Ghana to resolving the chronic power crisis in the country in 2015.
Karpowership is the only owner, operator and builder of the first powership (floating power plant) fleet in the world.
Currently, the company has over 2,500 employees, and owns and operates 15 powerships with an installed capacity of 2,800 MW, and 5,000 GW powerships under construction.
Karpowership currently operates in the Gambia, Ghana, Indonesia, Lebanon, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Sudan.
From Vincent Kubi, Tema