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OUTAGE OF KAPICHIRA POWER STATION FOR MAJOR REPAIR WORKS OF SPILLWAY GATES

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing the public and all stakeholders that it will carry out major repair works at its Kapichira Power Station. The works will be carried out during the weekends of 8th to 9th January 2022 and 15th to 17th January 2022. These repair works cannot be done while machines are in operation as...

REDUCED POWER GENERATION AT KAPICHIRA POWER STATION DUE TO FAULTY SPILLWAY GATE

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing its stakeholders and the general public that it experienced reduced power generation capacity at its Kapichira Power Station due to a punctured hydraulic pipe on one of its spillway gates at the power station’s intake. The fault occurred while in the process of releasing and controlling trash that was gathering in...

EGENCO CEO sign contact with CHINT Representative

DONE DEAL – EGENCO SIGNS A 10 MEGAWATTS POWER CONTRACT

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) has signed a 10 Megawatts (MW) power deal with CHINT Group, a Chinese electrical company, to construct and commission a 10MW solar power plant in Salima, Nanjoka. According to EGENCO’s Chief Executive Officer, William Liabunya, this is part of the company’s drive of not only increasing power generation, but also of diversifying its...

HARNESSING THE SUN – THE 20MW SALIMA SOLAR PROJECT

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform its stakeholders and the general public that the Company will hold a signing ceremony of the 10 Megawatt Salima Solar Project on Thursday, 28th October 2021 at Kabumba hotel in Salima district. This Project is the first phase of a scalable 20MW Solar Power Plant that will be implemented in...

EGENCO GEARED TO ACHIEVE MW2063

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) says it is committed to increasing the power generation capacity of the country in order for Malawi to  achieve its national strategy, MW2063. EGENCO’s CEO, William Liabunya said this during the launch of MW2063 popularisation campaigns in Chikhwawa on Friday, 27th August 2021. “Electricity is essential for Malawi to go forward. We are doing everything...

BEWARE OF FRAUD IN THE NAME OF EGENCO

The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) would like to warn the general public and its stakeholders of some unscrupulous individuals who are claiming to have contract(s) with the Company to supply goods and services and thereby soliciting advance payments or loans from unsuspecting clients or their business partners. Please be aware of such scams. As a public company, EGENCO...

Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change visit Tedzani IV Power Station

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE IMPRESSED BY 19MW TEDZANI IV

The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change says it is impressed with the newly inaugurated 19MW Tedzani IV Power Station. The committee’s Vice Chairperson, Hon. George Katunga Million said this when the Committee   visited Tedzani IV Power Station on Friday, 20th August 2021. “We have been impressed by the state of the art technology here at Tedzani Power...

19 MEGAWATTS TEDZANI IV INAUGURATED

A new 19 Megawatts (MW) Power Plant, Tedzani IV, has been inaugurated at the Tedzani Hydropower Scheme, one of the Power Stations operated by the Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO). The Power Plant, which was commissioned in May 2021 following its completion, was officially inaugurated on Tuesday, 8 June 2021, by the President of Malawi, His Excellency Dr....

EGENCO FEMALE ENGINEERS INSPIRE YOUNG GIRLS

On Saturday, 5 June 2021, female engineers from EGENCO inspired and motivated young secondary school girls in Phalombe when they took part in the launch of a Girls Mentorship Program by the Shaping Our Future Foundation (SOFF) at Phalombe Secondary School. The female engineers demonstrated to the young girls that they can succeed in Science, Technical, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)...

ovid-19 Mzuzu donation

EGENCO FIGHTS COVID-19

A healthy workforce and a healthy community are important to electricity generation in the country. As such, The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is implementing a number of programs and activities in order to both prevent and control COVID-19 among its staff and the communities in which it works. Donations to District Health Offices Recently, EGENCO donated COVID-19 Personal...