Power Plant

Cahora Bassa hydroelectric plant

Mozambique

2nd-largest power plant in Mozambique of 25 · top 4% worldwide (#1,191 of 29,849)

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Operator: Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa
Owner: Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), Electricidade de Moçambique EP
Status: operating
Capacity: 2,075 MW
Fuel: hydro
Commissioned: 1974

Comparable power plants · Mozambique · 25 ranked

#1JER Green Hydrogen Solar PV Project (Mozambique)12.0 GW · solar
#2Cahora Bassa hydroelectric plant2.1 GW · hydro
#3Beluluane power station2.0 GW · gas
#4Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric plant1.5 GW · hydro

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Grid connection · within 50 km

Nearest substation: Subestação Conversora de Songo
Its voltage: 533 kV
Distance: 5.6 km
Strongest line nearby: 533 kV HVDC
Substations in range: 1

Mapped grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, whose coverage is excellent in some regions and sparse in others. Nothing shown here means nothing is mappednearby — not that the site is unconnected. Lines are matched on a segment’s midpoint, so a corridor passing directly overhead can be missed; this under-reports rather than invents.

Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km

Cahora Bassa solar farm2.6 km · Power Plant · 400 MW · solar
Subestação Conversora de Songo5.6 km · Substation / Converter
Ncondezi solar farm5.7 km · Power Plant · 300 MW · solar
HVDC Cahora Bassa - Electrode Line5.9 km · Transmission Line
HVDC Cahora-Bassa6.0 km · Transmission Line
Ncondezi Coal Mine6.5 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
HVDC Cahora Bassa - Pole North13 km · Transmission Line

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Portfolio

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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)