en.Wedoany.com Reported - TotalEnergies plans to build a 7.1 MW solar power plant to support its under-construction liquefied natural gas production facility in the Afungi region of Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique.
According to a tender notice released today, the project is soliciting engineering, procurement, and construction services in the form of an expression of interest. The plant will consist of approximately 13,224 already-procured photovoltaic panels, covering an area of about 6.5 hectares, and will be installed and operated by the winning bidder.
TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne stated at the company's February earnings conference that the French oil company would support local power projects in Africa. Citing the example of exporting Mozambican gas to South Africa, he proposed transporting LNG to a terminal in southern Mozambique, building a gas-fired power plant, and exporting electricity to South Africa and Mozambique. Pouyanne added that the company needs to find a balance between exports and local development, contributing to Africa's energy supply.
The Mozambique LNG consortium officially resumed construction of the liquefied natural gas production and export project in the Afungi Bay on January 29. The project had been suspended since April 2021 due to a terrorist attack, at which time TotalEnergies invoked a force majeure clause. In October 2025, after international project financing was reconfirmed and security conditions improved, TotalEnergies, as the lead of the Rovuma Basin Area 1 consortium, lifted the force majeure clause and initiated the resumption process. TotalEnergies noted that the first LNG delivery from the Afungi first production line has been postponed from the originally planned July 2024 to the first half of 2029.
Mozambique has three approved large-scale projects to develop natural gas reserves in the Rovuma Basin, located along the coast of Cabo Delgado province. In addition to TotalEnergies' project, these include ExxonMobil's 18 million tons per year, $30 billion (€26.1 billion) project on the Afungi Peninsula, for which a final investment decision has not yet been made. Additionally, Italy's Eni has been producing approximately 7 million tons per year from the Coral Sul floating platform since 2022, plans to double capacity from 2028 with a second Coral Norte floating platform, and is planning a third unit, with an investment of $7.2 billion (€6.2 billion) for that platform.
