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Power plants in Mozambique

3 power-plant records · 2,285 MW reported capacity

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Mozambique at a glance

Power-plant records
3
Reported capacity
2,285 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
83.4%
Most records
Hydro
Capital
Maputo

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Cahora Bassa2,075 MW
  2. 2Corumana166 MW
  3. 3Chicamba44 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Mozambique

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

The Cahora Bassa dam exports much of its power to South Africa; gas and hydro supply the domestic grid.

  1. GenerationState utility
  2. TransmissionState utility
  3. DistributionState utility
  4. CustomersGovernment-set tariffs

Who regulates

Who controls the grid

State-owned EDM runs transmission and distribution.

Markets & power exchanges

No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.

Regional grid

  • Southern African Power PoolRegional grid

    Member of the Southern African Power Pool, which links national utilities across southern Africa and runs regional day-ahead and intraday electricity markets.

What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?

A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Mozambique generates electricity

Electricity generated19.8 TWh
Renewable share83.4%
Low-carbon share83.4%
Carbon intensity129.4 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro16.3 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.08 TWh
Bioenergy0.13 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas3.1 TWh
Other fossil0.15 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Mozambique is in Eastern Africa. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Maputo
Languages
Portuguese
Region
Eastern Africa

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 3 records for Mozambique. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

3 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

3 lack an owner/operator; 0 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Mozambique

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Browse 3 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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