By Wezzie Gausi:
Malawi will be tapping about 90 megawatts of electricity from neighbouring Tanzania into the national grid under the Tanzania-Malawi interconnection project.
Minister of Energy Ibrahim Malota said this in Lilongwe when he opened Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) Strategic Plan Review meeting on Tuesday.
He said the government was working tirelessly towards addressing power woes and increasing electricity supply.
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The Songwe River project will be producing 180mw.
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“It is the government’s wish that alternative sources of energy, including solar, coal and thermal, shall be tapped and used in a sustainable manner that avoids or minimises environmental degradation,”Matola said.
Meanwhile, Egenco Chief Executive Officer William Liabunya has said reviewing the company’s strategic plan gives an opportunity to align the company’s ambitions with Malawi 2063.
The strategy under review was launched on January 1 2018 and is supposed to run till 2033.
Recently, the government said construction of a 218-kilometre 400 kilovolts high voltage transmission line under the Malawi- Mozambique Power Transmission Interconnection Project has started.
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The transmission line will start from Matambo in Mozambique to Phombeya Power Sub-station in Balaka
