Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is a limited liability company incorporated under the Companies Act (Cap. 46:03) of the Laws of Malawi on 7 September 2016, established with the mandate of generating electricity in Malawi. It was formed following the unbundling of the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited into two separate institutions — one for generating electricity (EGENCO) and another for transmission and distribution (ESCOM) — and began operating as a separate and independent company on 1 January 2017. EGENCO operates four hydro power stations (Nkula, Tedzani, Kapichira and Wovwe), thermal power plants in Lilongwe, Mzuzu and Blantyre, and a hybrid of solar and thermal power plants on Likoma and Chizumulu Islands, with a total installed generation capacity of 444.67MW.

Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is a limited liability company incorporated under the Companies Act (Cap. 46:03) of the Laws of Malawi on 7 September 2016. The company was established with the mandate of generating electricity in Malawi. It was formed following the unbundling of the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited into two separate institutions; one for generating electricity (thus EGENCO) and another one for transmission and distribution (thus ESCOM). EGENCO started its operations as a separate and independent company on January 1, 2017. Currently, EGENCO operates four hydro power stations namely: Nkula, Tedzani, Kapichira and Wovwe. The Company also operates thermal power plants in Lilongwe, Mzuzu and Blantyre and a hybrid of solar and thermal power plants on Likoma and Chizumulu Islands. Overall, EGENCO has a total installed generation capacity of 444.67MW, with 390.15MW from hydro power plants, 53.22MW from thermal power plants and 1.3MW from solar power plants.

• Hydroelectric power generation

  EGENCO operates four hydro power stations: Nkula, Tedzani, Kapichira and Wovwe, with 390.15MW of installed capacity.

• Thermal power generation

  EGENCO operates thermal power plants in Lilongwe, Mzuzu and Blantyre, with 53.22MW of installed capacity.

• Solar power generation

  EGENCO operates a hybrid of solar and thermal power plants on Likoma and Chizumulu Islands, with 1.3MW of installed solar capacity.

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