Malawi faces serious power deficit and chronic fuel shortages


Issue 458 - 06 Apr 2022 - By Marc Howard | 2 minute read

Malawi is enduring serious power shortages and frequent blackouts in the aftermath of January’s Storm Ana, which knocked out a 129.6MW unit at the Kapichira hydroelectric plant  (HEP), according to Electricity Generation Company of Malawi (Egenco).

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