Press Releases

OUTAGE OF TEDZANI I, II AND III FOR INSPECTION OF FINE SCREENS AT TEDZANI INTAKE

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform the public and all stakeholders that it has planned to conduct Fine Screens inspection at Tedzani intake on Sunday, 13th March 2022 from 8:00 Hrs to 11:00 hrs. As such, Tedzani I, II, and III (82 megawatts) will not be available to the national grid during the Fine Screen inspection...

OUTAGE OF KAPICHIRA POWER STATION DUE TO DAMAGES CAUSED BAY CLONE ANA

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform the public and all stakeholders that due to the Cyclone Ana which hit Malawi and most Southern African countries on 24th January2022, Kapichira Power Station dam structure is damaged Tropical Storm Ana brought constant heavy rains that caused flooding in most parts of the Southern Region. Due to the flashfloods,...

OUTAGE OF KAPICHIRA POWER STATION FOR MAJOR REPAIR WORKS OF SPILLWAY GATES

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing the public and all stakeholders that it will carry out major repair works at its Kapichira Power Station. The works will be carried out during the weekends of 8th to 9th January 2022 and 15th to 17th January 2022. These repair works cannot be done while machines are in operation as...

REDUCED POWER GENERATION AT KAPICHIRA POWER STATION DUE TO FAULTY SPILLWAY GATE

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing its stakeholders and the general public that it experienced reduced power generation capacity at its Kapichira Power Station due to a punctured hydraulic pipe on one of its spillway gates at the power station’s intake. The fault occurred while in the process of releasing and controlling trash that was gathering in...

HARNESSING THE SUN – THE 20MW SALIMA SOLAR PROJECT

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform its stakeholders and the general public that the Company will hold a signing ceremony of the 10 Megawatt Salima Solar Project on Thursday, 28th October 2021 at Kabumba hotel in Salima district. This Project is the first phase of a scalable 20MW Solar Power Plant that will be implemented in...

BEWARE OF FRAUD IN THE NAME OF EGENCO

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) would like to warn the general public and its stakeholders of some unscrupulous individuals who are claiming to have contract(s) with the Company to supply goods and services and thereby soliciting advance payments or loans from unsuspecting clients or their business partners. Please be aware of such scams. As a public company, EGENCO...

DISINFECTION OF CHAYAMBA BUILDING OFFICES

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited is informing its stakeholders and the general public that it is conducting a disinfection exercise at its Head Office, Chayamba building as a precautionary measure against COVID-19. In order to allow for this exercise, its Chayamba Building offices will be temporarily closed from Wednesday, 13th January 2021 to Sunday, 17th January 2021. The offices...

UPDATE ON NKULA B MAINTENANCE WORKS

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing its stakeholders and the general public that maintenance works on the one machine that was remaining at its Nkula B power plant have now been completed. While EGENCO restored other four machines at Nkula B on 27 December 2020, it had to conduct further repairs on the unit which had the...

NKULA B SHUT DOWN DUE TO BURST BYPASS PIPE

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform its stakeholders and the general public that Nkula B Power Station has been shut down due to burst bypass pipe of one of the five machines. To prevent flooding of the station, further damage to the rest of the machines, and to allow for repairs, the Nkula B intake tunnel has...

OFFICIAL COMMISSIONING OF 1MW LIKOMA SOLAR POWER PLANT

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform the general public and its stakeholders that it will officially commission the One Megawatt (1 MW) solar power plant for Likoma island on Monday, 16th November 2020 following successful completion of the project. The commissioning ceremony will take place at Likoma and will be graced by the Minister of Energy,...