Power Barge

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A power barge is a power plant installed on a deck barge.

The type of power plants include; single or multiple gas turbines; reciprocating diesel engines; boilers or nuclear reactors. Power barges are also referred to as barge-mounted power plants or floating power plants.

They were initially developed during World War II by General Electric for the War Production Board as a transportable large scale power generation resource.

They primarily perform in a variety of applications such as base load, emergency and temporary power, transportable power or in power generation projects where local construction costs and risks run high. Power barges can also be permanently installed and will operate similarly to a land based plant for the same duration.

Power barges are in demand for their short construction cycles, flexibility in deployment, minimal land requirements and unique maritime financing. The capital costs of constructing and operating power barges are very competitive with their land-based equivalents.

[1] This is a 105MW Westinghouse 501D5 gas turbine power barge with fuel barge loaded out for sea transport on a Dockwise heavy lift ship.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Nuclear_Power_Program includes a reference to the U.S. Army Nuclear Power Barge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_generation

www.energymin.gov.gh/osagyefo_barge.doc

http://www.atomicinsights.com/aug96/Conventional.html