A selection of infrastructural information, focussing on energy provision and water consumption.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| Downloadable | No | Prices cannot be downloaded as they are only available on website (HTML |
| Publicly available | Yes | |
| Openly licenced | No | ESCOM does not provide terms of use, other than a copyright notice at the footer of the page. NSO Malawi provides TOUs compliant with an open licence: https://www.nsomalawi.mw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=201&Itemid=93 |
| Up-to-date | No | |
| In an open and machine-readable format | HTML, PDF | |
| Digital data | No | |
| Print data | No | |
| location | https://www.nsomalawi.mw/images/stories/data_on_line/gen - Total energy consumption by energy type until 2010. , https://www.escom.mw/documents/ESCOM_2014%20Annual%20Rep - Transmission network can be found in ESCOM annual report 2014, https://www.egenco.mw/power-stations - Power capacity by station is provided by Egenco ( a private company) , https://www.escom.mw/current-tariffs.php - Prices: ESCOM provides current energy prices which were effective from 2018 onwards | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| findable_steps | Conducted google search with the following phrases: Malawi energy data, Malawi ministry of Energy | |
| characteristics | Electricity consumption, Power stations and electric capacity, Electricity transmission networks (geographic position), Prices, None of the above | |
| Controlled access | Yes | |
| Collector name | Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment (MNREE), Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), National Statistical Office of Malawi | National Statistical Office of Malawi publishes energy production statistics form the ESCOM. Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM):https://www.escom.mw/ Egenco was formed following the unbundling of the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited into two separate institutions; one for generating electricity (thus EGENCO) and another one for transmission and distribution (thus ESCOM). Different water boards provide water supply to households in different regions (see p. 48 https://www.nsomalawi.mw/images/stories/data_on_line/general/yearbook/2015%20Statistical%20Yearbook.pdf ) Power capacity by station is provided by Egenco ( a private company) |