Malawi - Kholombidzo Hydro Electric Power Plant Feasibility Study

In Malawi, changes in power demand scenarios within the past 10 years, coupled with tremendous environmental degradation has drastically negatively affected the operation and efficiency of the existing power generating plants, which are hydro-based. This, coupled with problems faced in the realization of the power development options outlined in the 1998 Power Development Master Plan study, has forced the Government of Malawi to critically reexamine its power development options in the short and medium term. In order to critically address the prevailing and projected power requirements for the country, while at the same time ensuring that the system’s reliability is improved, the Government has formulated a number of interventions, one of which is the undertaking of a feasibility study for the development of the Kholombidzo Hydropower plant.