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Nikitas,

What is the Engine horsepower of those ships that sit idle as you say? I know most cruise ships have engines of about 75,000 Horsepower=55MW, 16 of those and we are done
You know the EAC has issued Tenders for the supply of Electricity from ships.
If you have connections this might be a good opportunity, all is needed is just couple the ships Engine to a High Voltage alternator.

Sounds easy when you say it quickly.
You are talking major conversion work there.
A better option would be the production of gas-turbine/alternator generator units. These are road transportable and are very efficient. The turbine in a Lynx helicopter isn't much bigger than a waste-paper basket.

Another way is to fit a CHP system, (Combined Heat and Power) ie some sort of generator with a waste heat recovery unit as a Distributed Energy Resource: this was good for buildings that needed BOTH electricity and heat for a good part of the day: surplus power could be sold to the grid. In the UK these were often gas driven, as there is mains gas. Thought to be more cost effective than other ways of reducing CO2. such as photovoltaics. They come small enough to power a house (under 5Kw) upwards. Not quite so sure would be so effective here as keeping warm is usually not so much of a problem. The Crowtree sports center in Sunderland had one.

Ps this is all a bit off-topic.

[Nikitas]

Th eidea of floating industrial plants is an interesting one. Back in the 80s I worked for a major US multinational and one of the product lines was floating petrochemical cracking plants and there were also plans for floating nuclear power stations. But those were purpose built plants, not simply converted ships. I doubt that ships' generators would make that much of a dent in the overall demand for electricity.

The repair to the power facility, if everyone played their cards right, could work in favor of the RoC. It might be the result of a disaster, but it is also a major international contract which many international engineering companies would love to get. It can tie in nicely with the oil and gas drilling deal. Some will mention the state of the economy. Objectively speaking Cyprus with a 60% of GDP debt is in a much better position than many EU nations.

If all that is leaked by the various parties, especially Israel, is accurate, then Cyprus is to become a major energy hub, an EU hub, in the area. According to Israeli sources all the oil and gas from their fields will be transhipped via a major terminal in Cyprus. This might explain why Sarkozy, Merkel and Medvedev found the time to visit the island recently. If, and this is a big if still, such a deal is in the cards then the economy of the RoC will be transformed and so will the whole power generation issue. IT takes a lot of power to keep a major oil and gas terminal going.

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Nikitas,

What is the Engine horsepower of those ships that sit idle as you say? I know most cruise ships have engines of about 75,000 Horsepower=55MW, 16 of those and we are done
You know the EAC has issued Tenders for the supply of Electricity from ships.
If you have connections this might be a good opportunity, all is needed is just couple the ships Engine to a High Voltage alternator.

Sounds easy when you say it quickly.
You are talking major conversion work there.
A better option would be the production of gas-turbine/alternator generator units. These are road transportable and are very efficient. The turbine in a Lynx helicopter isn't much bigger than a waste-paper basket.

Another way is to fit a CHP system, (Combined Heat and Power) ie some sort of generator with a waste heat recovery unit as a Distributed Energy Resource: this was good for buildings that needed BOTH electricity and heat for a good part of the day: surplus power could be sold to the grid. In the UK these were often gas driven, as there is mains gas. Thought to be more cost effective than other ways of reducing CO2. such as photovoltaics. They come small enough to power a house (under 5Kw) upwards. Not quite so sure would be so effective here as keeping warm is usually not so much of a problem. The Crowtree sports center in Sunderland had one.

Ps this is all a bit off-topic.

I think you are talking about something like this http://www.whispergen.com/