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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambique\u2019s Hidroele\u0301ctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), one of the largest independent energy producers in southern Africa, has said that it is considering the \u201creactivation\u201d of a project to build a new power plant, to the north of the original hydroelectric dam, in view of growing demand for electricity in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the long term, the company is conducting strategic reflections with a view to reactivating the Cahora Bassa North project, to meet the growing energy demand in Mozambique and the region, in the face of the crisis that has been witnessed,\u201d reads a statement from the company, consulted on Wednesday by Lusa.<\/p>\n

According to the socio-environmental impact study for the Cahora Bassa North Power Station (CBN) project, which was presented in 2012 but since abandoned by the company, it would have a maximum installed capacity of 1,250 megawatts (MW) and would be built on the left bank of the existing Cahora Bassa reservoir, on the opposite side of the existing power station, the Cahora Bassa South Power Station, whose maximum production capacity is 2,075 MW.<\/p>\n

The Cahora Bassa reservoir is the fourth largest in Africa, with a maximum length of 270 kilometres and 30 kilometres between banks, occupying around 2,700 square kilometres and an average depth of 26 metres.<\/p>\n

The dam is located in a narrow gorge of the Zambezi River and was built under Portuguese rule in the country, from 1969 to 1 June 1974, when the reservoir began to fill.<\/p>\n

HCB adds in the same report that \u201cit is in the final stages of preparation for the implementation of projects to rehabilitate and modernise its power generation facilities\u201d, which \u201cwill have a multiplier impact on its production performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, it has put in the pipeline the prospect of carrying out short and medium-term energy production projects using alternative sources, in particular the construction of a photovoltaic plant of up to 400 MW, with the possibility of developing it in the future,\u201d the statement adds.<\/p>\n

In the first half of 2023, Hidroele\u0301ctrica de Cahora Bassa achieved hydroelectric production of 8,013.6 GWh, \u201cwhich exceeds the six-month production plan by 14.8 percent and 0.6 percent compared to the same period in 2022,\u201d it states<\/p>\n

The hydroelectric plant ended the first half of this year containing 92.5% of its useful reservoir volume, which corresponds to a water level in the reservoir of 324.5 metres relative to average sea level; the company states that it sees this as \u201csatisfactory to guarantee the budgeted production by the end of the year, estimated at 14,291.6 GWh.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. 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