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 […]
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the banner of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has called for investigations into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that Escom has entered into with intoDubai-based Phanes Energy to manage the Nkhotakota Solar Power Plant, to add 21 megawatts to the national grid through solar power. “We as HRDC and Malawians are […]
A group of Karonga residents say they have been irked by “dubious” overtures by some Electricity Supply and Cooperation of Malawi (ESCOM) at the district’s office over certain administrative malpractices and have since threatened to close down the office by way of demolition. Among others, the concerned citizens have accused the administration of “secretly” hiking […]
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 […]
In compliance with demands made by the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), the government has ordered the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) to disconnect power to the compound of a Malawian of Asian origin who encroached into land belonging to Livimbo school in Area 2 in the capital, Lilongwe. The government has also ordered […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) says police have arrested a tipper truck driver who rammed his vehicle into an electricity pole in Lilongwe’s Area 43, forcing power lines to fall which threatened to put the house of rights activist Gift Trapence on fire. In a statement, Escom says the police have arrested Moffat Malowa […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has accused state run electricity distributor Escom of underperformance. Mera executive director Collins Magalasi said the energy regulator’s assessment of Escom from October to December show that the state power company has failed to meet set key targets. “There are several key targets Escom has failed to achieve. We agreed […]
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) […]
One of the independent power producers (IPPs) that have signed power purchase agreements with Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), German firm Droege Energy, intends to install floating solar power panels on the Lake Malawi at Monkey Bay in Mangochi to generate power to be linked onto the ESCOM grid. This was disclosed at the […]