World Small Hydropower Development Report 2013 - Mozambique

Abstract

The total installed electricity capacity in Mozambique is 2.308 GW in 2009, nearly all generated exclusively from hydropower (99.7 per cent). Mozambique has large reserves of coal. There are utilizable reserves of natural gas that might be as high as 3 trillion cubic feet. Natural gas is exported to South Africa via a pipeline. The current electricity generation in Mozambique is dominated by hydropower which supplies 95 per cent of the electricity demand followed by 5 per cent supplied via various thermal alternatives. Mozambique is a net exporter of electricity: 73.44 per cent of the 2,075 MW generated by the company, Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) is exported to South Africa. The major players in the supply of electricity in Mozambique are EDM, the state-owned power utility, HCB and MoTraCo.4 EDM is involved in all parts of the electricity supply chain, including some generation (although it is not the primary generator in the country), transmission, distribution, and consumer connection, supply and billing.