📋 Tender Overview
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Mozambique to Build 1,500 MW Mega Dam in Mphanda Nkuwa.
Électricité de France (EDF) led consortium has been tasked by Mozambican authorities to build the 1,500 MW Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric dam. This mega-project will require an investment of 4.5 billion dollars. Although contested for its environmental and social impact, the project is supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB). Additionally, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector financing arm of the World Bank Group will support the project. Maputo hopes to start work in 2024. The project comprises of the construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Zambezi River in the Marara district. Its 1,500 MW power station will be located 60 km downstream of Cahora Bassa dam whose capacity is 2,075 MW. The reservoir will be located 70 km upstream of Tete town, the capital of the province of the same name. The left bank of the dam will fall in the Chiuta district, while the right bank will be located in the Changara district. The reservoir of the project will further extend to the Cahora Bassa and Maravia districts. A transmission system comprising 1,300 km carrying 550 kV high-voltage direct current line will be installed. Additionally, the direct line system will also be built between Cataxia and the Mozambican capital Maputo.
The consortium is made up of the French groups TotalEnergies and Électricité de France (EDF). Other stakeholders in the consortium include the Japanese companies Sumitomo Corporation and Kansai Electric Power. The objectives of this consortium are the result of evaluation of technical, economic and financial proposals validated by the committee. The committee comprises of Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The committee is spearheaded by the Ministry of Land and Environment, the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, and the Bank of Mozambique.
