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Chichiri (Blantyre) — 16 MW Natural Gas

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Chichiri (Blantyre) is a 16 MW gas power plant located in Malawi. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
16 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority

Operator

Location
-15.78, 35.00

Coordinates

Insights

#4
largest in %s
#4,319
largest %s worldwide
#21,104
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
Natural Gas
Capacity
16 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority
Country
MWI
Coordinates
-15.783, 35.000

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
29,939 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
898,185 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

6,509
cars / year
3,992
homes / year
1.4M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

Nearby Stations

Kapichira

Malawi · Hydroelectric

128MW · 2004

Nkula

Malawi · Hydroelectric

124MW · 2012

Tedzani Falls

Malawi · Hydroelectric

92MW · 2015

Nchalo Mill

Malawi · Biomass

10MW · 2018

About this plant

Chichiri (Blantyre) is a 15.5 MW gas-fired power plant in Malawi, operated since its commissioning year is not specified.

Ranked #1 of 1 gas plants in Malawi, Chichiri’s 15.5 MW accounts for 100% of the country’s total gas capacity of 16 MW. The largest gas plant in Malawi is Chichiri (Blantyre) at 16 MW, making it the only facility of its kind.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Kapichira (128 MW, Hydro), Nkula (124 MW, Hydro), and Tedzani Falls (91.6 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the Southern Region of Malawi, approximately 15 km from the city of Blantyre.

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