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Tedzani Falls — 92 MW Hydroelectric

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Tedzani Falls is a 92 MW hydro power plant located in Malawi. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
92 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM)

Operator

Location
-15.55, 34.78

Coordinates

Insights

#3
largest in %s
#2,420
largest %s worldwide
#10,668
largest worldwide
2015
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
4
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
92 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM)
Country
MWI
Coordinates
-15.550, 34.783

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
7,703 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
616,255 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,675
cars / year
1,027
homes / year
350,145
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

Nearby Stations

Kapichira

Malawi · Hydroelectric

128MW · 2004

Nkula

Malawi · Hydroelectric

124MW · 2012

Chichiri (Blantyre)

Malawi · Natural Gas

16MW · 2015

Nchalo Mill

Malawi · Biomass

10MW · 2018

About this plant

Tedzani Falls is a 91.6 MW hydroelectric power plant in Malawi. It is operated by an undisclosed entity and is located at coordinates -15.5500, 34.7833.

Ranked #3 of 3 hydro plants in Malawi, Tedzani Falls represents 26.66% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 344 MW. The largest hydro plant in Malawi is Kapichira at 128 MW, making Tedzani Falls 1.4 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Kapichira (128 MW), Nkula (124 MW), and Chichiri (Blantyre) (15.5 MW). The facility is situated in the Southern Region of Malawi, approximately 30 km from Blantyre.

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