1. Energy Sector Project Benefiting Member States Mozambique backbone Mozambique transmission lines Phase I and II Region Project Cost Expected Estimate Completion ($ million) Year Project Status SADC 1,700.00 2016 EIAs concluded and submitted to government ZIZABONA 400kV transmission lines, 408 km Zimbabwe, Zambia, SADC Botswana and Namibia 223.00 2015 Investors’ round table held in Namibia. IG-MoU signed ZTK Interconnector 400 HVAC transmission line, 700 km Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya SADC/ COMESA/ EAC/PIDA PAP 860.00 2016 Funding secured for Zambian portion and for feasibility studies in Tanzania Central Transmission Corridor Network (CTC) Phase II To strengthen power transmission capacity, particularly the 280 km Alaska – Sherwood line Zimbabwe SADC/PIDA PAP 100 .00 2016 Funding secured for project preparation DRC-Zambia Interconnector 330 kV transmission line from Solwezi to Kolwezi DRC and Zambia SADC/PIDA PAP 94.00 2016 Funding secured for DRC and Zambian portions from the World Bank and the Electricity Council International (CEC), respectively Namibia – Angola Interconnector Angola and Namibia SADC/PIDA PAP 250.00 2016 Terms of Reference have been prepared for the technical studies and are awaiting approval DRC – Angola Interconnector Angola SADC/PIDA PAP 95.00 2016 Still busy with the feasibility study 2nd South Africa – Zimbabwe Interconnector South Africa and Zimbabwe SADC/PIDA PAP 280.00 2017 To be anchored by a power purchase agreement (PPA), but still at the feasibility study level 2nd DRC – Zambia Interconnector DRC and Zambia SADC/PIDA PAP 80.00 2017 To be anchored by a PPA Mozambique – Malawi Interconnector Mozambique – Malawi SADC/PIDA PIDA 93.00 2015 Agreement reached between two countries to move expeditiously Cahora Bass North Bank Power Station Mozambique SADC 800.00 2017 To be anchored by a PPA Mpanda Nkuwa Hydro Power Station – Phase 1 Mozambique SADC/PIDA PAP 2,000.00 2016 Ongoing Hwange Power Station 7 and 8 Expansion Project Zimbabwe SADC 1,080.00 2017 Still at the feasibility study stage Gokwe North Power Station Zimbabwe SADC 2,240.00 2017 Updating the feasibility studies Inga III Hydro Power Project DRC SADC 1,730.00 2018 Negotiating with financiers Kudu Gas power Station Namibia SADC 640.00 2016 Engineering and design studies underway Total 28 Executive Summary 12,27 billion