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Larsen & Toubro wins $32mn
power tender in Mozambique
MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE has awarded a tender to con- in November 2021. The electricity will be gen-
struct a $35mn power line to neighbouring erated from Lake Cahora Bassa on the Zambezi
Malawi to an Indian contractor, according to River.
reports by Noticias, a Mozambican daily, and “The Matambo-Phombeya line is the coun-
the national news agency AIM. try’s second most important project [linking
Larsen & Toubro, an Indian infrastructure Mozambique and Malawi], after the MOTRACO
development company, won the right to build powerline that interconnects Mozambique,
the 142-km, 400-kV line for Electricidade de Eswatini and South Africa. The ultimate goal,
Moçambique (EDM), the electricity utility in over the next 15 years, is to integrate Malawi
the southern African nation. within the regional power network,” reported
The work within Mozambican territory will AIM.
start from the Matambo electricity substation Speaking at the launch, Chakwera said the
in the central province of Tete, terminating at Mozambique-Malawi Power Interconnection
Zobue on the border with Malawi. Project will add 50 MW to the national grid at its
Construction of a new substation at completion in 2023.
Matambo, with a 400-kV capacity, budgeted “With the construction of the Malawi-Mo-
at $21mn, has been awarded to the Sinohi- zambique Interconnector, our march towards
dro-Cepco1 consortium, AIM reported. the goal of adding 1,000 MW to the national
President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique and grid over the next four years is making steady
his Malawian counterpart, Lazarus Chakwera, progress,” he said.
launched the interconnection project in Malawi
US government to assist in
building hydro plant in Malawi
MALAWI MALAWI could soon have a uniquely owned opportunities to supply affordable power to
and run hydroelectrical power project. communities across the country and it will col-
With support from MyHydro, a leading US laborate with other players in the energy sector.
off-grid hydropower electricity solutions pro- MyHydro in New York will provide MyHydro
vider, the country will have the utility scale the Malawi with whatever resources and support it
energy project to be exclusively owned and run needs for it to successfully launch it’s operations
by women, The Nyasa Times reports. The pro- in Malawi.”
ject, MyHydro Developments Malawi will also The development follows a virtual meeting
be supported by the US government. that Hinks had with Malawi President Lazarus
Speaking recently at a high-level Intergen- Chakwera shortly after his election in June 2020.
erational Dialogue on Generation Equality and They met again on the sidelines of the confer-
Women’s Leadership in Africa Conference in ence at which Hinks promised to assist Malawi
Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital, chairperson of Invest in attracting more foreign direct investment.
Africa, Paul Hinks said MyHydro Developments Hinks is founder and chief executive officer
Malawi will deliver affordable electricity to of Symbion Power, LLC, a company that invests
Malawians as well as to commercial consumers in Africa’s energy industry. In 2010, Nyasa Times
at very competitive prices. reports, the company was awarded two large US
“I am therefore announcing today that we will government-funded contracts building distribu-
be working with a group of women from Malawi tion lines and substations throughout Tanzania,
and the United States will join forces as the own- Malawi’s neighbour. In 2011, Hinks successfully
ers of a new local power development company negotiated Symbion’s acquisition of a 120MW
called MyHydro Developments Malawi,” he said. power plant in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
“This company will be searching for off-grid
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