Nyusi inaugurates solar power station in Bazaruto

Mozambican President, Filipe Nyusi, inaugurated, on Thursday, a solar power station, in the Bazaruto archipelago in Inhassoro district, in the southern province of Inhambane. The power station, which was built as a result of the partnership between the publicly-owned electricity company, EDM, and the National Energy Fund (FUNAE), will enable over 400 connections to be made in the surrounding communities of Pangaia and Sithone. According to the President, the power plant will bring new dynamics to the tourist archipelago of Bazaruto and the local population will no longer face a lack of electricity.

“We celebrate the inauguration of this electricity connection in Bazaruto, using solar energy, which is considered to be cleaner and more environmentally friendly”, he said.

The solar energy network on the island of Bazaruto complements the electricity produced from natural gas, which only served tourist centers.

“These infrastructures are a demonstration of our unwavering will to bring development to every corner of our country”, said Nyusi. “Our community leaders have been patient, since we started in 2020 with the electrification programme for administrative posts. We are already at an advanced stage in this province”. He also said that, in the specific case of the Bazaruto Archipelago, the tourist resorts on Bazaruto, Nguessa, São Sebastião and Magarruque islands have benefited from an electricity network through independent generators powered by natural gas drawn from the gas fields in Panda and Temane, via an 86-kilometre underwater pipeline.