Australian coal resources development company Intra Energy Corporation (IEC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malawi’s government for the construction and operation of a 120 MW coal fired power station. The company is in the pre-feasibility stage of developing a minimum 120 MW power station at Chipoka, Malawi by no later than the end of 2016. The project would include the design, engineering, construction, operation and maintenance of the power plant and its ancillary infrastructure and IEC is considering potential expansion to 200 MW (net) or doubling capacity with a second plant of 120 MW.
The project, named Pamodzi, will be developed as an independent power project (IPP), with IEC acting as the project sponsor. Following the MoU the electricity generated from the project is to be sold to the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) and other third parties under separate power purchase agreements and transmitted and distributed by Escom under a wheeling agreement.
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