The Temane Thermal Power Plant (CTT), located in the district of Inhassoro, Inhambane province, will begin operations in January 2025 and, in this context, the government is devising mechanisms to export the energy produced to the countries that make up the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Carlos Zacarias, explained that the infrastructure, described as the largest in the country to use natural gas, will have a production capacity of 450 MegaWatts (MW) from the Pande and Temane gas reserves over a period of 25 years, increasing the country’s installed electricity production capacity by “around 16 per cent”.
“CTT’s construction work is progressing at a satisfactory pace, complying with international energy sector standards. In addition to exports to countries in the southern African region, the energy will be used to supply the national market in various categories,” explained the government official, quoted on Monday (15) by the Club of Mozambique.
Zacarias also said that the project would help provide access to electricity for more than 1.5 million families by 2030, as part of the government’s “Energy for All” programme, as well as contributing to national industrialisation and consolidating Mozambique’s role as an energy centre.
The construction of the plant began in March 2022, including a 563-kilometre power transmission line to Maputo province, at a cost of more than 25.4 billion meticals (400 million dollars).
The CTT project is valued at 41.2 billion meticals (650 million dollars), according to figures from Globeleq, the multinational with a majority stake in the infrastructure. In addition to natural gas, the plant will reuse the steam generated to produce an additional amount of electricity, which will be supplied to Electricidade de Moçambique for distribution on the national market, with the surplus to be exported to the southern African region.
