The Cahora Bassa Hydro-Electric Power Station (HCB), located in the province of Tete, is assumed to have sufficient capacity and reserves of electricity to supply the neighbouring Republic of Malawi.
Currently, the hydroelectric plant has an installed capacity to produce 2075 megawatts per hour, a power considered admissible to feed Malawi.
At the moment, Malawi generates about 250 megawatts of electricity, against the 351 megawatts needed.
Speaking to Radio Mozambique, the administrator of hydrological systems and infrastructures at Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa, Nilton Trindade, said that the energy reserves could also satisfy other similar projects.
Work on the Mozambique-Malawi power line is due to begin this semester and the interconnection is expected to be ready by 2023.
It is a line to transport power from Matambo, in Tete province, to the Phombeya substation in Malawi, whose funding of US$127 million to make the project viable has already been secured by partners.
The work will include 145 kilometres of transmission line in Mozambique and a further 75 kilometres on the Malawian side, as well as an arrival cell for connection at the Phombeya substation in Malawi.
Mozambique sells electricity to South Africa, Zimbabwe, eSwatini (ex-Swaziland) and Zambia.
This year, Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa plans to produce over 15,700 gigawatts of electricity.
