Our Activities
Since the founding of the Gigajoule group in 2001, the company has secured the following concession rights in the Maputo Province:
- MGC: Gas transport and distribution
- Gigawatt: 350 MW gas to power at Ressano Garcia
- BGC: LNG Terminal in Matola Port
- CTB: 2 000MW gas to power plant in Beluluane Industrial Park
Gigajoule has constructed over 100km of Natural Gas transmission and distribution pipelines under Matola Gas Company (MGC); as the promoter, business developer, project manager and shareholder of the gas-related projects. The company supplies natural gas to more than 30 industries in and around Matola and Maputo, Mozambique.
Construction of the network started in June 2004 and was completed in March 2005.
The successful development of this natural gas network in the region, led to substantial new investments in the area and also the re-establishment of several closed industries, boosting the Mozambican economy. The availability of natural gas has acted as an important catalyst. Since 2005, the availability of natural gas led to the establishment of a scrap steel smelter, a medicine manufacturer, a biscuit baker, a soft drink bottler, an aluminium power cable manufacturer and a cooking oil distiller. New investors are continuously opening new or expanding existing industries in the region.
This successful MGC project created the foundation from which Gigajoule has expanded into other natural gas and clean energy related projects in Southern Africa.
Due to the need for power (energy) in the region, Gigajoule founded Gigawatt Mozambique. Gigawatt reached financial close on the 120MW gas-fired power station in June 2014. The construction was completed in December 2015, within schedule and budget. The power station has subsequently been operating successfully with all production targets being met. Gigawatt is in discussions to increase the size of this plant under the 350MW concession.
In 2025, Gigawatt, in partnership with WBHO, commenced with the construction of a 16MW solar plant adjacent to the gas fired power plant. The solar plant was commissioned in January 2026. The power generated from the solar plant is primarily used to supplement the gas engines which reduces gas consumption and provides capacity during times of maintenance and high temperature days causing efficiency degradation in the engines.
MGC currently supplies gas to 2 gas-fired power stations located at Gigawatt park in Ressano Garcia and a newly constructed gas turbine power plant in Maputo.
Gigajoule is continuously investigating other natural gas and clean energy opportunities in Southern Africa. The most notable is the Beluluane Gas company (BGC) proposed LNG import terminal in Matola and the Central Termica de Beluluane (CTB) power plant in Beluluane. The concessions of these two projects were awarded in 2019, and in Partnerships with TotalEnergies, these projects are moving ahead, aiming for COD around 2031.
These projects will mitigate the imminent gas cliff that South Africa will experience by 2030 and also supply power to the region in the time that some of South Africa’s coal plants need to be decommissioned.
