South Africa considering using ships to generate gas-based power

South Africa could deploy power barges using gas to generate electricity to help overcome chronic supply shortages, a senior government official said on Tuesday. Under the proposal, one of 170 submissions sent to the government after it requested ideas for a gas-to-power programme, power generating ships or barges would dock at ports and supply electricity to the national grid. Africa's most advanced economy is struggling to keep the lights on as rolling power cuts are implemented almost daily b