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Contribution short abstract

This presentation examines the emergence of a Turkish-built floating power plant in Ghana, analyzing how such inventive infrastructure shapes South-South relations and embodies broader imaginations of energy futures.

Contribution long abstract

Floating Power considers the role of energy production on an international scale, challenging the idea that new infrastructures wholly replace older sources of energy. Shifting the discussion from energy transition to energy accumulation, it engages with a range of electricity producers, including hydroelectric, heavy fuel oil, natural gas, and solar power plants, noting their intersections as societies work to expand their supply rather than focus on a single source. It uses the Ayşegül Sultan, a Turkish-built floating power plant in Ghana, as a prime example and vehicle for exploring how state and corporate intervention shape energy technologies as nations strive for infrastructural expansion. Floating Power challenges the linear thinking and substitutive logic of mainstream energy discourse, instead showing how various power sources often expand and grow symbiotically.