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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says its system shut down this morning resulting in loss of power countrywide. In a statement this afternoon, ESCOM has said that it is yet to establish the cause of the system shutdown which occurred just after 11AM.<\/p>\n

Before the system shutdown, ESCOM was already experiencing a sharp drop in solar production that could not be compensated by base load generation to keep the system stable.<\/p>\n

\u201cEfforts are being made to restore power supply at the earliest possible time,\u201d ESCOM has said in its statement.<\/p>\n

For the past weeks, Malawi has been experiencing power outages lasting at least four hours a day and on some day extending to 10 hours. Blackouts in Malawi expected to worsen.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says its system shut down this morning resulting in loss of power countrywide. In a statement this afternoon, ESCOM has said that it is yet to establish the cause of the system shutdown which occurred just after 11AM. 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