Ruo–Ndiza Hydroelectric Power Station
power station in Malawi
The Ruo–Ndiza Hydroelectric Power Station is an operational 8.25 megawatts (11,063 hp) hydroelectric power plant in southeastern Malawi, at the border with Mozambique.
Location
The power station is located across the confluence of the Ruo River and its tributary, the Ndiza River, in Mulanje District, in the Southern Region of Malawi, at the international border with the Republic of Mozambique.
The location is within the Lujeri Tea Estate, approximately 96 kilometres (60 mi), by road, southeast of Blantyre, the commercial and financial capital of Malawi.
Overview
In March 2018, Malawi's installed electricity-generating capacity was 363 megawatts (487,000 hp), With peak demand of 350 megawatts and growing at about 6 percent annually, the Malawian grid has very little flexibility. This has exposed the country to severe, recurrent load-shedding.
Mulanje Renewable Energy Plc (also Mulanje Hydro Limited), a private energy-generating company, domiciled in Malawi, contracted Gilkes, a British electric turbine manufacturer to build this power station, over a two-year period.
Technical details
The power station is a run-of-river design which does not require a dam and therefore no need for a reservoir. There are three Pelton-type turbines each rated at 3.30 megawatts (4,425 hp). One was installed on the Ndizi River, during the first phase. Due to the water flow rates on this small river, only 1.65 megawatts could be extracted.
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