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Preparations for construction of 350MW Mpatamanga power plant advances
August 06, 2020 / Noel Mkwaila
The Malawi Government says it is advancing with the procurement process for the long-awaited construction of Mpatamanga Hydropower plant on Shire River following the prequalification of a consortium comprising SN Power Invest Netherlands B.V and Electrite De France SA (SN Power and EDF SA) as a preferred strategic investment partner for the project.
Acting CEO for Malawi Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC) Audrey Mwala says the Commission is currently assessing documents submitted by the consortium to determine their capability to invest in the project.
Mwala says the procurement stage will go on up to early 2021 when the investors and the Commission are expected to kickstart the process to identify a contractor to execute the project.
“This contractor identification process will cost us almost half a year since we will be looking at a number of factors in identifying the construction company,” says Mwala.
She says PPPC is committed to ensure that construction of the plant starts as soon as the contractor is identified.
Malawi is backing on the power plant to increase its electricity generation capacity to do away with the electricity blackouts emanating from the load shedding programme that the Electricity Supply Commission implements to ration power supply.
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