Investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in partnership with the Mozambican business community, are going ahead with the installation of a 125 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power plant in Tete province, in the centre of Mozambique.
According to a document published on Thursday 1 August by Lusa, a public consultation on the project, which also involves a direct connection to the Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) substation, will take place between the 8th and 9th of this month.
An investment of 150 million dollars, to be made by the Mozambican company Hidropower and Amea Power of the UAE, is planned for the design of the objectives, with the creation of 1,500 jobs and the supply of energy to more than 150,000 families.
Recently, the Ministry of Economy and Finance revealed that electricity production through solar parks in Mozambique grew by 14 per cent in the first quarter of the year, adding that there are six large solar parks and other small plants in the country which together produced 19,688 MegaWatt-hours (MWh), compared to 17,328 MWh in the same period in 2023.
The report drawn up by the institution recalled that last year the country had projects for 125 MW solar power plants, emphasising that the new Energy Transition Strategy foresees investments of around 80 billion dollars by 2050.
Mozambique will develop, in a first phase, by 2030, “at least” 1000 MW of new solar photovoltaic capacity in Dondo, Lichinga, Manje, Cuamba, Zitundo and other locations to be identified, and 200 to 500 MW of new onshore wind energy capacity, namely in Inhambane and the town of Lagoa Pathi, in the district of Manhiça, Maputo province.
By 2050, the aim is to have at least 7.5 GW of solar photovoltaic capacity installed in the country and up to 2.5 GW of wind power capacity.
