MOZAMBIQUE – Mozambique’s state-run power utility Electricidade de Mocambique announced it will float an international tender to select a contractor for the construction of a $551 million electricity transmission project between Temane in Inhambane province to the capital Maputo.
In addition to the 350-mile high-voltage power transmission line, the project would also include construction of three substations, reports Journal du Cameorun.
This transmission project is part of a larger $1.3 billion project – the 400 MW Temane Thermal Power Plant, largest ever single project in the country.
The work on the transmission project and substations is scheduled to start in June 2020. The line and substations are expected to be operational by the end of 2023.
Source: Journal du Cameorun