More Blackouts To Come As Kapichira Restoration Project To Miss December Deadline

Emergency restoration works for Malawi’s main hydropower plant Kapichira will not meet the December 22 deadline as earlier projected.

EGENCO’s Publicist, Moses Gwaza, disclosed this when the Natural Resources and Climate Change Committee of Parliament visited the plant on Thursday to appreciate the progress of the maintenance.

“The rehabilitation works have now begun after being halted for some time due to issues pertaining to designs and others,” said Gwaza.

Gwaza added he could not commit to new completion dates for the project saying EGENCO is waiting to hear from a World Bank Consultant and Contractor under the Shire Valley Irrigation Project.

Kapichira power station which generates 129.6 megawatts stopped functioning in January this year due to damage it suffered as a result of Tropical Cyclone Ana.

The station is under emergency rehabilitation using a $60 million World Bank credit facility.

Source. MBC