FLCATING ELECTRIC POWER STATIONS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 150, 21 March 1921, Page 3

FLCATING ELECTRIC POWER STATIONS

0 Proposals for the construction of floating electric power stations have been brought forward by a British electrical engineer. lie points out that large units of generating plant can be placed conveniently in the hulls of shipfc or barges, and that the mooring of the vessel near the edge of the water gives great facilities for coaling, for providing condensing •.water, and for the removal of ashes. The total cost of a floating station is expected to be less than that of a land station, with its heavy foundations and structure; moreover, in time of war the station can be moved from one part of the shore to another in order to avoid attacks from the air. One promising field for this unconventional type of power station is a riverside or seaside town in a remote part of the world where the cost of conveying and erecting electrical plant in the ordinary way would be extremely heavy. The floating power-station could he built and equipped complete in a British shipyard, and either towed or propelled by its own power to its position. The engineer referred to looks forward to the construction of standardised floating stations.