Kapichira Falls power station

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Kapichira Falls power station is a major hydroelectric facility in Malawi that generates power by harnessing the flow of the Shire River near Kapichira Falls.

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instanceOf hydroelectric power station
power plant
category Hydroelectric power stations in Malawi
Shire River basin infrastructure
commissioned 2000
commissionedPhase Kapichira I 2000
Kapichira II 2013
country Malawi NERFINISHED
damType run-of-river
distanceToBlantyre approximately 80 km southwest
fuelType renewable energy
fundingSource African Development Bank NERFINISHED
European Investment Bank NERFINISHED
World Bank NERFINISHED
generationType hydroelectric
gridConnection Malawi national grid NERFINISHED
hasDam Kapichira Dam NERFINISHED
hasEnvironmentalImpact modification of Shire River flow near Kapichira Falls
hasTurbineType Francis turbine
installedCapacity 128 MW
128 megawatts
locatedIn Chikwawa District NERFINISHED
locatedNear Kapichira Falls NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Shire River NERFINISHED
nearCity Blantyre NERFINISHED
numberOfTurbines 4
operator EGENCO NERFINISHED
Electricity Generation Company Malawi Limited NERFINISHED
ownedBy EGENCO NERFINISHED
Electricity Generation Company Malawi Limited NERFINISHED
partOf Shire River hydropower cascade NERFINISHED
phase Kapichira I NERFINISHED
Kapichira II NERFINISHED
previouslyOwnedBy ESCOM NERFINISHED
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi NERFINISHED
primaryEnergySource water
purpose electricity generation
region Southern Region, Malawi NERFINISHED
serves Malawi national power system
southern Malawi
status operational
supports Malawi electricity supply security
upstreamFrom Nkula Falls power station NERFINISHED
Tedzani Falls power station NERFINISHED
usesWatercourse Shire River NERFINISHED

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Shire River hasHydropowerPlant Kapichira Falls power station