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15Sep

EGENCO MOVES TO EXPLORE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY – SIGNS COLLABORATION AGREEMENT WITH KENYAN COMPANY

In a bid to diversify its energy generation sources, the Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) has signed a Collaboration Framework Agreement (CFA) with Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company (GDC) aimed at accelerating the development of geothermal energy in Malawi. “We are happy to collaborate with GDC as we seek to diversify our energy sources.” Said William Liabunya, EGENCO’s Chief Executive...

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21Aug

REDUCED POWER GENERATION DUE TO MAJOR MAINTENANCE WORKS AT TEDZANI POWER STATION

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to notify all stakeholders and the public that it will carry out major maintenance works at Tedzani Power Station from Saturday 26th to Monday 28th August 2023. The works will involve installation of new fine screens and retrieving of a trashrake bucket at the power station’s intake. Two Tedzani fine screens were dislodged...

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05Jul

DEPUTY US AMBASSADOR TO MALAWI VISITS KAPICHIRA POWER STATION

The Deputy United States of America (USA) Ambassador to Malawi, Amy Diaz, visited Kapichira Power Station on Tuesday, 4th July 2023, to appreciate the effects of climate change on power generation and how EGENCO has recovered following the damage of Kapichira by Tropical Cyclone Anna in January 2022. Deputy Ambassador, Amy Diaz, being briefed by the Project Manager at the...

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16Jun

APUA DELEGATES VISIT 60MW JCM SOLAR POWER PLANT

As part of the 57th APUA Annual Meetings held in Lilongwe- Malawi, the host utility Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) organized a technical and touristic visit to JCM’s Salima Solar plant in the lakeshore district of Salima. The central theme of this year’s APUA meetings was on Africa’s energy transition from fossil fuels to clean source energy. To sum...

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14Jun

EGENCO HOSTS APUA

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO), hosted the Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA) annual meetings in Lilongwe, at the Bingu Wa Muntharika International Convention Centre (BICC) from 3 to 9 June 2023. The meetings brought together power utilities from Africa, alongside regional and foreign organizations to tackle various issues that contribute to the development of the African...

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23May

EGENCO WINS AWARD OF BEST OVERALL EXHIBITOR AT THE MALAWI INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited has been recognized as the Best Overall Exhibitor at the 33rd Malawi International Trade Fair (MITF) for exemplifying excellence in its participation at the Fair. EGENCO's pavilion at the 33rd Malawi International Trade Fair Presenting the award to EGENCO at the MITF business networking dinner that took place at Mount Soche Hotels on Friday, May...

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EGENCO officials symbolically making the donation along with the District Commissioner
09May

EGENCO ADOPTS A CAMP TO HELP CYCLONE FREDDY VICTIMS

In response to calls for help towards survivors and victims of Cyclone Freddy, the Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) has adopted jombo camp in Chikwawa district to help in the provision of health services towards under-five children, pregnant women and the elderly. EGENCO’s Board Member, Reverend Hannah Mijoya said the Company decided to help in providing health services because...

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Kapichira Power House
07Apr

EGENCO RESTORES KAPICHIRA

EGENCO RESTORES KAPICHIRA On Wednesday, 10 May 2023, at exactly 17:03 hours, the update from the Generation Control Centre (GCC) read, “Kapichira G2 synchronized to the grid at 16:24hrs... This means we have all four machines available and on load at kapichira...” Long at last, after more than 13 months, Kapichira Power Station was fully back into operation. Kapichira Power Station...

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29Mar

UPDATE ON POWER GENERATION

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to update all stakeholders and the public on power generation status after cyclone Freddy. As of 28 March 2023, we have managed to stabilize the generation system with all the machines at Nkula and Tedzani Power Stations now available. We had difficulties running all Tedzani III and Nkula A machines because of excessive...

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03Feb

EMERGENCY OUTAGE OF TEDZANI POWER STATION ON SUNDAY 5TH FEBRUARY 2023

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to notify all stakeholders and the general public that the company has planned a 4-hour outage of Tedzani Power Station on Sunday 5 February 2023 from 08h00 to 12h00 to facilitate removal of excessive trash that has clogged coarse screens. The work will require complete shutdown of Tedzani Power Stations (121.1MW) and partial...

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