- Quantel Energy, Frontier Energy and Vidullanka Plc will deploy the solar project.
- ESCOM will purchase the electricity generated under a PPP agreement.
In collaboration with three energy developers, Malawi authorities are set to launch a new solar photovoltaic project in Bwengu, northern Malawi. The solar power plant is being built on 105 hectares of land allocated by the authorities in Ulalo Nyirenda.
The solar project is a partnership between the American independent power producer (IPP) Quantel Renewable Energy, the Danish Frontier Energy and the Sri Lankan Vidullanka Plc. It will require an investment of $65 million.
The construction is expected to last one year before the plant is commissioned with a capacity of 50MWp. The solar park is located 1 km from the Bwengu substation owned by the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM). ESCOM will purchase the electricity generated at Bwengu, in line with the public-private partnership (PPP) agreement between the government and the project developers.