Maputo – Mozambique has approved a $1.8bn plan to build two hydropower plants to meet growing energy demand in the central province of Tete, home to some of the world’s largest untapped coal reserves, a government minister said on Wednesday.
Unlisted Brazilian engineering group ATP Engenharia Ltda won a $1.2bn contract to build a 600 megawatt (MW) hydropower plant and another $600m to construct a 215 MW hydropower project, fisheries minister Victor Borges said.
The power will be sold domestically and to the rest of southern Africa. Mozambique already exports power to neighbours Zimbabwe and South Africa, which are struggling to meet demand…
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