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Küba’ya yine Türk gücü
Karpowership gemisi Belgin Sultan, elektrik kesintileriyle boğuşan Havana’ya bağlandı.
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Mart 2026’da üst üste yaşanan şebeke çökmeleriyle karanlığa gömülen Küba, kurtuluşu yine Türk teknolojisinde buldu.
HaberDenizde.com’un edindiği bilgiye göre, Karadeniz Holding iştiraki Karpowership’e ait “Belgin Sultan” yüzer enerji gemisi, ada ülkesinin felç olan elektrik sistemine can suyu olmak üzere Havana Limanı’na ulaştı.
ABD ambargosunun ağırlaşması ve Rusya’dan yakıt tedarikinde yaşanan darboğaz nedeniyle tarihinin en büyük enerji krizlerinden birini yaşayan Küba’da, Türk şirketi Karpowership yeniden kritik rol üstlendi. Küba’nın ulusal elektrik şebekesinin (SEN) üç kez tamamen çökmesi ve 10 milyondan fazla kişinin günlerce karanlıkta kalması üzerine Havana yönetimi, yüzer santral filosunu güçlendirme kararı aldı.
Şebekeye “altın dokunuş”
Havana’daki Melones/Atares Körfezi bölgesine ulaşan KPS-57 Belgin Sultan, adanın eskiyen ve arızalanan termik santrallerinin yarattığı açığı kapatmak için doğrudan şebekeye bağlandı. 15 MW ile 76 MW arasında değişen kapasiteye sahip olan gemi, “tak-çalıştır” (plug-and-play) özelliği sayesinde karadaki altyapı çalışmalarını beklemeden hızlıca elektrik üretimine geçebiliyor.
Toplam üç yüzer santral
Küba, 2019 yılından bu yana enerji ihtiyacının karşılanmasında Türk yüzer santrallerine güveniyor. 2026 yılı itibarıyla adadaki elektrik arzının yaklaşık yüzde 25’i Türk gemileri tarafından sağlanıyor. Havana’da Belgin Sultan’ın yanı sıra Süheyla Sultan ve Erol Bey gemileri de aktif olarak görev yapıyor.
Stratejik bir zorunluluk
Küba’nın mevcut enerji altyapısı, ortalama 40 yılı aşkın süredir hizmet veren ve verimliliği yüzde 34’lere kadar düşen santrallerden oluşuyor. Yeni bir sabit santral inşasının yıllar sürmesi ve milyarlarca dolarlık yatırım gerektirmesi, Karpowership’in mobil çözümlerini ada için “stratejik bir zorunluluk” haline getiriyor.
Karadeniz Holding’den açıklama
HaberDenizde’nin haberi üzerine Karadeniz Holding’den yapılan açıklamada şu ifadeler yer aldı :
İnsani ve altyapısal destek
“Karadeniz Holding Grup şirketlerinden biri tarafından Küba’ya sağlanan enerji desteği, kamuoyunda yeni bir gelişme gibi yansısa da aslında uzun süredir devam eden bir operasyonun parçasıdır. Bölgede faaliyette olan tesisler, bir süredir yakıt tedariğinin sağlanamamasından dolayı üretim yapamıyordu. Son dönemde yakıt tedariğinin yeniden sağlanmasıyla birlikte mevcut gemiler tekrar devreye alınmıştır. Dolayısıyla söz konusu faaliyet, yeni bir yatırım ya da genişleme değil; mevcut operasyonun yeniden istikrarlı hale gelmesidir.
Öte yandan bu faaliyetler, uluslararası düzenlemeler çerçevesinde “Küba halkının temel ihtiyaçlarına doğrudan fayda sağlayan insani projeler” kapsamında değerlendirilmektedir. Elektrik üretimi ve enerji altyapısının sürdürülmesine yönelik bu hizmetler; kamu hizmetlerinin devamlılığı, yaşam koşullarının korunması ve temel ihtiyaçların karşılanması açısından kritik bir rol üstlenmektedir. Bu yönüyle yürütülen çalışmalar, insani ve altyapısal destek niteliği taşımaktadır”
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Cuba reactivates floating power plants operated by Turkish company
The Russian oil tanker Anatoli Kolodkin steers into Matanzas Bay, Cuba, on March 31, marking the island's first major oil shipment
in three months. The United States did not intervene, despite its announced blockade of Russian oil headed to the island nation.
Photo by EPA
April 7 (UPI) -- A floating power ship operated by the Turkish company Karpowership has returned to Cuba to support the island's strained electricity system, as authorities seek to stabilize supply amid a prolonged energy crisis.
