Energy in Malawi

[7] Improving energy access will have direct impacts on economic development and poverty reduction, climate change, health, and water.

[3] In 2001, as a result of droughts and famines, an unconventional electricity-producing wind turbine made out of spare parts and scrap was built in the village of Wimbe near Kasungu by 14-year-old inventor William Kamkwamba.

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

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

[11] The government, through the Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi, has established, on a temporary basis, several diesel fuel power stations in various locations around the country.

[2] Several IPPs are in the process of setting up grid-ready photo-voltaic solar power plants, to be ready by December 2019.

[13] Many off-grid solar projects dot the countryside, as the hope of universal grid coverage is increasingly growing doubtful.