As a way of reducing blackouts that are rocking the country, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) is to add 70 Megawatts of power to the national power grid through the use of solar power supplied by Independent Power Producers (IPPs) that is expected to be completed and fully operational by October, 2018.
This was revealed at a pre-bid meeting that ESCOM held with interested Independent Power Producers at Ryalls Hotel in Blantyre in order to familiarize them with the bidding requirements and process.
According to ESCOM, this is one of the short term mitigation measures that it is implementing against the prevailing power crisis which is happening because ESCOM is not able to generate power to its maximum capacity due to dwindling water levels in Lake Malawi.
Four sites in Salima, Nkhotakota, Lilongwe and Golomoti have been selected for the IPPs to set up and establish power stations that will supply power to ESCOM.
An addition of 70MW will increase the country’s power capacity to 431MW from 361MW.
It is expected that this will reduce load shedding periods and frequencies.
The IPPs will be generating power through Solar Photovoltaic Power systems. A photovoltaic Power system generates power by converting light into electricity using solar panels.
kkkkkkk these people are joke
That’s great.
inu tamkhalani chete ife blackout idatilowa magazi pano sitionaso vuto
maloto a farao
2018 kkkkkk masugzo yachali…. Wanyake wazapangirepo campaign
Anthu azibwana inu anthu a Escom simudziwa zimene mupanga
Muthokoze ku mMalaw muno anthu ambiri nd osauka, koma akazazindikira kufunika kwa Solar panel ndpo Dziko lonse 80% nkukhala nd solar muzanya Makape inu, Ziwani kut ma Solar-wa dairy anthu akugula ka kampani kanuka kazatha ka Erec Satsuta Chamba Opanda Machesi–(ESCOM)
Kalekale ndiye mavuto akadalipo
Anyani u thik we should wait upto 2018 mwalephela tchito makape
koma2 kuno ndi black outsince morning…..manyaka okhaokha
Malawians we deserve this timasekelerah zopusah zikamachitika
Mxieew
Yaa is treu
Ngati mwatopa musiile ena akutha
2018 ?? So wait for 2 year blackout evryday
zowadi away ndi makepe amakape pamodzi ndi uuuuuuyo
Agalu inu kd ndani wakuuzani kt muliuze dziko lamalawi nyansi komanso zonunkha zanuzo…Anthu opanda phindu inu a Escom sindinakuonenipo mmoyo mwanga aka nkoyamba ndithu…pitilizani kutibela ndalama zathu pamodzi ndi nzanu wamathanyula uja watibela chimangayu
Kkkkk 70Mw Do u think daily black outs can come to an end?
Just close yr useless Escom
kkkkk koma a Escom ndinu agalu ndithu…mungosintha zaka muli pheeeee….mu 2015 munkati magetsi azasiya kuvuta mu october 2016…tafika mu 2016 muja mwasinthanso mumvekele early 2017 blackouts will be a thing of the past…now 2017 you are saying october 2018 kkkkkkkk mphuno zikuluzikuluzo mwamva,,,,,,,stupid.
ine ndikutitu sizingatheke kuonjeza ndiwumbava umenewu
U Escom ppo u dnt understand us nicely……we dnt need mch power or your stupid watts thngs…wht we wnt is “foreign to avoid this blackouts”..
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panopa azima kare ndiye akt chani apa .
7O mw yachepa kwambili
Zachamba
machende ao ose panyapao
Nde Mwat 70 megawatts?
Or ataonjezera 700 megawatts akhoza kumazmabe kkk agalu ake amenewa?
Nthano imeneyi ofunika ilowe mu syllabus…tsopano
in 2018? Have to wait yet ANOTHER year for basic needs. Stupid and useless Escom/Government. That is what people think when Escom or Government is mentioned. Stupidity and uselessness.
THATS GOOD NEWS TO MALAWIANS. ITHNK WE ARE ABOUT TO MAKE BLACKOUT A HISTORY
Kkkkkkkkkkk until wen?
good development..
just to light inhouses isbeta with solar energy than other use
Zachamba bac blackout z today, progrm yao ndi ya nextyr ahh nosens palamw tizongodikla ,future planz bas …………ndi zausillu bax
inu takoketsani magetsi ku mozambique, magetsi oti inuyo kuthimitsa chimkula chanucho malawi yense atha kumayakabe
Dont say abuot black uot , I’ts now atime since this happening. There willbe alot of probleams ahead of us.
ine kwanga ndikuona basi zambiri zonena ndilibe
Tilibe nazo ntchto whether its true or not ngat zilizachlungamo osamangopanga bwanj hu du u want to praize u zsiruuu za anthu mwamaliza kubako? Or ths is another trap tu tek all what is remaining in our hands? Agalu inu munatkwana mwamvaa
Bola
One Step Forward Is Better Than One Step Backward
Agalu inu mwatikwa. Kuyimba mkasa dairly every yr. Fotsec.
Ugalu basi escom
iwe mwale ndakuona!
Wandiona ndiye???????
ife monga @Esom tati titsutse zimenezi, ili ndi bodza lankunkhuniza, ife ndima blackout omwewa basi, viva boscom viva malawi
Titengepo ziti zanuzi.
Amfana Mukusekelera Mablack out
Ife Zikutibowa Heavy Moti Akabwera Mbali Yakwathu Kudzadula Magetsi Tiziwamenya
It is true if cox the contract has juast been approved and signed
70 MW? That’s too little a number for the noise. Its not coming that soon, anyway.