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Procurement process advances for Mpatamanga hydro power plant investor
November 17, 2020 / Noel Mkwaila
The Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC) says construction of the 350 MW Mpatamanga hydro-power plant will start mid-next year.
PPPC Acting Executive Director Audrey Mwala said procurement of a prospective investor for the new hydro-power plant on Malawi’s biggest and longest river, the Shire, is currently underway.
“We rolled out the procurement exercise mid-2020 and we are hopeful that everything will be completed by the end of the year,” Mwala said.
She explained that upon completion of the procurement process, the selected investor will have six months to identify a contractor with expertise and capacity to construct the power plant as planned.
Mwala said PPPC is committed to speeding up the processes in an effort the rid the country of the intermittent power outages it continuously faces and boost its trade and industrial sectors.
Construction of the Mpatamanga power plant site is expected to last for not more than four and a half years.
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