BIPP19 Oct 2018 05:11
The Government of Mozambique approved this Tuesday, October 16, during the Ministerial Council, the Integrated Master Plan for Electricity Infrastructure (PDIE), which defines the guidelines for the expansion of the energy production, transmission and distribution fleet , as well as the diversification of the electricity generation matrix, in response to the strong growth in demand that is expected in the coming years.
With a projection of 25 years, the instrument aims to ensure institutional alignment in the implementation of the various production, transportation and distribution projects, focusing on energy security, stability, quality and reliability of the national electricity system. To this end, the document identifies and characterizes the necessary and priority investments for the development of the electric infrastructure, serving as a support for national industrialization, increasing access to electricity through the National Electricity Network, and monetization of natural resources with exports of electricity for the southern region.
In this sense, the PDIE forecasts an increase in national, domestic and industrial demand for energy to around 8,000 MW by 2043 (10 times above current levels), representing an annual average growth rate of 8.6%, the second southern region after Tanzania, while exports to the region are expected to reach levels above 7,000 MW. This demand should be met in terms of the National Electrification Strategy, in which around 70% of access by 2030 will be provided by National Electricity Grid systems.
The instrument includes water, coal, solar, wind and gas sources in its production matrix, and by 2043 this will represent more than 50 percent of the total production. Thus, energy production projects total 4,300 MW of water production; 1,350 MW coal; 530 MW solar, 150 MW wind power and 8,500 MW gas. It will be necessary, according to the forecast, to invest more than 18,000 million USD to realize the production projects.
It should be noted that the Integrated Master Plan identifies and prioritizes production potentials, guaranteeing a development of production based on its viability and economic profitability, and constitutes a response to the country's economic and social development efforts as one of the pillars, along with agriculture, tourism and infrastructure, the energy sector.
With regard to energy transport, an investment of US $ 9.1 billion is foreseen in 400 kV AC lines, which will realize regional interconnections, and interconnect the South and Center-North systems. About 70% of these investments are expected to be mobilized by 2025, to allow completion of the STE (Transport Line between Cataxa-Tete and Maputo).
In the energy distribution, universal access is expected to reach 2030, with the addition of 7 million households, of which just over 2 million in isolated systems, for an estimated investment of USD 6,587 million, of which 25% will be reserved for rehabilitation works.
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