Malawi’s efforts to eradicate power challenges continue to bear fruits following the signing of an energy deal by government with a UK company on Tuesday in London. President Peter Mutharika clinched the energy deal with UK’s Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG). PIDG aims to complement Malawi’s continued efforts in bringing reliable electricity to rural communities. […]
Hope and expectations for meaningful social and economic livelihoods have been re-ignited among residents of Likoma and Chizumulu Islands following the installation of the modern hybrid power plants. Clifford Kawinga, a youthful entrepreneur and the Chief Executive Officer of Creck Hardware and General Supplies, is the man that has ended an era of persistent power […]
Officials from Electricity Generation Company (Egenco), the country’s main producer of power and sole power supplier Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) say there had been no power at Kamuzu international Airport (KIA) because of heavy rains. The officials say the heavy rains forced some electricity poles down and power to be cut off at […]
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it sees energy mini grids as a solution for Malawi’s energy challenges. Speaking when the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Natural Resources commissioned Sitolo Solar Minigrid in Mchinji, head of UNDP resilience and sustainable growth in Malawi, Andrew Spezowka, said he understands the enormity of the energy challenges daunting […]
Clifford Kawinga, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Creck Hardware and General Supplies, a company which was contracted by the Government of Malawi to supply and install the four diesel powered electricity generators on Likoma and Chizumulu islands, says the successful completion of the project shows the high level capabilities indigenous individuals and companies […]
Power producers, Egenco and distributors Escom are on a collision course after the latter announced prolonged power blackouts just hours after Egenco said loadshedding was now over. For a week, people have been experienced prolonged power black-outs in some instances of more than eight hours a day. Escom says in a statement this was due […]
Malawi government on Monday commissioned four diesel-powered generators that will be generating electricity on Likoma and Chizumulu Islands, effectively ending a dark era of prolonged power blackouts and load shedding on the two islands. The supplier of the gensets, Clifford Kawinga of Creck Hardware, installed the generators that will produce 1.760 megawatts (MW), under the […]
Four diesel powered gensets for generation of electricity on Likoma and Chizumulu Islands have been finally delivered on the two islands with an assurance that the installation and commissioning of the generators will be done by mid of December, 2019. Creck Hardware and General Supplies is the company which has been awarded the MK952 million […]
Officials from the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Mining have given up two two weeks Energy Generation Company (Egenco), the company established to generate power, to fix broken power electricity generators. The committee chairperson Welani Chilenga said it was surprising to note that six out of the 10 generators were not working yet […]
Mchenga Coal Mines (MCM) , suppliers of coal products to the local industry, says its plans of establishing Rukuru Power Plant company is progressing well. Rukuru Power Company which is expected to produce 100 Megawatts of electricity, will be a subsidiary of Mchenga Coal Mine. Mchenga mining manager Munache Disha was speaking at the mine when […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) is on two weeks-long tour of various parts of Machinga, where it has just supplied power, to sensitive them on how to apply for their service and how they should safely use power. At Nthorowa Village in Traditional Authority (TA) Mlomba, leader of the team, Precious Mpekasambo first addressed […]
Power regulators, the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has shot down a suggestion by the parliamentary committee on Energy, Mines and Natural Resources not to renew electricity generators deal with Aggreko. Mera chief executive officer Collins Magalasi said even if Egenco takes over the running of generators, the K1 billion tag bill of running the […]
Malawi’s Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change has told Electricity Generation Company (Egenco), the country’s main producer of power, not to renew the diesel-powered gensets deal with the South African company Agreco, saying it is too expensive for nothing. Members of the committee said this on Tuesday when Egenco and Electricity Supply Corporation […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has suspended nine workers following a power failure that occurred last week at Chancellor College in Zomba during graduation ceremony when president Peter Mutharika was giving a speech. Two of the Escom officials said they have been told of their suspension today, Friday but officials from the state power […]
Malawi government says it will renew the contract with Aggreko Power Solutions Limited for the diesel-powered generators to shore up available power. Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mines, Bintony Kutsaira, confirmed the deal will be renewed at its expiry in January 2020. Kutsaira said despite the diesel powered generators were expensive, they have stabilised […]
Energy Generation Company (Egenco), the company established to generate power, says there had been massive power cuts across the country because water levels at Tedzani were lowered to help recover bodies of four children who had drowned in Shire river. In a statement, Egenco says this means the company remained with only one machine on […]
Clifford Kawinga, who is the chief executive officer of Creck Hardware and General Supplies, a company which has been awarded a MK952 million Malawi Government contract to supply, install and commission power generators on Likoma and Chizumulu islands, has dismissed a “smear campaign” against his company that it was given the contract because he is an […]
Lumbadzi First Grade Magistrate Court has convicted and convicted a 38-year-old Davie Kade to pay a fine of K2.2 million or in default to serve a sentence of 24 months imprisonment with hard labour after finding him guilty of illegal ESCOM electricity connections. Kade, who hails from Mtimaukanena Village, T/A Mkukula in Dowa District, was […]