Mozambique has announced plans to undertake massive investments in power generation projects in a bid to meet the growing demand for electricity in the country and neighbouring countries.
The Director for Market Operations at Mozambique’s utility company, Electricidade de Mozambique (EDM), Luis Ganje said last week that the government was mobilising investments to build new power-generating projects to meet electricity demand.
Ganje, who was speaking to the press in Maputo on the sidelines of the 59th General Meeting of the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), said that a financial agreement estimated at US$5 billion for the implementation of the Mpanda Nkuwa hydroelectric project would be reached soon.
According to him, the new hydroelectric facility on the Zambezi River, downstream from the Cahora Bassa dam (HCB) in the central province of Tete, would help to alleviate the regional energy deficit currently estimated to be seven Gigawatts.
He also pointed to the construction of a 563-kilometre-long new transmission power line between Temane and Maputo and the implementation of the Tete-Maputo line, also known as the ‘backbone’, which would make it possible to develop integrated electricity infrastructures to support the industrialisation of Mozambique and the region.
Mr. Ganje pointed out that “the energy deficit in the region is much greater than the existing capacity produced in Mozambique at the moment. Therefore, Mozambique intends to become a power generation hub to meet the demand for universal access by 2030 and the region’s needs.”
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com