Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to its analysis of viable renewable energy alternatives to the CTT gas-fired power plant, for what reason CDC did not consider the option of Mozambique negotiating additional access to cheap power from the HCB hydroelectric dam.

Globeleq's analysis of the Temane project included Paris alignment analysis conducted using BII's gas guidance tool. Globeleq considered whether viable renewables alternatives existed, including additional energy from the HCB hydroelectric dam. However, Globeleq concluded that there were no viable renewable energy alternatives for the energy required by Mozambique that Temane will supply.

Temane is central to Mozambique's energy transition. Its flexible technological operating configuration and the interconnecting transmission line allows for greater penetration of intermittent renewables across Mozambique's grids over time. This includes the various solar, wind and battery projects Globeleq is developing in country (such as the pioneering Cuamba solar + battery project, which is also in construction). Furthermore, Temane is technologically capable - from day one - to transition to green hydrogen fuel when that becomes available.