Mozambique has revived its strategy to incorporate new renewable energy capacity through private investment. Through the Energy Regulatory Authority (ARENE), the government has relaunched the prequalification process to select developers interested in building a 30 MWac photovoltaic solar plant in the Dondo district of Sofala province.
The new call for proposals is part of the Renewable Energy Auction Promotion Program (PROLER), the initiative with which the country seeks to accelerate the expansion of clean generation through competitive schemes and international financing.
The project represents a new attempt to advance a roadmap launched in 2020 to diversify a historically concentrated energy mix and expand access to electricity through private sector participation.
The PROLER program, promoted by the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME), plans to incorporate approximately 120 MW of solar and wind projects through the selection of independent power producers (IPPs), under a public tender model designed to prioritize economic efficiency and regulatory transparency.
In this context, the Dondo plant will be awarded through a competitive process with a prequalification stage, in which the selected investors must fully assume the development of the asset: financing, engineering, construction, operation and maintenance.
The relaunch also reflects the government's efforts to sustain investor interest in the renewable energy sector, backed by international financial support. The initiative includes European Union funding channeled through the French Development Agency (AFD), providing financial predictability to a strategy aimed at consolidating Mozambique's renewable energy market.
According to the official timetable, the formal call for bids will be published during the second half of 2026, with more detailed technical specifications and local content requirements, in line with a regional trend that seeks to link the energy transition with industrial development and job creation.
The process also establishes a cost of access to the prequalification documentation of 20,000 Mozambican meticales (around USD 315), while ARENE will act as the authority in charge of conducting the bidding.
Beyond the specific project, the move sends a signal about Mozambique's positioning on the African energy map: using renewable auction schemes to attract private capital, reduce generation costs, and accelerate electricity diversification in a market with growing demand for energy infrastructure.