Overview
A new 132 kV line will be constructed on steel latticed towers to replace the now unreliable 42-year-old wooden pole-mounted lines, which serve important domestic, agro-based industries, mining and rural growth centres.
The Eastern Backbone will enable the transmission of exclusively green energy with a new energy efficient system. The new 293 km line will start from the existing Nkhoma substation (Lilongwe, central region) and run east to Nanjoka substation (Salima, central region). The line will then extend northwards along Lake Malawi connecting to existing substations at Nkhotakota, Dwangwa and Chintheche (all northern region). The action also includes the replacement of an existing 66kV line with a 132 kV line running westwards from Nkhotakota substation to the Chinyama substation in Kasungu (central region).
