Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) will start, on the Mozambican side, the construction of the electricity interconnection line with Malawi. The transmission line, estimated at 35 million dollars, will be 142 kilometers long with a capacity of 400 kilowatts, starting from the new Matambo Substation (Tete), which will be built as part of the project, and ending at Zóbuè, on the border with Malawi.

The materialization of the project is in charge of the company Lasern & Toubro Limited, and should be delivered by the end of the year, so that next year there will be conditions for Malawi to start receiving Mozambican energy from this line.

On the other hand, the construction of the new substation in Matambo was awarded to the SINOHIDRO-SEPCO1 consortium. The infrastructure should hold a capacity of 400 kilowatts and includes the extension of the current substation, of 220 kilowatts.

The two projects (construction of the new substation and extension of the existing one) are expected to cost just over 21 million US dollars.

On the Malawian side, the project was launched in finals of last year by the presidents of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, and Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi.

The energy to be supplied from the Cahora Bassa Hydropower Plant is believed to make a considerable contribution to making Malawi's development projects more dynamic.

Before work began on the towers, the contractor was involved in aerial surveying activities along the route where the power transmission line from Matambo to Phombeya will run.

The idea is that within a decade and a half it will be possible to integrate Malawi into the regional power grid.

Refire that, this is the second important project that the country is trying to get off the papers, after the MOTRACO line, which interconnects Mozambique, E-swatini and South Africa.