The equipment testing and natural gas injection phase at the Temane Thermal Power Plant (CTT), in the Inhassoro district, in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane, budgeted at 652.3 million US dollars, may commence in May next year.
The CTT is set to generate 450 megawatts of electricity using a combined cycle generation model based on natural gas, supplied to the publicly-owned electricity company, EDM, by the South African petrochemical giant SASOL, which operates the Pande and Temane gas fields. These developments follow the rapid progress in constructing infrastructure and assembling equipment.
These predictions are supported by the advancements in implementing the production sharing agreement by SASOL. The agreement outlines the construction of a project aimed at ensuring the production of 23 million gigajoules of gas annually, to later be directed to the Temane Thermal Power Station for electricity generation.
As reported in Monday’s edition of the Maputo daily “Notícias,” Samir Salé, Business Development Director of Globeleq, the leading company in the CTT project, recently affirmed these assurances during a meeting organized by the Inhambane Provincial Government to evaluate the project’s implementation status. Regarding the progress of the works, Salé mentioned that 87 percent has been completed.
He emphasized the completion of foundations, main building structures, and the initiation of mechanical and electronic activities. Salé commended the support work for the temporary bridge over the Govuro River, as it will facilitate material transport by sea between Temane and Maputo. Noteworthy progress was also reported on the construction of the Temane to Maputo electricity transmission line. Bruno Baptista, the official overseeing this work, disclosed that out of the 1,127 planned pylons, at least 150 have already been erected, covering a distance of 250 out of the 560 kilometers of the planned transmission line.