The vessel, Belgin Sultan, rejoined Cuba's grid after arriving in Havana, according to Turkish media reports on Monday. The deployment is part of what officials described as assistance from Turkey to help address widespread power shortages that affect millions of residents.
Turkey's floating power plant model is considered a rapid solution for this type of crisis. These facilities can be connected to the grid quickly and provide a stable energy supply without the need to build permanent infrastructure, Türkiye Gazetesi reported.
Cuba's Ministry of Energy and Mines of Cuba said on X that two floating units -- Belgin Sultan and Erol Bay -- are in the country and have a combined installed capacity of 124 megawatts. Authorities said the ships are expected to begin to generate electricity in the second half of April.
The government did not specify when Belgin Sultan arrived on the island or where it is operating.
Cuba has pursued a multi-pronged strategy to stabilize its power supply, including expanding solar energy installations and relying heavily on fuel imports from Russia.
The effort follows the recent arrival of 700,000 barrels of Russian crude aboard the tanker Anatoly Kolodkin, which docked at the port of Matanzas. A second shipment is en route, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said.
In a statement cited by Turkish outlet NTV, Karadeniz Holding said the current operation is not a new investment, but rather a resumption of existing activity.
"Facilities in the region had been unable to generate electricity due to fuel shortages. With the recent restoration of supply, existing ships have returned to operation. Therefore, this activity does not constitute a new investment or expansion, but rather the stabilization of ongoing operations," the company said.
It added that the initiative is considered a humanitarian project aimed at meeting the Cuban population's basic needs.
According to the company's website, Karpowership operates the world's only fleet of floating power plants and developed the Powership concept, described as the first of its kind globally.
The Belgin Sultan can operate on liquefied natural gas or diesel fuel and generate up to 76 megawatts of electricity, enough to supply thousands of homes and critical infrastructure.
Cuba has used floating power ships in the past as a temporary solution to deficits in its national grid. At one point, the island operated up to eight such units simultaneously, according to local media CubitaNow.
However, the last Turkish power ship left Cuba in May 2025 after authorities were unable to cover operating costs. Data from that year showed a single vessel could cost up to $172,800 per day to run, with an estimated generation cost of about 9 cents per kilowatt-hour, Periodico Cubano reported.
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Russia Is Sending a Second Oil Tanker to Fuel-Starved Cuba
The announcement of a second shipment follows the arrival of a first oil tanker sent by the Kremlin earlier this week.
The Russian-flagged oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin arriving in Matanzas Bay, Cuba, on Tuesday.Norlys Perez/Reuters
Reporting from Buenos Aires
April 2, 2026
Russia is sending a second tanker of crude oil to Cuba, a government official said on Thursday, after one sent by the Kremlin reached Cuban territory earlier this week, ending a de facto U.S. oil blockade on the island.
For nearly three months, the United States blocked countries from dispatching oil to Cuba as President Trump threatened to take over the country and to issue tariffs against nations that shipped fuel there in a pressure campaign to force the Communist government into submission.
“We won’t abandon the Cubans,” Russia’s energy minister, Sergei Tsivilyov, told reporters on Thursday while confirming that his country was preparing to send a second tanker, according to the state news agency Tass.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said that the United States would evaluate oil shipments to Cuba on a “case-by-case basis” and that the U.S. Coast Guard allowed the oil to reach Cuba “for humanitarian reasons.”
She added that “there’s been no firm change in our sanctions policy.”
The White House declined on Thursday to confirm whether it would allow the second tanker to dock.
Cuba, which has largely relied on Venezuelan and Mexican oil, has endured energy shortages since January, when the United States captured Venezuela’s president and took control of its oil exports. The shortages have caused frequent blackouts and have crippled Cuba’s essential services, including its health care system and trash collection.
On Thursday Prime minister Manuel Marrero Cruz of Cuba posted on social media thanking Russia “for the expressions of solidarity and support for our country” amid the “measures of asphyxiation imposed by the United States.”
It remained unclear when the second tanker would leave Russia, and when it was expected to reach Cuba.
The Trump administration has not confirmed whether it will allow countries other than Russia to send oil to Cuba. Last week, Mr. Trump discussed oil shipments with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, according to three officials familiar with the matter, telling her he did not want her sending fuel to Cuba yet.
On Monday, Ms. Sheinbaum said during her daily news conference that her government was continuing to explore restarting oil shipments to Cuba.
Cuban officials traveled to Russia this week to discuss bilateral relations.
Alina Lobzina contributed reporting from London and Ivan Nechepurenko from Tbilisi, Georgia.
Emma Bubola is a Times reporter covering Argentina. She is based in Buenos Aires.
A version of this article appears in print on April 4, 2026, Section A, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: Russia Is Sending a Second Oil Tanker to Fuel-Starved Cuba.
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