Mozambique: EDM wants to ensure power supply in anticipation of industrial production needs

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Mozambique: EDM wants to ensure power supply in anticipation of industrial production needs

7:23 CAT | 02 Sep 2025

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State-owned power utility Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) is committed to developing an integrated plan to bring electricity supply to production centres in the districts, ensuring that industry finds electricity infrastructure already present.

To achieve this goal, the company intends to advance the construction of power generation plants and transmission and distribution lines EDM’s Director of Transportation, Luís Amado, revealed in an interview with AIM.

“We need an integrated plan so that, as a state, we can anticipate all these industries. Before they arrive, the infrastructure must be ready, the power grid must be in place, and the power plants must be operational so that when the companies arrive, we can avoid the problem of chasing power,” the official stated.

Amado acknowledged that, so far, EDM has been unable to anticipate industry needs, forcing the company to constantly ‘play catch-up’.

“Right now, industry is installed first, and only then will we bring power. It has to be the other way around. We have to guarantee power in every corner of the country,” he explained.

According to EDM, progress has already been made in the district electrification process, but the challenge now is to strengthen the grid and ensure it is robust enough to meet growing industrial demand.

In addition to expanding electricity coverage, EDM recognizes the need to guarantee competitive prices for industry in order to effectively contribute to the country’s industrialization.

“Today, there are very clear signs that EDM must be competitive. We must have energy sources that provide affordable prices for industry to absorb. This is directly linked to the production plants and the infrastructure all the way to the customer,” he said.

Luís Amado also advocated for the diversification of the energy matrix, taking advantage of the different resources available in Mozambique to reduce risks and ensure sufficient energy.

“It’s not the same as it was 10 years ago. Today, we need more plants to come online. We must harness the country’s potential and diversify the matrix, so that we have plants in various regions close to production centres,” he emphasized.

With the ongoing megaprojects for natural resource exploration and the expected growth in industrial production, EDM believes it will play a central role in Mozambique’s industrialization process.

“The country will need a lot of energy. Resource exploration, processing industries, and large-scale projects will only be viable if we have a reliable, diversified, and competitive electricity grid,” concluded EDM’s director of transportation.

Source: AIM Moçambique