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Energy Development and Access Program
Mozambique
Borrower | Mozambique |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Energy |
Approved | 17.06.2009 |
Signed | 07.10.2010 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund |
Executing Agency | Ministry of Energy |
Co-financiers | IDA, AFDF, Government, Others |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 8.00 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 230.00 |
This project aims at providing underserved areas with an affordable, reliable source of electricity. This will be achieved though the following:
- implementation of a pilot scheme in the capital Maputo to test a lower voltage network for potential use in other areas;
- rehabilitation of the primary distribution network network;
- upgrading substations in Matola and Chimoi;
- extension of the distribution network in peri-urban sites at Matola, Nampula, Chimoi,Tete and Pemba;
- installation of customer connections;
- implementation and/or scaling up of small- and medium-sized investments in renewable energy sources; and
- institution-strengthening and capacity-building measures.