Mozambique’s Cahora Bassa Dam expansion plan may offer extra capacity to Eskom

• 3 days ago (2025-07-28)
• David Flin

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Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the operating company for the Cahora Bassa Dam, has announced that it is looking at Eskom of South Africa as a potential customer for the planned additional 1245 MW generation capacity at the facility.

Eskom already takes about 60 per cent of the power currently generated from the dam.

Cahora Bassa currently has a capacity of 2075 MW, and the Mozambican government is in discussions with the World Bank to raise money for the expansion of the dam’s northern bank and the construction of a new hydropower plant at the Mphanda Nkuwa Dam downstream from Cahora Bassa. This new plant is expected to generate 1500 MW.

The expansion of the Cahora Bassa Dam scheme has received the backing of the World Bank and will increase generation capacity through the installation of three turning turbines, each generating 415 MW. The projects are estimated to cost more than €6 billion.