Karpowership Ghana Limited has held a stakeholder engagement with the Tema Manhean Fishmongers and Smokers Association to get them acquainted with Karpower’s operations.

According to the communications Specialist of Karpowership Ghana, Miss Sandra Amarquaye, the engagement was in line with Karpower’s principle of having transparent and sustainable relations with its stakeholders.

“At Karpowership, we value our relationship with our local stakeholders,” she said.

“Thus it is important to regularly undertake these engagements so that our stakeholders understand our business and how we operate. We have had a similar engagement with the fishermen so we thought it best to engage the fishmongers this time.”

Miss Amarquaye used the Ga local Language to demystify Karpower’s operations to the fishmongers.

She stated that Karpowership has been committed to supplying sustainable and affordable electricity to Ghana, since it began producing power in December, 2015.

She also explained that Karadeniz Powership Ay?egül Sultan, with an installed capacity of 235MW, has been running efficiently and has been producing, on average, 210 MW of uninterrupted electrical energy.

She added the second ship which is under construction will arrive later this year to provide the 450mw contractual capacity.

She further explained that with the use of Low Sulphur Heavy Fuel Oil, electricity produced by Karpowership is much cheaper than the use of crude oil and Natural Gas.

Miss Amarquaye also cited some CSR interventions Karpower had undertaken for the Tema Community since it began operations last year.

“We have donated learning materials for some schools in the Tema New Town community,” she said.

“We also donated fishing nets to the fishermen; we also presented resource materials to the Tema New Town Police Station. In addition to this, we have provided potable water for seven community schools, the Tema Manhean Community Clinic, Tema New Town Police station and the Tema Fishing Harbour, by placing water tanks in 13 different locations.

This year, she said the company has plans of donating more educational material and providing bursary for brilliant but needy students in the community.

According to the fishmongers, the engagement was an eye-opening experience for them as Karpower’s presentation went a long way to debunk the rumours they had, hitherto, heard about the Powership.

Cynthia Commey, the Secretary of the Association, said they had realized that the rumours that Karpower was the cause of the high electricity tariffs were not true.

“This engagement has educated us on issues we heard as rumors,” she said. Miss Amarquaye reiterated that as a strategic partner, Karpowership is committed to Ghana’s development and will continue providing all Ghanaians reliable, sustainable, and affordable electricity.

She added Karpowership would continue to undertake CSR projects in the community.