The Temane Thermal Power Plant (CTT), a project budgeted at 650 million US dollars, which will produce 450 Megawatts of electricity, is scheduled to come on stream this year, according to information from the government and the project plan.
CTT is the first gas-fired power plant of this size to be built in the country after independence. It will represent an important milestone, producing clean energy at a time when Mozambique is developing its Energy Transition Strategy.
Construction, which began in March 2022, is progressing according to plan, with execution currently at over 60%. The start of operations is expected to remain unchanged, bringing the plan to produce energy from natural gas from the Pande, Temane and Inhassoro fields ever closer. This will enable the generation of energy to feed the country and export to the region.
This project is expected to increase the country’s installed energy production capacity by around 16%, helping to meet the demand of around 1.5 million families under the Universal Access to Energy Program by 2030.
The initiative is part of the government’s policy, which prioritizes industrial development, using natural gas and creating an attractive legal framework for investors.
A public-private partnership, made up of Globeleq, Electricidade de Moçambique and SASOL, was awarded a concession valid for 25 years for this project, and the asset will be transferred to the Mozambican state at the end of the contract.
The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Carlos Zacarias, said that the construction of the country’s largest gas-fired power plant was almost complete, with the expectation that the infrastructure would come into operation this year (2024).
As well as using natural gas, the project will reuse the steam generated to produce an additional amount of electricity. As part of the same project, a transport line is being built between Temane, in Inhassoro, and Maputo province, with a length of 563 kilometers and a cost of over 400 million dollars.
CTT is 85% owned by Mozambique Power Invest (MPI) and 15% by Sasol Africa, with MPI owned by Globeleq (76%) and EDM (24%).
