Malawi: USTDA funds study of run-of-river project


Issue 298 - 17 Apr 2015 | 1 minute read

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) announced on 27 March that it had awarded a grant to the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining to fund a feasibility study for a hydropower project on the Luweya River. The study for a 15MW run-of-river system in the Nkhata Bay District of Malawi’s Northern Region will be carried out by Texas-based Water Wheel International. The project could be expanded to 35MW in a second phase.

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