Nanjoka Solar Power Station

Nanjoka Solar Power Station is a solar power plant under construction in Malawi, in Southern Africa.

Location

The power station is located in the neighborhood known as Nanjoka, in Salima District, in the Central Province of Malawi. The project sits on, owned by Electricity Generation Company Malawi Limited, the country's electricity generation parastatal. The location of this solar farm is approximately, northeast of the county's capital city of Lilongwe.

Overview

In 2019 AGENCO made public its intentions to build a 10 megawatts photo-voltaic solar-panel power station at Nanjoka, in Salima District in the Central Region of Malawi. The power generated here is intended to be fed into the national grid through the existing ESCOM Nanjoka Substation.
The design calls for a phased development, 10MW at a time, of a ground-mounted solar farm on a piece of property. The planned capacity is 20MW, developed in two phases. In the first phase, a battery storage device with 2.5MWh will modulate the power delivery.

Developers

The power station is under development by the Electricity Generation Company Malawi Limited, the national electricity generation parastatal company. EGENCO awarded the engineering, procurement and construction contract to CHINT Electric, a privately owned Chinese electrical equipment manufacturer, distributor and EPC contractor.

Construction budget and time table

The construction budget for the 10MW first phase was reported as US$17 million, sourced from within EGENCO's assets. Construction began in November 2023 and was expected to conclude in 2025.

Other considerations

Nanjoka Solar Power Station is part of efforts to increase Malawi's installed capacity to 1,000 MW with 30 percent derived from other renewable sources other than hydropower.