In response to calls for help towards survivors and victims of Cyclone Freddy, the Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) has adopted jombo camp in Chikwawa district to help in the provision of health services towards under-five children, pregnant women and the elderly. EGENCO’s Board Member, Reverend Hannah Mijoya said the Company decided to help in providing health services because...
EGENCO RESTORES KAPICHIRA On Wednesday, 10 May 2023, at exactly 17:03 hours, the update from the Generation Control Centre (GCC) read, “Kapichira G2 synchronized to the grid at 16:24hrs... This means we have all four machines available and on load at kapichira...” Long at last, after more than 13 months, Kapichira Power Station was fully back into operation. Kapichira Power Station...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to update all stakeholders and the public on power generation status after cyclone Freddy. As of 28 March 2023, we have managed to stabilize the generation system with all the machines at Nkula and Tedzani Power Stations now available. We had difficulties running all Tedzani III and Nkula A machines because of excessive...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to notify all stakeholders and the general public that the company has planned a 4-hour outage of Tedzani Power Station on Sunday 5 February 2023 from 08h00 to 12h00 to facilitate removal of excessive trash that has clogged coarse screens. The work will require complete shutdown of Tedzani Power Stations (121.1MW) and partial...
A 23 year old man has been sentenced to four years imprisonment with hard labor for stealing EGENCO equipment and structures worth over MK13, 000, 000.00 at the Company’s Liwonde Weed Management Station. Handing over the sentence, First Grade Magistrate Chrispin Sachuluka stressed the importance of electricity to the economic activities of the country and how the suspect’s actions posed...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform all stakeholders and the general public that there will be outages of Nkula A and B on every Sunday beginning 25th September until 30th October 2022 for 10 hours on each Sunday starting from 7:00am to 5:00pm, to allow for installation of new fine screens. This follows the findings by...
The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing all its stakeholders and the general public that it will carry out planned contractual maintenance works at its Tedzani IV Power Plant from Monday, 12 September 2022 to Monday, 26 September 2022. During this period, the contractor for the Tedzani IV Power Plant, CALIK ENERJI, will be rectifying all outstanding...
The Government of Malawi has signed a contract with international private investors to develop the 350MW Mpatamanga Hydro Power Plant through Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. The private investors are international Finance Corporations (IFC) and a consortium of Scatec ASA’s Hydropower Joint Venture and Électricité de France (EDF). The 350MW Mpatamanga Hydro Power Plant will double Malawi’s hydropower generation to...
The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing all stakeholders and the general public that it will carry out emergency maintenance works at its Nkula Power Station on Sunday, 4 September 2022, from 7 o’clock in the morning to 5 o’clock in the evening. The works will involve installation of new fine trash screens. EGENCO’s divers discovered the...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform all stakeholders and the general public that there will be an outage of Tedzani III unit number 6 from 05th August 2022 08h00 - 07th August 2022 17h00 in order to allow for replacement of worn out shaft seals. This means 31 megawatts of hydropower will not be available for...
