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 […]
Malawi is expected to experience more prolonged hours of power black outs as the country has now lost 64.8 megawatts from Kapichira 1 power station. A statement from power generators, Electricity Generation Company Malawi (Egenco) says that Kapichira unit 1 and 2 are on emergency outage to replace obsolete and won out excitation systems. “…the […]
Hospital officials at Nsanje district hospital say investigations are underway to establish whether three children died at the health facility due to an abrupt power cut. Reports say the three children died soon after power went off in the new wave of power black outs. Hospital spokesperson Stanley Chirombo said it was too early to […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) says power black outs are now back in full swing due to inadequate electricity supply blamed on faults on low water levels. In a statement, Escom says currently Aggreko generators are online but the main power supplier, Egenco, is experiencing restrictions to supply to Escom due to failure of their […]
Malawi Parliament has passed a US$150.1 million loan bill, authorizing government to borrow from the International Development Fund for access to electricity project. The money, according to the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Joseph Mwanamvekha will be used towards the implementation of the Malawi Electricity Access Project which aims to increase access to […]
Malawi’s electricity woes might be history as soon as a K41.2 billion World Bank funded Malawi-Mozambique power interconnector project takes off. In statement, the World Bank says the project will interconnect the Mozambique and Malawi transmission systems to enable both countries to engage in bilateral and regional trade in the Southern African Power Pool (Sapp). […]
The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has maintained fuel prices despite an increase in the landing cost of the petrol, diesel and paraffin by 11.70 percent, 7.30 percent and 4.64 percent, respectively. A statement on the review of prices of petrol, diesel and paraffin in the month of September, 2019 issued on Tuesday signed by […]
Prolonged power black-out is back in the country but state electricity distributors says this is just temporary, attributing it to a break-down of hydro-power machines at Kapichira. Since Monday, the country has been experiencing as much as 10 hours of power black-out. But Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) spokesperson Innocent Chitosi said the agreed […]
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has hinted of further rise in electricity tariffs should delays to construct Kammwamba coal plant continue. Mera exeutive director Collins Magalasi said this on Thursday after the minister of Natural Resources and Energy Binton Kutsaira toured the place where the coal plant is to be constructed “The electricity tariffs can […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has lamented over loss of funds due to illegal connections. In an interview on Sunday, ESCOM Public Relations Officer (PRO), Innocent Chitosi said the company is losing billions of Kwacha as a result of illegal connections. “The malpractice is very rampant and happening across the country which is tremendously […]
Government has hailed Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) plans to double electricity generation at Wovwe power generation plant from 4.5 megawatts to nine. Minister of Natural Resources Energy and Mining Binton Kutsaira on Friday said government was in full support of the supply upgrade as it would reduce pressure on other power stations in the country. […]
Malawians on Monday evening faced a nationwide power outage that last for an hour as the country was in darkness. The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) confirmed that the nation was experiencing a national blackout and apologised to consumers. Escom public relations officer Innocent Chitosi said he did not have concrete information on what […]
As scores of Malawians elsewhere demonstrate in protest of May 21, electoral results, Likoma Island residents Friday marched against prolonged power blackouts. The protestors were led by Public Affairs Committee (PAC) and Likoma Pastors Union. “We are marching as concerned citizens against these prolonged power cuts so that decision makers at the Ministry of Natural […]
QUANTEL Renewable Energy—a multinational independent power producer (IPP)—has announced a project that is expected to pump in about 50 megawatts to the national electricity grid once completed. Nyasa Times learnt the development during the signing of 14 power purchase agreement (PPA) deals involving the Electricity Supply Cooperation of Malawi (ESCOM), Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) […]
Malawi has signed technical and commercial agreements with Mozambique for the sharing of power in a bid to address a chronic blackouts hitting the country that will give Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) an opportunity to buy 200 megawatts (MW) of power from the Southern Africa Power Pool (Sapp) starting in 2022. Speaking during […]
About 200 households in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Kabunduli in Nkhata Bay are enjoying the luxury of having electricity locally generated using mini generators made from scrap metal. A total of 150 water driven generators, separately installed along Kavuzi River in the area, are able to produce between 20 to 35 kilowatts of […]
Malawi experienced a 24-hour power black-out from Thursday, electricity came back for less than three hours on Saturday before going off again due to heavy rains and flooding. This has crippled both the social and economic activities of ordinary Malawians. Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) was forced to shut its Nkula and Kapichira Power Stations making […]
The Mulanje Hydro Limited (MHL) has expressed satisfaction with the progress made on the implementation the Ruo-Ndiza power project in Mulanje district. The US$16 million hydro project is expected to generate a total of 8.2 MW of electricity. Managing Director for MHL Ian McKersie has disclosed that the first phase of the project will be […]