By Lamin Njie
Alpha Robinson on Friday toured Karpowership’s power vessel, the first time since his appointment as the new managing director of Nawec.
Karpowership is a top Turkish power production company that has been working with Nawec to supply electricity to Gambians. Karpowership began operating in The Gambia in 2018.
“This is a visit that I was pleased to do. It’s part of a program I started since I took over the office of MD. I have gone round visiting different installations [but] Karpowership is an interesting exception,” Robinson said.
Friday’s visit came after a courtesy call paid to Mr Robinson by officials of Karpowership.
“It arose from a meeting that was held in my office when I the Karpower team requested audience and I was more than happy to grant that. It was a courtesy call and we talked about Karpower and its contribution. I decided that I will accept the offer to come and visit the ship,” Robinson said.
Robinson hailed the way Karpowership produces electricity as “a very innovative concept and more than anything as someone who is interested in technology I wanted to come and see what it is, how it works.”
“I know that Karpower had stepped in when the country was in a very dire situation and I am sure all Gambians are grateful for the service,” he added.
Earlier, the assistant plant manager of Karpowership in The Gambia while welcoming Robinson to the floating power plant said his company was looking forward to a continued partnership with Nawec.
“Our production capacity is around 35MW and with that capacity we are almost providing like 60/70 percent of electricity consumption in The Gambia. In the powership, we have 25 experts and also we have Gambian workers as well, almost the same number (25). We are very happy to be here and we hope we can continue this partnership,” Cem Celik said.
