- EDM is investing USD40 million to install solar and wind power plants in Mozambique.
Mozambique’s publicly-owned electricity company -EDM, is investing US$40 million to install solar and wind power plants in its Renewable Energy Auction Program (PROLER), to accelerate access to energy for all.
According to EDM’s Director of Renewable Energies, Olga Utchavo, ” the company will, in the next five years, add to its capacity a further 600 megawatts of energy, including 200 megawatts from renewable sources, to accelerate the process of providing energy to the entire population of the country.” He noted that the company plans to ensure universal access to electricity by 2030.” The expansion will be done in parallel with renewable projects, with a contribution of 20 per cent, to enable the supply of clean and sustainable energy,” she said.
The projects already carried out under PROLER, she explained, including the country’s first solar plant, in the city of Mocuba, in the central province of Zambezia with a capacity of 40 MW, and the Metoro solar plant in Cabo Delgado province, completed this year with a capacity to produce 41 MW.
For her part, the representative of the European Union, Verlee Smet, proposed the development of an energy resource centre to strengthen the national distribution network and ensure the achievement of universal coverage by the end of 2030.
‘We will support the government in developing the National Renewable Energy Centre. This centre will be key to the integration of renewable energy by providing greater control of the balance between supply and demand to ensure the stability of the network”, she said.