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Hydro Power Potential in Mozambique "CHUA- MANICA"

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Summary, in English

Hydropower energy is one of most promising clean energy technologies, however this energy technologies has many challenges if compere other renewable energy for example Biomass, solar, wind energy, has high capital investment cost. In Mozambique, access to conversional energy in form of electricity has been limited to most of the rural population. The objective of this investigation research is to analyze the Chua Micro-Hydropower Plant exploration in Manica district in Mozambique and to examine the possibility of increasing energy production. The current total installed power generation capacity in Mozambique is about 939MW. Hydropower contributes 561 MW, making a contribution of 61%, oil contributes 27%, and natural gas 12% of the total electric grid generation in Mozambique (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

719-726

Publication/Series

Energy Procedia

Volume

79

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Energy Systems

Keywords

  • Mozambique
  • Hydro power
  • Energy

Conference name

2015 International Conference on Alternative Energy in Developing Countries and Emerging Economics (AEDCEE)

Conference date

2015-05-28 - 2015-05-29

Conference place

Bangkok, Thailand

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1876-6102