Kapichira Falls power station

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Kapichira Falls power station is a major hydroelectric facility in Malawi that generates power by harnessing the flow of the Shire River near Kapichira Falls.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station ⓘ
power plant ⓘ
category Hydroelectric power stations in Malawi ⓘ
Shire River basin infrastructure ⓘ
commissioned 2000 ⓘ
commissionedPhase Kapichira I 2000 ⓘ
Kapichira II 2013 ⓘ
country Malawi ⓘ
damType run-of-river ⓘ
distanceToBlantyre approximately 80 km southwest ⓘ
fuelType renewable energy ⓘ
fundingSource African Development Bank ⓘ
European Investment Bank ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
generationType hydroelectric ⓘ
gridConnection Malawi national grid ⓘ
hasDam Kapichira Dam ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalImpact modification of Shire River flow near Kapichira Falls ⓘ
hasTurbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
installedCapacity 128 MW ⓘ
128 megawatts ⓘ
locatedIn Chikwawa District ⓘ
linked to: Chikwawa
locatedNear Kapichira Falls ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Shire River ⓘ
nearCity Blantyre ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 4 ⓘ
operator EGENCO ⓘ
Electricity Generation Company Malawi Limited ⓘ
ownedBy EGENCO ⓘ
Electricity Generation Company Malawi Limited ⓘ
partOf Shire River hydropower cascade ⓘ
phase Kapichira I ⓘ
Kapichira II ⓘ
previouslyOwnedBy ESCOM ⓘ
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi ⓘ
primaryEnergySource water ⓘ
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
region Southern Region, Malawi ⓘ
linked to: Southern Malawi
serves Malawi national power system ⓘ
southern Malawi ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
supports Malawi electricity supply security ⓘ
upstreamFrom Nkula Falls power station ⓘ
Tedzani Falls power station ⓘ
usesWatercourse Shire River ⓘ

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Shire River → hasHydropowerPlant → Kapichira Falls power station ⓘ
Nkula Falls power station → connectedTo → Kapichira power station ⓘ
linked to: Kapichira Falls power station
Shire River basin → containsHydropowerPlantOnMainRiver → Kapichira hydropower station ⓘ
linked to: Kapichira Falls power station