Limak Çimento has opened its new 4.8 MW Capacity Natural Gas Power Plant located in Matola in Maputo state of Mozambique on October 12th, with an investment of 3.5 million Euros and equipped with the state-of*-the-art technologies. M. Erkam Kocakerim, Limak Çimento Group CEO; Hüseyin Avni Aksoy, Republic of Turkey Ambassador to Maputo; Vitoria Dias Diogo, Secretary of State of Maputo and Calisto Cossa, Mayor of Matola have also attended the opening ceremony held by Silvino Augusto Jose Moreno, the Minister of Industry and Trade. Many government officials and businessmen were also present at the opening of the plant, which was built on an area of 1,000 square meters and took approximately 4 months to build.
Limak Cimentos S.A.’s 4.8 MW capacity Natural Gas Power Plant was financed by Turkey’s second largest cement producer with an amount of 3.5 million Euros.
Being a clean energy project in line with the 2050 Net Zero Carbon target of Limak Çimento Group, 4.8 MW capacity Natural Gas Power Plant features a state-of-the-art technology system and is a major important investment in terms of energy efficiency.
Taking the floor at the opening and stating that the newly established Limak Cimentos is the first cement company to obtain the product certificate within the scope of the national cement standards and will bring the consumers together with continuous quality M. Erkam Kocakerim, CEO of Limak Çimento Group said: “I would like to express with all my sincerity that the place of Mozambique is highly distinguished and exclusive for Limak Company Group which operates in many fields such as cement production, construction, tourism, infrastructure, energy generation and aviation with nearly 60,000 employees in more than 20 countries. We were welcomed hospitality and support since the day we came to this country. And we always focused on the quality of our work. We have also realized the investment with our own equity for a plant that generates the energy to satisfy the demand of this plant with natural gas turbines in the deep crisis environment that prevailed globally, through our “4.8 MW Natural Gas Thermal Power Plant” project that has brought us together here. I wish this highly technological plant with a capacity of 4.8 MW which is realized with an investment 3.5 M EUR will be beneficial. This project will satisfy the energy demand of the plant with an environmentally friendly technology and fuel on the one hand and it will make it possible to direct the electricity capacity of the country to new investments on the other hand.” Emphasizing that Limak Group carries out the entire chain of activities from cement to construction, from electricity generation to operation in mega projects in many countries across the world, Mr. Kocakerim stated that they will go on creating value for Mozambique with new environment-friendly projects they will launch, transferring know-how and continuing their local expert training programs without losing pace.
