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MAINTENANCE WORKS AT NKULA POWER STATION

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing all stakeholders and the general public that it will carry out planned maintenance works at its Nkula Power Station on Sunday, 17 November 2024, from 5 O’clock in the morning to 5 O’clock in the evening. The works will involve repairing of a damaged spillway gate and installation new fine...

REDUCED POWER SUPPLY AT LIKOMA AND CHIZUMULU ISLANDS DUE TO FUEL SHORTAGES

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing its customers and stakeholders at Likoma and Chizumulu Islands that there will be reduced power supply at the Islands from 5th November 2024 due to fuel shortages for operating its diesel power plants. EGENCO uses diesel power plants to supplement the solar power system, which it uses to provide electricity to...

OUTAGE OF KAPICHIRA FOR DAM INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to notify all stakeholders and the public that there will be an outage of Kapichira Power Station on Sunday, 29th September 2024 from 07h00 to 17h00 to carryout inspection and maintenance of dam structures at the intake. The inspection and maintenance of the dam structures seek to achieve the following objectives: Maintain a...

EGENCO TO BENEFIT FROM GOVERNMENT 50 MEGAWATT SOLAR DEAL WITH GERMANY

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Engineer Dr. Maxon Chitawo on Thursday 22nd August 2024, joined the state President Lazarus Chakwera in Berlin, Germany for meetings with German investors. During the meeting, President Lazarus Chakwera signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of a 50-megawatt solar farm in Choma, Mzuzu, aimed at ensuring a reliable power...

EGENCO ENGAGES STAKEHOLDERS ON SALIMA SOLAR PROJECT

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) on Friday, 17th August 2024 engaged various stakeholders including the Salima District Council Management, traditional and community leaders at a meeting held at Ubuntu Lodge in Salima aimed at raising awareness about the Salima Solar project. EGENCO’s Senior Projects Manager, Harry Msosa appraised the stakeholders that the project is currently underway and will add...

EGENCO POWER PLANTS SET TO UNDERGO REHABILITATION

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is set to rehabilitate its Kapichira 1 and Nkula B power plants in line with the Company’s strategic plan of providing reliable power. According to Shadreck Chado, Power Station Manager at Kapichira Power Station, the current equipment at Kapichira 1 and Nkula B is obsolete, affecting the efficiency of the machines. “The rehabilitation will...

2024 GIRLS SCIENCE CAMP VISITS NKULA

On Wednesday, 10th July 2024, the Electricity Generating Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) in partnership with the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) organized an industrial tour at Nkula for the 2024 Girl’s Science Camp. This event was part of the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Camp, which is designed to motivate girls throughout Malawi to explore science...

EGENCO BASIC ICT TRAINING FOR IMIS BEGINS

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is conducting a basic ICT training program aimed at providing its staff members with necessary ICT skills in preparation for its upcoming EGENCO integrated Information Management System (EgIMS). Speaking during the opening ceremony, EGENCO’s Director of Planning & Development, Dr. Gregory Gamula highlighted the significance of the EgMIS. “The new system will bring efficiency...

OUTAGE OF NKULA A & B POWER STATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE WORKS

END OF OUTAGE OF NKULA A & B POWER STATIONS Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to notify all stakeholders and the public that it has concluded maintenance works that it was undertaking at Nkula B, effectively ending outage of both Nkula A and B power stations. Nkula B dislodged Intake Screens have been replaced successfully. Similarly, the inspection...

MAINTENANCE WORKS AT TEDZANI POWER STATION

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform its Stakeholders and the general public that the Company will carry out maintenance works at its Tedzani Hydro Power Station on 7th January 2024 from 06:00am to 04:00pm. The works will involve retrieving of a trash rake bucket and inspection of intake screens at the Power Station’s intake dam. The trash...