Malawi abandons financier China Gezhouba on Kam’mwamba coal project – Report

Ministry of Energy  has confirmed that  the Kam’mwamba Coal-fired Power Generation project has now been given  to Energy Generation Company (Egenco) to implement it with government as the sole financier after dumping Chinese financier China Gezhouba. The Kam’mwamba Coal-fired Power Generation project was to be implemented jointly by the Malawi Government and China Gezhouba Group […]

Mera warns rise in electricity tariffs over delays in coal plant construction

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 […]

Chinese ambassador says Kam’mwamba 300MW coal-fired power plant project still on

Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China Liu Hongyang said the on the 300 megawatts (MW) Kam’mwamba Coal-Fired Power Plant Project in Neno, with a lifespan of 30 years, is still alive and some studies are still underway. He was speaking in Lilongwe on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as part […]

Mutharika move to end electricity woes in Malawi: Pushes for coal-fired power plant with China Energy Group

Malawi President.Peter Mutharika seems to be making good use of his time in Beijing,  China where he has gone to attend the 2018 Forum for China-Africa Corporation (FOCAC) as on Thursday, two days before the official opening of the summit, he met Chinese  consortium of companies to discuss energy generation project to build a coal-fired […]

Exim Bank of China to finance Malawi coal-fired power plant project 

Malawi government has disclosed that the Kam’mwamba Coal-Fired Power Plant Project is being financed by a loan from Export and Import(Exim) Bank of China to the tune of $667 million project with Lilongwe  required to source $104 million as commitment fee. The  Coal Fired Power plant  will be installed at Kamwamba site to increase the […]