Mozambique: 3,600MW of new dams in government’s five-year plan


Issue 299 - 01 May 2015 | 4 minute read

The 2014-2019 five-year plan approved by parliament on14 April lists five new dams as development priorities to support the government’s strategic objective of increasing access to energy. The plan includes the first phase of the 1,500MW Mphanda Nkuwa dam and the 1,245MW Cahora Bassa North, 612MW Lupata and 210MW Boroma dams on the Zambezi River, and the 60MW Alto Malema dam on the Lúrio River in northern Nampula Province. The five dams represent a combined investment of about $7bn. The projects are at varying stages of development.

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