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Malthe Winje Infrapower brings sustainable hydropower to emerging regions
- Published November 23, 2022; updated March 23, 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes. Status: available in Europe and Africa. Category: Energy / Hydropower.
- Malthe Winje Infrapower (MWIP) develops, constructs and operates small-scale hydropower plants in East Africa and Ukraine, drawing on Norwegian hydropower expertise. The page describes many plants as run-of-river installations that use natural water flows with limited intrusion into nature. They are engineered for local conditions, reliability and long operating lives.
- MWIP says it has more than four decades of hydropower optimisation experience and established local partnerships in East Africa and Ukraine. It offers development, construction, performance optimisation and asset management. The article says project management, governance and financing from Norway make projects possible in high-risk regions.
- The stated challenge is limited access to reliable, affordable and clean electricity in developing regions, where the article says corruption, social dumping and poverty are common. It describes diesel and natural-gas generators used for baseload as polluting and economically unsustainable.
- The page says stable, emissions-free power can support social development, local jobs and opportunities for women. Hydropower is presented as renewable and able to balance variable solar and wind generation. Decentralised plants are said to displace diesel and gas generation with a small environmental footprint.
- The article says global renewable-energy demand is accelerating and electricity demand is expanding in East Africa and Ukraine, creating demand for small hydropower and transparent projects. It describes the Malthe Winje Group, founded in 1922, as a privately held Norwegian industrial and engineering company with 18 companies across eight countries and annual revenue over NOK 800 million (about USD 82.8 million). SDGs 7 and 8 shown.
- Contact: Asgeir Øygard Ervik, COO, Malthe Winje Infrapower, firmapost@mwg.no; phone reveal control collapsed. Company: MALTHE WINJE INFRAPOWER AS, Haukeliveien 48, 1415 Oppegård, Norway; mwip.no/.