π Tender Overview
Scope :
implement the Songo-Matambo electricity transmission line project in the Tete province in west-central Mozambique.
The province is located in the Zambezi Valley Development Corridor in the border area with Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The Songo-Matambo project aims to increase the reliability and security of Mozambique's power supply and promote regional integration of electricity networks and electricity trading.
It involves the construction of a 118km 400kV high-voltage single-circuit transmission line from Songo to Matambo.
The line will cross the site where the future Cataxa substation will be built to integrate the planned 1,500MW Mphanda Nkuwa hydropower plant, which will be located on the Zambezi River in the Marara district of the Tete province.
The Songo-Matambo line will comprise self-supporting steel mesh overhead towers carrying a horizontal conductor configuration with an energy transport capacity of 2,300MW.