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- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
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Interconnector
Mozambique – South Africa interconnection
Largest interconnector in Mozambique of 4 · top 11% worldwide (#77 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 3,850 MW
- Length
- 454 km
- Voltage
- 533 kV
- Connects to
- South Africa
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Mozambique · 4 ranked
- #1Mozambique – South Africa interconnection3.9 GW
- #2Mozambique – Swaziland interconnection1.4 GW
- #3Mozambique – Zimbabwe interconnection500 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Lesotho – South Africa interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 230 MW
- Namibia – South Africa interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 350 MW
- Botswana – South Africa interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 615 MW
- Johannesburg657 m · Data Centre
- Grade 1 classes5.6 km · Data Centre
- Computer labs and server room5.7 km · Data Centre
- Johannesburg South Cement Plant7.9 km · Cement Plant
- Scaw Metals Group Germiston steel plant14 km · Iron & Steel Plant
- Vogelstruisfontein Cement Plant16 km · Cement Plant
- Kelvin power station18 km · Power Plant · 600 MW · gas
- Kelvin power station18 km · Power Plant · 420 MW · coal
- Kelvin power station18 km · Power Plant · 180 MW · coal
On the interactive map
No planned interconnector on SAPP interconnector website. Existing capacity summed across 4 transmission lines (2000, 250, 150, 1450)
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)