March 01
Mozambique: Government Needs 100 Million Dollars for Rail Electrification
The Mozambican government needs about 100 million dollars to implement the pilot rail electrification project, from Maputo city to the border with South Africa at Ressano Garcia,… Read more »
January 30
Mozambique: - Mozambique and French Energy Agency Strengthen Cooperation
The Mozambican government and the French International Energy Agency (IEA) have strengthened cooperation in order to attract more investment in the energy sector, taking into… Read more »
December 26, 2023
Mozambique: Electricity Comes to Mandie
The Mozambican publicly owned electricity company, EDM, on Friday connected the Mandie administrative post, in Guro district, in the central province of Manica, to the national… Read more »
December 19, 2023
Mozambique: Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa Surpasses By 12% Its Annual Production Target
Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the company that operates the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi River, in the western Mozambican province of Tete, has surpassed by 12 per cent… Read more »
Mozambique: EDM to Invest 20 Million Dollars
Mozambique's publicly owned electricity company, EDM, intends to invest about 20 million dollars to improve infrastructures, business process management and systems integration. Read more »
December 06, 2023
Mozambique: EDM and Africa50 Sign Agreements to Build Solar Power Stations
Mozambique's publicly owned electricity company, EDM, and Africa50 have signed four agreements to build and operate new solar power stations in the northern Mozambican provinces of… Read more »
November 19, 2023
Mozambique: Electricity Reaches Zinhane Administrative Post
Mozambique's Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Carlos Zacarias, on Friday inaugurated the connection to the national electricity grid of the Zinhane administrative post, in… Read more »
September 28, 2023
Mozambique: TotalEnergies Reiterates Commitment to Work With Mozambique On Oil and Gas
The French oil and gas company, TotalEnergies, has reiterated its commitment to work in Mozambique, taking into account that over the last 15 years the government has created… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique to Produce 30,000 Tonnes of Cooking Gas Per Year
The Mozambican Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Carlos Zacarias, has announced that the country expects to produce, as of 2024, about 30,000 tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum… Read more »
September 21, 2023
Mozambique: Eskom's Debt Among Factors Delaying Import of More Power From Mozambique
The South African Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has claimed that the supposedly complicated nature of the transaction, a lack of urgency from the South African… Read more »
September 12, 2023
Mozambique: EDM Loses 11 Million Meticais Due to Illegal Connections in Gaza
Mozambique's publicly-owned electricity company, EDM, in Chókwè district, in the southern province of Gaza, has so far this year recorded a loss of over 11 million… Read more »
August 12, 2023
Mozambique: EDM Recovers Four Tonnes of Stolen Cables
Mozambique's publicly owned electricity company, EDM, recovered, on Thursday morning, about four tonnes of stolen copper cables, that were being stored in a house in Machava, on… Read more »
August 11, 2023
Mozambique: Jearrard Energy Resources to Construct Green Hydrogen Plant
The British-based company Jearrard Energy Resources Limited (JER) is planning to develop a solar farm in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane that will use electricity to… Read more »
August 10, 2023
Mozambique: Price of Petrol Rises and Diesel Falls
Mozambique's Energy Regulatory Authority (ARENE) on 27 July announced a slight increase in the price of petrol, but the price of diesel, kerosene, and LPG cooking gas all fell. Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique Expects to Earn U.S.$100 Million From Natural Gas Exports This Year
The Mozambican State expects to earn US$100 million this year in taxes on the exploitation of natural gas in the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of the northern province of Cabo… Read more »
Mozambique: Get.Invest Injects U.S.$1.8 Billion Into Renewable Energy
The European Programme for Clean Energy Investments (GET.Invest) has approved 144 projects on renewable energy, budgeted at around US$1.8 billion, drawn up by private companies in… Read more »
August 04, 2023
Mozambique: - Nyusi Calls for Maximization of Benefits From Electricity
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday called for the promotion of activities that allow the maximization of benefits arising from the availability of electricity. Read more »
July 26, 2023
Mozambique: Commissions Mozambique Gas Facility
The South African petrochemical giant Sasol on Tuesday announced that the construction and commissioning of its initial gas facility for its Production Sharing Agreement (PSA)… Read more »
July 03, 2023
Mozambique: Second LNG Floating Platform Planned
The Italian energy company, ENI, is preparing to build and launch a second floating platform to extract natural gas from the depths of the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of the… Read more »
June 29, 2023
Mozambique: Do Communities Benefit From Natural Resource Exploitation?
A study on the governance of extractive resources, undertaken by a consortium of civil society organisations, has concluded that the exploitation of natural resources in Mozambique… Read more »
Mozambique: LNG Floating Platform Planned
The Italian energy company, ENI, is preparing to build and launch a second floating platform to extract natural gas from the depths of the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of the… Read more »
June 21, 2023
Mozambique: U.S.$377 Million Available for Increased Energy Access
The Mozambican government has US$377 million available to increase the rate of access to electricity from 49 per cent to 64 per cent of the population by 2024, in the context of… Read more »
Southern Africa: Mozambique to Sell an Extra 100 Megawatts of Power to South Africa
Mozambique will make a further 100 megawatts of electricity available to help South Africa face its current energy crisis, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Carlos… Read more »
May 24, 2023
Mozambique: Report Raises Hopes for Resumption of LNG Project
French humanitarian expert Christophe Rufin, hired by the oil and gas multinational TotalEnergies to produce an independent assessment on the security and humanitarian situation in… Read more »
May 22, 2023
Mozambique: Over U.S.$2.9 Million Meticais Available for Extension of Power Connections
The United Kingdom and Sweden have disbursed over 191 million meticais (about three million US dollars at the current exchange rate) for the extension of power connections in… Read more »