The Dwangwa Solar Power Station is a solar power plant under development in Malawi. The power station, owned and under development by Voltalia, the French multinational independent power producer (IPP), has an attached 10MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), raising the power station's generation capacity to 65 MW. The electric power generated here will be sold to the national electricity parastatal utility company, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA).
Location The power station is located in Dwangwa, in Central Region of Malawi, on the western shores of Lake Malawi. Dwangwa is located approximately northeast of Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi.
Overview The power station has a 55 megawatt ground-mounted photovoltaic panel capacity. It also has an attached 10MWh BESS capacity. Its output is planned to be sold directly to ESCOM for integration into the Malawian national grid.
Developers The power station is under development by Voltalia, the French multinational IPP based in Paris, France, which owns it.
Construction, funding, and timetable The construction costs have not yet been disclosed. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank Group has committed to support this renewable energy infrastructure project in the form of a construction loan. Construction was expected to begin in H2 2024, with commercial commissioning expected in H2 2025.
See also
List of power stations in Malawi
References
External links Voltalia and IFC Sign Mandate to Finance Innovative Solar Power Project in Malawi As of 20 April 2023.