Malawi looks to renewables, storage and gas to address its electricity woes

Malawi is looking to geothermal, wind and solar capacity to diversify its struggling grid and reduce over-reliance on hydroelectric and diesel-fired capacity, while additions of utility-scale battery capacity could also enable more on-grid solar. The government is also looking to tender for 100MW of gas turbine generation, although sources canvassed by African Energy were sceptical about that scheme’s viability – and about Malawi’s ability to deliver projects more generally, writes Marc Howard.