[1][2] The power station would be located in the Kammwamba area in the town of Zalewa, in Neno District, in the Southern Region of Malawi,[3] approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi), by road, north-west of the city of Blantyre.

It has also starved big industrial and manufacturing projects, especially in the areas of mining and processing, slowing national development and job creation.

The primary source of the coal to fire the power station was identified as the Moatize coalfields in neighboring Mozambique.

[9] The power generated at this station, would be relayed to a 400kV substation at Phombeya, in Balaka District, where it would be integrated into the Malawian national electricity grid.

The challenge at that time was that the agreements called for the government to put down US$104 million in "commitment money".