Still, the energy obtained with solar panels represents less than 1% of the electricity produced in the country, which continues to be centered on the Cahora Bassa dam – responsible for 83%.
The Metoro solar plant, the largest in the country, was inaugurated in April, with 125,000 panels manufactured in China, a capacity of 41 megawatts (MW), and capable of injecting up to 69 gigawatt-hours per year into the grid of Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM).
Another plant will be built in the district of Dondo, Sofala province, near the city of Beira, with a capacity of 30 megawatts (MW). According to the INE (citing data from EDM), the rate of access to electricity has been rising every year, and by 2021 electricity would reach 38.6% of the Mozambican population.
In the same year, the public company EDM billed 3.5 million megawatt-hours nationwide, almost half in the province and city of Maputo. The Mozambican government has set a goal of achieving universal energy access by 2030
