Malawi has 5 power plants in this atlas, with 369 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Kapichira (128 MW, hydro; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are hydro, biomass and gas. Grid operators listed here include ESCOM. Electricity is regulated by MERA. Renewables supplied 95.6% of its electricity in 2024.
Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
Grid operators and electricity market in Malawi
Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators
Hydro on the Shire river supplies most power, with new solar plants.
Member of the Southern African Power Pool, which links national utilities across southern Africa and runs regional day-ahead and intraday electricity markets.
What does “Single buyer” mean?
Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.
References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.
Malawi is in Eastern Africa. Its landlocked geography makes cross-border connections an important part of its regional setting. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.
Capital
Lilongwe
Languages
English, Chewa
Region
Eastern Africa
Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 5 records for Malawi. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
5 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 5 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
