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German firm to review Kammwamba Power Plant Study
March 17, 2020 / Madalitso Mhango
Electricity Generation Company of Malawi (EGENCO) has contracted German Company Fichtner GmbH to execute consultancy services to review and update the feasibility study for Kammwamba Coal Fired Power Plant in Neno.
EGENCO says in a statement that Fichtner emerged a preferred consulting firm for the assignment after submitting a Unit Price for the contract of 925,536 Euros.
The Company says unsuccessful bidders wishing to request for a debriefing session may submit their request in writing before March 24, 2020.
The Kammwamba project, which is expected to utilize coal imported from Mozambique’s Moatize Coalfield, is designed to produce 300MW of electricity.
Fichtner is the leading independent engineering and consulting company for the energy and technical infrastructure projects in Germany.
Fichtner technical discipline includes completing in-house engineering of hydropower plants of all types and capacities, comprising feasibility studies, design, procurement and site supervision both Greenfield and rehabilitation among other activities.
Initially, Government tried to engage China Gezhouba Group of company to construct the coal fired power plant with funding from Export and Import (Exim) Bank of China.
Currently EGENCO operates four hydro power stations, Nkula, Tedzani, Kapichira and Wovwe.
It has total installed capacity of 372.64MW with 350.94MW from hydro plants and 21.7mw from standby diesel powered plants.
EGENCO was established following the unbundling of Electricity Supply Corparation of Malawi (ESCOM).
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