Power-Starved South Africa Halts Karpowership's Saldanha Plan.

(Bloomberg) -- Karpowership, the Turkish company seeking to supply 1,220 megawatts of electricity to South Africa, had its environmental application to moor a ship-mounted power plant at the port of Saldanha Bay suspended following allegations that the views of small-scale fisheries were misrepresented. While Gwede Mantashe, the energy minister, has repeatedly said Karpowership should be allowed to proceed with its plans, Barbara Creecy, the environment minister, has said environmental concerns shouldn't be disregarded in addressing the power crisis. [Extracted from the article]

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