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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A 23 year old man has been sentenced to four years imprisonment with hard labor for stealing EGENCO equipment and structures worth over MK13, 000, 000.00 at the Company’s Liwonde Weed Management Station. Handing over the sentence, First Grade Magistrate Chrispin Sachuluka stressed the importance of electricity to the economic activities of the country and how the suspect’s actions posed...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform all stakeholders and the general public that there will be outages of Nkula A and B on every Sunday beginning 25th September until 30th October 2022 for 10 hours on each Sunday starting from 7:00am to 5:00pm, to allow for installation of new fine screens. This follows the findings by...
