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Africa Energy: Tanzania dam to cost more than double government estimate

Posted on February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

Tanzania’s Stiegler’s Gorge Dam, due to be built on a Unesco World Heritage site, will cost more than double the government’s estimates, an independent study showed on Thursday.

Mozambique Energy: “Confusion over Mphanda Nkuwa” – by Joseph Hanlon

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

The long-proposed Mphanda Nkuwa dam has seemed the best bet for electricity generation; it would be only 60 km downstream from the Cahora Bassa dam and the two could be operated together, using the same water twice.

Mozambique Energy: Moamba-Major dam construction to resume

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

Brazilian construction company Andrade Gutierrez will resume construction of the Moamba-Major dam in Maputo province, interrupted due to a cut in Brazilian funding, announced the Mozambican government.

Africa Energy: Stiegler Hydro Gets EIA Go Ahead in Tanzania

Posted on June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

The government of Tanzania revealed that its findings in the environmental impact assessment study for the Stiegler Gorge hydroelectric plant are conclusive enough to continue to move forward with the project.

Africa Energy: Egypt, Ethiopia agree to settle differences over Nile mega-dam

Posted on June 12, 2018June 12, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

The leaders of Ethiopia and Egypt vowed on Sunday to iron out their differences over a dam Addis Ababa is building on the Nile River that Cairo fears threatens its water supplies.

Africa Energy: Three-nation talks on Ethiopia dam fail to reach agreement

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

Talks in Khartoum between Ethiopia, Sudanand Egypt to resolve differences over a dam Ethiopia is building ended early on Friday without agreement, the Sudanese foreign minister said.

Mozambique Energy: Government negotiates relaunch of the Moamba-Major dam works

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

The Mozambican government is negotiating with three international companies to conclude works on the Moamba-Major dam in Maputo province, the National Director of Water Resources Management (DNGRH), Messias Macie told Mozambican newspaper Notícias.

Africa Energy: Angola signs two loans for country largest hydroelectric Plant

Posted on January 9, 2018January 9, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

The Angolan government has taken on two new loans with a combined value of US$396 million to be invested in the Laúca Hydroelectric Plant, the country’s largest dam, according to two presidential orders from the end of December.

Mozambique Energy: HCB produces more electricity in 2Q

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Mozambique Resources Post

The production of electricity in Mozambique by the Cahora Bassa hydroelectric dam in the second quarter totalled 4,245 gigawatts hours (Gwh), exceeding by 6 percent the target set of 4,002 Gwh, Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) said in a statement. HCB also said the good performance of generating and power transmission equipment as a result of implementing the annual maintenance plans had also contributed to the better-than-expected production level.

Mozambique Energy Industry: Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Dam, in Mozambique, pays off loan ahead of schedule

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Mozambique Resources Post

A US$700 million loan taken on by the Cahora Bass Hydroelectric Dam (HCB) to pay Portugal is being paid off ahead of schedule and is expected to be entirely amortized a year early, said the company’s chairman, Paulo Muxanga.