Malawi Government has admitted that failure for the country to produce enough energy is affecting the taking off of most of the mining projects which the country is banking on to spruce up its ailing economy. Currently the country’s sole electricity producer Electricity Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) produces only 350 megawatts while the mining industry […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) bought fault power generating machines, hence the shutting down of Kapichira II Power Plant prompting power outages in the country, claimed the Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama). The country sole electricity provider has shut down the power plant to service two machines which were commissioned on December 27, 2013. […]
Electricity users should expect massive blackouts from October 10 through to October 27 as Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) begins to services it machines at Kapichira II power plant. The utility body has since requested its customers to be calm as it starts servicing two machines at Kapichira II power plant which provide 32 Megawatts. The two machines […]
Malawi has been excluded in the SADC high-priority energy transmission projects valued at more than US$4 billion for promotion and marketing to investors. According to information released during the 34th Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government taking place in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, the nine projects are at various stages of development and include […]
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has announced that it has maintained pump prices fuel and electricity prices at current levels. Mera said Petrol will still be sold at K839/litre and Diesel at K853.40/litre. Since the energy regulatory adopted the automatic pricing mechanism (APM) in June 2012, fuel pump prices are adjusted to reflect fuel price […]
Minister of Energy, Atupele Muluzi is quoted by Nyasa Times on 14 July 2014[1] as saying: “We would like to separate the functions of ESCOM into electricity production, distribution and marketing and this will be run by autonomous institutions away from political interference”. As a student of regulation and from my experience in energy regulation […]
A Solar company known as Sunnymoney has been switched on in the capital Lilongwe which is going to improve lives of those people who are not connected to national power supplier. The company is distributing Portable Solar Lamps at a fee through agents. The main agents of the company happens to be teachers who buys […]
A 22-year-old-man is nursing serious burns after been attacked when he was trying to vandalize a transformer for Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) in northern district of Karonga. Karonga Police Officer In-Charge Foster Mangani identified the man as James Karambo of Village Headman Mwawembe in the area of paramount chief Kyungu. Mangani said they […]
TNM has installed a K7.5 million solar power facility at Trinity hospital in Malawi’s southern tip district of Nsanje to help bridge electricity outages at the rural hospital. Trinity hospital is connected to the national power grid by Escom, but faces frequent outages due to environmental degradation that affects Escom installations during the rainy season. […]
Malawi is said to be making strides in energy sector following the commissioning of Kapichira II Hydro Electric Power station in January that has provided an additional 64 megawatts to the country’s electricity grid. Ministry of Energy public relations officer Joseph Kalowekamo made the revelation on Monday in an interview with the Malawi News Agency […]
President Joyce Banda has emphasized on the need for the country to generate more electricity in order to boost the economic base. Banda made the remarks on Thursday in Lilongwe when she switched on electricity at Chadza Trading Center which is under the Malawi Rural Electrification Programme (MAREP) phase seven. The President said Malawi as […]
Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has supported the move by Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) to allow Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) hike its tariffs by 37.28 percent. Mera announced on Monday that the increment will be done in a period of four years in a phased manner with the first adjustment of 13.5 […]
Only nine percent of Malawi’s population has access to electricity, a development Minister of Energy Ibrahim has described as sad and worrisome considering the country will be celebrating 50 years of independence and 20 years of democracy. By now, according to the minister, the majority of Malawians should have had access to electricity to be […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Friday opened a new hydro-electric plant, which will add 64 megawatts to the 352 megawatts to the national power grid and is expected help to minimize blackouts . Launching the 55-million-dollar Kapichira II plant in the southern district of Chikhwawa , President Banda described the new power plants as a […]
The Electricity Supply Corporation Of Malawi (ESCOM) on Friday said that Kaphichira Phase II Hydroelectric Power project which will add 64 megawatts to the national power grid will help to minimize load shedding in Malawi. ESCOM board Director,Morgan Tembo said this during the official opening of Kapichira hydroelectric power station phase ll in Chikhwawa district […]
President Joyce Banda will on Friday 17th January, 2014 preside over the official commissioning of the Kaphichira Phase II hydroelectric power project which will add 64 megawats to the national power grid. The first phase of the Kapichira hydropower station was commissioned in 2000. With the addition of Kapichira Phase ll to the national power grid, […]
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi’s (Escom) 58 percent electricity tariff hike proposal continue to hit the snag, as the Consumer Association of Malawi (Cama) and the Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) have rejected the proposal arguing that the amount is unreasonable. The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) received an application […]
Malawi is set to plunge into worse series of load shedding during the Christmas and New Year festive seasons because of what Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) says is due to reduced generation capacity. The country is already experiencing heavy load power cuts due to load shedding. But Escom public relations manager Kitty Chingota said […]