Activity under preparation Malawi Energy Efficiency Enhancement (ME3) Programme

About this project

This Action aims to accelerate Malawi¿s low carbon and climate resilient economic growth and sustainable development (Overall Objective). It will do so by enhancing the access and efficiency of Malawi¿s electricity value chain in its generation, transmission, distribution and supply/sale, and system control components, and by supporting the investment climate and growing technical capacity demands for the implementation of the ambitious Malawi energy sector transformation agenda.The Malawi Energy Efficiency Enhancement (ME3) Programme targets several intervention areas, namely:1.    Increasing electricity generation capacity managed by the Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Ltd (EGENCO) through rehabilitation of several Hydropower plants (HPPs) some of which have suffered serious damages due to cyclones;2.    Increasing availability, reliability and efficiency of electricity (transmission and distribution) networks managed by the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Limited (ESCOM), with a particular outlook on climate resilient infrastructure;3.    Improving energy management systems (EMSs) on the distribution network through the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) systems as well as other digitalisation tools; and4.    Promoting conducive investment conditions necessary to realise the ambitious energy sector investment targets, includi…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 7Affordable and Clean Energy
• 9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Malawi

Sectors

Energy policy and administrative managementHydro-electric power plantsElectric power transmission and distribution (centralised grids)Energy education/training

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Main focusClimate adaptation · Also contributesDisaster risk reduction · Main focus

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2021-ACT-63422.

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