Significant Norwegian Support to the Power Sector in Mozambique

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On the 9th of September 2009, the Norwegian Ambassador Tove Bruvik Westberg signed an Agreement with the World Bank in Maputo making available on grant terms an amount equalling NOK 500 mill, or nearly 85 mill. USD, to a Trust Fund for the financing of regional power infrastructure projects in Southern Africa. In addition to transmitting power southwards from the planned power stations in the T...

Energy

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Mozambique has a rich and diversified energy resource base capable of meeting both domestic demand and contributing to large-scale energy export. The resource base is comprised of hydropower, natural gas, coal, biomass, and a potential of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. Presently only 12 % of the population have access to electricity, which is among the lowest in southern Afric...

Norway provides institutional support to Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) and Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM).

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Norway and Mozambique have signed cooperation agreements for untied aid to the two central public enterprises in the energy sector. The Royal Norwegian Embassy will under the agreements provide 9 million NOK (approx. 1.7 mill. USD) for the Mozambican state oil company Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) in the period 2008–2010 and 13 million NOK (approx. 2.5 mill USD) for Electricid...

Regional cooperation

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Norway is supporting the economic integration and the mitigation of the energy crises in southern Africa through energy cooperation with the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).

Petroleum Sector

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Cooperation within the petroleum sector is undertaken within the framework of the Norwegian Oil for Development (OfD) initiative ( www.norad.no/ofd ). OfD aims at enabling petroleum producing countries to utilize revenues from their oil and gas resources to reduce poverty and improve the living conditions of their populations in a manner which is environmentally benign. The programme therefore ...

Norway's Carbon Scheme and the Clean Development Mechanism

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Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a flexible mechanism set up under the Kyoto protocol to facilitate the purchase of carbon quotas between countries and private entreprises. The Norwegian Government, acting through its Ministry of Finance, has launched a national Carbon Scheme with the purpose of purchasing emission reductions eligible for Kyoto protocol compliance. Through various ionitiati...

Significant Norwegian Support to the Power Sector in Mozambique

Energy

Norway provides institutional support to Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) and Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM).

Regional cooperation

Petroleum Sector

Norway's Carbon Scheme and the Clean Development Mechanism

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Maputo