Maputo, 1Jul (AIM) – The French oil and gas company TotalEnergies – which heads the liquefied natural gas (LNG) consortium, in Palma district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado – has launched a public tenter for the construction of 7.1-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic plant.
The LNG project, known simply as the Mozambique LNG project, is budgeted at around 20 billion US dollars, making it the largest foreign investment project in sub-Saharan Africa.
The tender, which is part of the ongoing construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production unit, is aimed at contracting companies focused in engineering, construction and procurement services to develop the photovoltaic plant in Afungi, within the Area 1 LNG megaproject.
The plant will be composed of approximately 13,224 photovoltaic modules, already acquired and to be installed by the company to be contracted, which will also be responsible for its operation in an area of approximately 6.5 hectares.
The construction of the Liquefied Natural Gas Project was resumed last January after it was interrupted, in 2021, following a major terrorist attack against Palma town.
Cabo Delgado has also other mega NLG project operated since 2022 by the Coral Sul FLNG, which is headed by the Italian multinational Eni, representing Mozambique Rovuma Venture (MRV), a consortium which also includes ExxonMobil and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), and which holds 70 per cent of the shares.
The other 30 percent are held equally by Mozambique’s own National Hydrocarbon Company (ENH), Galp of Portugal and Kogas of South Korea.
This will be doubled from 2028 with a Coral Norte platform, in 7.2 billion dollars investment, with a third unit also planned.
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