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9:00 CAT | 07 Aug 2024
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The Mozambique-Malawi electricity interconnection project has made further progress and could be completed by December of this year.
After successive extensions of the project deadline, due to various difficulties, the contractor has now given a guarantee that the work in progress will be completed.
Construction of the Matambo substation is currently around 60% complete, and it is expected that it will be commissioned in the next two to three months, for later delivery.
One hundred of the 304 pylons needed to carry the power transmission line across the 141 kilometres of Mozambican territory have already been erected.
Yang Yanlong, representative of the company SIinohydro, which is responsible for the construction of the Matambo substation, on Tuesday announced the new deadline to the Malawian press.
“The deadline for completion of the project was reiterated by the civil works inspector, Firmino Langa, who anticipates the supply of materials within the current dynamic, so that this new deadline will not be exceeded once again,” Yang said.
The project employs around 1,000 workers, including Mozambicans, Chinese, Zimbabweans and Zambians.
The substation under construction will have an installed capacity of 400 megawatts, of which Malawi will import 120.
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Source: Rádio Moçambique
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