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Tag: power outages

Banks dared on energy solutions

November 16, 2018 Johanna Posted in Malawi Energy Sector and PolicyTagged blackouts, ESCOM, Independent Power Producers in Malawi, loadshedding, power outages

At a time power blackouts are crippling industrial production, Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Aggrey Masi has challenged […]

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Ministry backs Escom

September 6, 2018September 23, 2018 Johanna Posted in Malawi Energy Sector and PolicyTagged blackouts, diesel generators, electricity generation, electrification rate, Energy Efficiency, ESCOM, Ministry of Natural Resources Energy and Mining, power outages, reforms

Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining has backed Escom, telling a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that the power utility […]

NGOs to raise awareness on sustainable energy sources

August 29, 2018September 23, 2018 Johanna Posted in Energy and GenderTagged awareness, communitites, Energy advocacy, energy poverty, energy-efficient cook stoves, NGOs, power outages, RENAMA, Renew'N'Able Malawi, renewable energy, solar power, sustainable energy sources

Renew´N´Able Malawi (Renama) has courted some NGOs to raise awareness on sustainable energy sources to communities. Speaking last week during […]

Escom opens Phombeya-Nkhoma power line

August 29, 2018September 23, 2018 Johanna Posted in Malawi Energy Sector and PolicyTagged blackouts, energy supply, ESCOM, Phombeya-Nkhoma power line, power outages, power sector

Escom has commissioned the 400 kilovolts power transmission line from Phombeya Substation in Balaka to Nkhoma Substation in Lilongwe. Briefing […]

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population, poverty, wood energy, tobacco growing and brick making

August 27, 2018September 23, 2018 Johanna Posted in DeforastationTagged blackouts, deforestation, Environmental degradation, habitat loss, Land and Water Management, population growth, poverty, power outages, wood energy

In this three-part development series on deforestation in Malawi, Dr Kenneth Wiyo, Associate Prfessor in Land and Water Management at […]

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Clarification on the Nkhoma power sub-station

August 20, 2018September 23, 2018 masifrancis Posted in DeforastationTagged blackouts, ESCOM, power outages, power station

ESCOM Limited wishes to clarify a misrepresentation of facts in a news story that was carried in The Nation Newspaper […]

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“Electricity blackout kills four children at KCH”

December 27, 2017 Benji Posted in UncategorizedTagged energy crisis, energy poverty and health, power outages

As Malawians celebrated Christmas on Monday, four children admitted to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) breathed their last because of a […]

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“National blackout disrupts parliament”

December 7, 2017 Benji Posted in UncategorizedTagged ESCOM, MCP, power outages, power outages and economy

Parliament failed to sit yesterday following a nationwide power outage and a fault in a backup generator that lights up […]

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“Blackouts threaten K9.5bn worth vaccines”

December 5, 2017 Benji Posted in UncategorizedTagged energy poverty and health, ESCOM, MCP, power outages

The country risks losing K9.S billion worth of vaccines and over half a million children may end up contracting preventable […]

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“Mlale Mission Hospital gets solar system donation”

November 28, 2017 Benji Posted in UncategorizedTagged health facilities and solar power, power outages, solar project in Lilongwe

Naari Group a grouping of Lilongwe-based women with diverse cultural and professional backgrounds – on Saturday donated a K10 million […]

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