Mozambique non-standard uninterruptible power supply

Ensuring reliable flows of electricity is essential for the functioning of the national economy . Within Mozambique, however, electricity reliability and consistency of grid-connected electricity, for urban residents in particular, is one of EDM's main challenges .

Off-grid provision could widen energy access, potentially improve service reliability, and improve the social perception of tariff increases. Beyond these concerns, there is still hope that the new electricity law will bring the necessary changes that will facilitate the much-needed reform of Mozambique's electricity sector.

With a projected population growth of 28% by 2030, the Government of Mozambique (GoM) has set ambitious targets of achieving 50% access to electricity in 2023 and universal access by 2030 through (mostly) on-grid and (to a lesser extent) off-grid connections .

Against this broader socio-political and economic background of debt, environmental change and political conflict, Mozambique has relatively low levels of electricity access, with approximately 20 million (approximately 65%) inhabitants lacking a reliable source of electricity, .

Electricity access in Mozambique, as in many other least developed countries and economies in transition, must therefore be understood as a complex and multi-scalar problem, in which an array of exogenous and endogenous factors exacerbates existing energy poverty and injustices (see, e.g. ).

At the national scale, Mozambique is a critical case study of SSA state energy development – it is rich in renewable (hydro, solar, geothermal and tidal) and non-renewable (gas and coal) energy resources with potential to generate 187 GW of electricity.