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Mozambique to boost
electricity access through
563-km transmission line
MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE is constructing a $400mn interconnection between the Central–North and
electricity transmission line to connect 1.5mn South Transport Systems, and should be com-
households across three provinces by 2026, plemented by phase two which will interconnect
according to Macao News. Inhambane and Tete to transmit electricity to be
The line will connect Vilanculos, on the produced at $760mn, 400MW, natural gas-fired
Indian Ocean coast in central Inhambane Temane plant.
Province, through Gaza Province and Maputo, “Linked to the Temane–Maputo line, three
563km to the south. new substations will be built in Vilanculos
National Society for Energy Transport (STE), (Inhambane), Chibuto (Gaza) and Matalane
which is fully owned by power utility Electrici- (Maputo Province), which will boost the supply
dade de Moçambique, will manage the 400-kilo- of energy in those regions and expand the elec-
volt line. tricity access base,” Macao News writes.
The project is the first stage for the
EU allocates €307mn towards
Italy-Tunisia underwater
power line project
TUNISIA THE European Union is financing an Italy-Tu- management of renewable energy flows.
nisia underwater power line with an investment The authorisation process for this project has
of around €307mn ($323.4mn), according to the started, according to Terna’s website. Around
European Commission and Italian power grid €850mn has been allocated to this project, and
operator Terna. around €307mn has been secured from the
Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, Italy wants Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the EU fund
to reduce its gas dependence on Russia, hence aimed at supporting energy infrastructure pro-
the link to Africa to import electricity generated jects in the EU.
from renewable energy sources. This decision is significant, as it is the first
The submarine interconnection between time the CEF has funded a project which
the two continents will transform Italy into includes a member state and a third country.
the energy hub of the Mediterranean for the
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