The Republic of Mozambique (population about 27.22 million, GNI per capita 620 USD, 2014;
hereinafter referred to as “Mozambique”) is in Southeast Africa and has been maintaining a high GDP
growth rate of an average of over 7% for the last 10 years. With abundant natural resources and active FDI (foreign direct investment), the country is expected to have further GDP growth by about 7.5% to 8% in the medium- and long-term through expansion and concretization of coal and natural gas mega projects. Maximum power demand was 831 MW and power consumption was only 4,962 GWh/year in 2014. However, with recent steady economic growth and increase in electrification ratio, power demand has been significantly increasing and maximum power demand is expected to reach 1,684 MW in 2018. The largest power source in the country is Cahora Bassa Hydro Power Station (output: 2,075 MW), which supplies 88% of all the power consumed in the country (2014). However, the power station is
managed by Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (hereinafter referred to as “HCB”), an independent power
producer, and most of the generated power is transmitted to South Africa. The national power generation company conducting power generation, transmission, distribution and commercialization is
Electricidade de Moçambique (Main counterpart, hereinafter referred to as “EDM”), which generates
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