SEDIMENT FLUSHING OPERATIONS AT HYDROPOWER STATIONS
The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform all stakeholders and the public that scheduled sediment flushing operations at all major hydropower stations (Nkula, Tedzani, and Kapichira) are ongoing and will continue every weekend from 9:00 PM on Saturdays to 4:00 AM on Sundays until the end of June 2026. These sediment flushing activities are essential maintenance works...
TEDZANI UNIT 5 (31MW) BACK ONLINE
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is pleased to announce to all stakeholders and the public of the successful restoration of Tedzani Unit 5, adding 31 Megawatts (MW) of power generation capacity to Malawi’s national electricity grid. The Unit had been out of service since December 2024 due to faulty generator. Its restoration works involved protracted procurement of specialized materials...
POWER GENERATION UPDATE
POWER GENERATION UPDATE Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to update all stakeholders and the public that we have successfully made partial restoration of previously faulty machines. As of 19:25 hrs. yesterday, Nkula B Unit 5 (20 MW) was brought back online. This means that from our hydropower plants, only Tedzani III Unit 5 (31 MW) remains out of...
EMERGENCY OUTAGE OF UNIT 3 AT KAPICHIRA POWER STATION
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform all stakeholders and the public that Unit 3 at Kapichira Hydropower Station has developed a technical fault effectively taking out 26MW in the generation system. Our engineers are currently working to establish and resolve the problem. Meanwhile, the other 3 Units (97.2MW) at the station are running and supplying power...