List of power stations in Malawi - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

. All stations are owned by Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi

Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Ltd. is the state-owned power producing company in Malawi. It is entirely in control of generation, transmission and distribution of electric power in the country. ESCOM represents Malawi in the Southern African Power Pool...

Hydroelectric

Hydroelectric station	Type	Capacity	Year completed	Name of reservoir	River
Kapichira Power Station Kapichira Power Station The Kapichira Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant on the Sassandra River in Malawi. It has been designed for an eventual power generating capacity of 128 MW, enough to power over 86,000 homes with 4 x 32MW generating sets, however in Phase 1 only 2 x 32MW generating sets were installed,...	Run of river	128 MW	2000	N/A	Shire River Shire River The Shire is a river in Malawi and Mozambique. The river has been known as the Shiré or Chire River. It is the outlet of Lake Malawi and flows into the Zambezi. Its length is 402 km; including Lake Malawi and the Ruhuhu, its headstream, it has a length of about 1200 km...
Nkhula A Power Station	Run of river	24 MW	1966	N/A	Shire River Shire River The Shire is a river in Malawi and Mozambique. The river has been known as the Shiré or Chire River. It is the outlet of Lake Malawi and flows into the Zambezi. Its length is 402 km; including Lake Malawi and the Ruhuhu, its headstream, it has a length of about 1200 km...
Nkhula B Power Station Nkhula B Power Station The Nkhula B Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant of the Shire River in Malawi. It has a power generating capacity of 120 MW enough to power over 81,000 homes...	Run of river	120 MW	1980, 1986 & 1992	N/A	Shire River Shire River The Shire is a river in Malawi and Mozambique. The river has been known as the Shiré or Chire River. It is the outlet of Lake Malawi and flows into the Zambezi. Its length is 402 km; including Lake Malawi and the Ruhuhu, its headstream, it has a length of about 1200 km...
Tedzani I Power Station	Run of river	20 MW	1973	N/A	Shire River Shire River The Shire is a river in Malawi and Mozambique. The river has been known as the Shiré or Chire River. It is the outlet of Lake Malawi and flows into the Zambezi. Its length is 402 km; including Lake Malawi and the Ruhuhu, its headstream, it has a length of about 1200 km...
Tedzani II Power Station	Run of river	20 MW	1977	N/A	Shire River Shire River The Shire is a river in Malawi and Mozambique. The river has been known as the Shiré or Chire River. It is the outlet of Lake Malawi and flows into the Zambezi. Its length is 402 km; including Lake Malawi and the Ruhuhu, its headstream, it has a length of about 1200 km...
Tedzani III Power Station	Run of river	50 MW	1996	N/A	Shire River Shire River The Shire is a river in Malawi and Mozambique. The river has been known as the Shiré or Chire River. It is the outlet of Lake Malawi and flows into the Zambezi. Its length is 402 km; including Lake Malawi and the Ruhuhu, its headstream, it has a length of about 1200 km...
Wovwe Power Station	Run of river	4.5 MW	1995	N/A	Wovwe River

Hydroelectric

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