It has installed capacity of 111.7 megawatts (149,800 hp), with four power stations adjacent to each other, sharing some of the physical infrastructure and electro-mechanical connections.

[3] The power stations of this electricity-generation complex are located across the Shire River, in Chikwawa District, in the Southern Region of Malawi, approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi), downstream of the Nkhula B Hydroelectric Power Station.

[1] This is approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi), by road, north-west of Blantyre, the financial capital and largest city in the country.

[2] Tedzani III was the third power station in the complex to be completed, coming online in 1996.

[6] In July 2017, the Electricity Generation Company Malawi Limited (Egenco) signed agreements with the Mitsubishi Corporation and with Calik Enerji, to build Tedzani IV.