SOUTH African energy regulator Nersa has granted Turkey's Karpowership three licences to generate power on floating gas ships at ports, a company spokesperson has said. A spokesperson for the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) did not respond immediately to a request for comment. Karpowership has faced numerous challenges since the government in March granted it the biggest share of a 2,000-megawatt emergency power tender to provide the cheapest and quickest option for electricity. Its plan to generate power on its floating gas ships and plug it into the South African grid has been stridently opposed by environment activists…