Augusto Sousa Fernando, Mozambique’s deputy minister of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced that an international tender for the construction of the power line between Mozambique and Malawi is due to be launched by March 2020.Several communities of Malawi and Mozambique are expected to benefit from the line. The result of the public tender will be announced by December 2020, and the works is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.
The power transmission line project involves the construction of a 400-kV substation and a 218-kilometer between Matambo (Tete province) and Phombeya (Malawi), connecting the two countries’ power grids. This line will link Malawi to the Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP) for the first time, allowing Mozambique to export electricity to the county. A power purchase agreement and technical and trade agreements between EDM and the Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (Escom) signed in April 2019 are expected to facilitate exports.
The construction of the pipeline will be funded by the World Bank and the governments of Norway and Germany. According to official estimates, the German government made a donation of 30 million euros, the Norwegian government a donation of US$24 million and the World Bank another US$42 million.
