Month: May 2023 Posts

EGENCO says Kapichira restoration has cost K11 billion

May 11, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says works to restore 129.6 megawatt Kapichira power Station in Chikwawa have cost K11 billion. Kapichira Power Station suffered the effects of cyclone Ana in January last year which resulted into… ...

Parliament approves K60 billion loan for rehabilitation of Kapichira Power Station

Jul 21, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Parliament has passed a bill allowing government to access a K60 billion loan from the World Bank for the rehabilitation of Kapichira Power Station. Yesterday, Minister of Finance Sosten Gwengwe presented a bill for authorisation… ...

Blackouts will ease by Christmas

Jun 06, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says blackouts in Malawi will significantly drop by Christmas because his government has secured a USS60 million (K61 billion) loan to rehabilitate Kapichira Power Station. President Chakwera made the remarks today during… ...

EGENCO to carry out repair works at Kapichira Power Station

Jan 05, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Kapichira Power Station’s generation capacity of 129.6MW will not be available to the national grid during two weekends this month as Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) will be carrying out repair works. The company… ...

Kapichira power generation machines to be offline during Easter

Apr 09, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says power generation machines at Kapichira Power Station will not be in operation from Friday, 10 April to Monday, 13 April 2020. The company said in a statement today that it… ...

Three of four machines back online at Kapichira Power Station

Mar 30, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

… One machine awaits spare parts, experts from Germany The Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says it has added 32.4MW to its system and now a total of 97.2MW is being generated from three of the… ...

Power outages to end in March

Feb 26, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) says its full generation capacity will be restored by the end of March, 2020 following the breakdown of machines at Kapichira Power Station. In a statement on Tuesday, the company… ...