Reuters | By: Frank Phiri | December 07, 2017:
Many parts of Malawi remained without electricity on Thursday after water levels at the country’s two main dams sunk to critical levels and affected hydro power plants, the power utility said on Thursday.
Malawi lost around 200 megawatts (MW) of hydro generated electricity supply on Wednesday night, leaving the southern African country in near total darkness for about two hours, state-owned Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) said.
The country’s total installed capacity stands at 351 MW.
Escom said recent rains were not enough to allow hydro power plants to adequately generate power at full capacity, meaning blackouts would be prolonged in the mostly agriculture economy.
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