Power Barge Orhan Bey Connected to Grid, Ready to Produce Electricity
The process of connecting the power-generating vessel Orhan Bey to the Lebanese grid has been completed and it is “fully ready” to start producing electricity after it docked opposite the Jiyeh power plant on August 12, the Turkish operator Karadeniz announced on Tuesday.
"This second vessel will generate more than 82 megawatts of electricity for the plant belonging to Électricité du Liban as part of the Power of Friendship project," Karadeniz said in a statement.
“More electric power will be provided on the national grid, which will reflect positively on power feed across Lebanon,” it added.
In this regard, the Turkish energy group noted that in the presence of EDL representatives and independent international experts, "successful trial runs of the vessel's generators and connection systems were conducted and its capacity to produce and deliver electricity with high efficiency has been confirmed.”
Fatmagul Sultan, the first power barge delivered by the Turkish group to Lebanon, had malfunctioned after it was supplied with "inconvenient" fuel. It resumed production on June 4 after the right fuel type was provided.
The two vessels will supply the national grid with 270 megawatts of electricity as the Lebanese state rehabilitates the production units of the debilitated power plants over the next three years.
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