Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to update all stakeholders and the public on the status of hydropower generation. As of 6 May 2025, the status is as follows Nkula Power Stations All units at Nkula A and Nkula B are operational, except for one 20MW unit at Nkula B, which is currently experiencing a technical fault. Our teams are...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to update the public and all stakeholders that it has successfully completed the maintenance works that it was undertaking at Nkula Power Station during the easter holidays from 22:00 hours on Thursday, 17 April 2025. The maintenance work involved demolishing a wall of concrete piles at Nkula A intake that was affecting power...
The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Ltd (EGENCO) wishes to inform the public of a planned maintenance outage at Nkula A and B Power Stations. This maintenance work is scheduled to take place from 22:00 hours on Thursday, April 17, 2025, to 17:00 hours on Monday, April 21, 2025. The maintenance work will involve the removal of remnant coffer dam secant...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to notify all stakeholders and the public that there will be an outage of Tedzani Power station on Sunday, 1 December 2024 from 07h00 to 16h00 to facilitate removal of trash from course and fine screens at Tedzani intake. The outage of Tedzani will result in unavailability of 121MW generation capacity to...
The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing all stakeholders and the general public that it will carry out planned maintenance works at its Nkula Power Station on Sunday, 17 November 2024, from 5 O’clock in the morning to 5 O’clock in the evening. The works will involve repairing of a damaged spillway gate and installation new fine...
The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing its customers and stakeholders at Likoma and Chizumulu Islands that there will be reduced power supply at the Islands from 5th November 2024 due to fuel shortages for operating its diesel power plants. EGENCO uses diesel power plants to supplement the solar power system, which it uses to provide electricity to...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to notify all stakeholders and the public that there will be an outage of Kapichira Power Station on Sunday, 29th September 2024 from 07h00 to 17h00 to carryout inspection and maintenance of dam structures at the intake. The inspection and maintenance of the dam structures seek to achieve the following objectives: Maintain a...
END OF OUTAGE OF NKULA A & B POWER STATIONS Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to notify all stakeholders and the public that it has concluded maintenance works that it was undertaking at Nkula B, effectively ending outage of both Nkula A and B power stations. Nkula B dislodged Intake Screens have been replaced successfully. Similarly, the inspection...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform its Stakeholders and the general public that the Company will carry out maintenance works at its Tedzani Hydro Power Station on 7th January 2024 from 06:00am to 04:00pm. The works will involve retrieving of a trash rake bucket and inspection of intake screens at the Power Station’s intake dam. The trash...
HARNESSING THE SUN – DIVERSIFYING POWER SOURCES Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform all its stakeholders and the general public that the company will hold a ground breaking ceremony of the 10 Megawatt Salima Solar Power Project on Wednesday, 22 November 2023 at Nanjoka in Salima district. The ceremony will be presided over by the Minister...
