Abstract
Hydropower energy is one of most promising clean energy technologies, however this energy technology has many challenges. Compared with other renewable energies for example biomass, solar and wind energies, it has high capital investment cost. In Mozambique, access to conversional energy in form of electricity has been limited to most of the rural population. The objectives of the investigation research are to analyze Chua micro-hydropower plant exploration in Manica district in Mozambique and to examine the possibility of increasing energy production. The current total installed power generation capacity in Mozambique is about 939 MW. Hydropower contributes 561 MW, making a contribution of 61%. Oil contributes 27%, and natural gas contributes 12% of the total electric grid generation in Mozambique.
Highlights
According current energy crisis, energy is considered as a key in generation of health, social development and improved quality of life in all developing countries in the world
The hydropower potential in Mozambique is attractive with hydropower potential estimated to 12,000 MW of which only roughly 2200 MW has been develop to access the national grid, the government of Mozambique has placed rural electrification as a major component of its development programs to meet demand
The total energy mix installed in Mozambique according [15] [16] was 408.9 PJ and it can see that Hydropower is 13%, biomass 78%, 7% Oil product and other resources 2%
Summary
Energy is considered as a key in generation of health, social development and improved quality of life in all developing countries in the world. Some district and other rural localities with high population concentrations have not yet supplied with electricity and still have old generation (Diesel plant) and distribution systems that are no longer functioning; approximately 13.3% has access to electricity. Energy from Hydropower according to [12] is powerful resource that has potential to catalyze social to change standard living by providing opportunities for new range of activities to improve quality of life for rural population. According [12] [13], the Hydropower energy source in power generation was 15.3% in 2011 and the largest share in global generation scenario was from fossil fuel and nuclear which were contributing 77.9%, followed by other renewable energies which were 5%.
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