Malawi: Nkula A to be refurbished

The US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has contracted a consortium headed by Andritz Hydro to refurbish the 38MW Nkula A hydropower station on the Shire River on behalf of state-owned power utility Escom. Andritz announced on 22 December that its scope of supply included modernisation of the intake structures and gates, penstocks and power house, new turbine runners and non-rotating turbine components, generators, as well as a completely new high-voltage hybrid switching station, a supervisory control and data acquisition system, and related civil work. The refurbished plant is expected to resume operation in 2018.