Mozambique: Sumitomo, IHI sign EPC contract for Maputo plant

Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation and IHI Corporation on 17 February signed a turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with Electricidade de Mozambique (EDM) for a 110MW gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Maputo. Sumitomo said this would be the country’s first gas-fired combined-cycle power plant and, when completed, would meet about 20% of domestic power demand. The plant aims to stabilise power supply to Maputo and the south, which is not connected to the main transmission infrastructure running from Cahora Bassa.