Clean Energy Innovation Accelerator
The Challenge
An international consortium of energy stakeholders and development partners needed a structured technology evaluation and co-investment programme to assess and pilot distributed energy solutions across East African markets. Over 40 proposals had been submitted with no consistent assessment framework and no agreed investment criteria. Consortium members were based in three countries and had competing priorities.
Our Approach
Designed a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) framework adapted for distributed energy contexts.
Assessed 40+ proposals across solar, biogas, and battery storage against the framework, commercial viability, and regulatory readiness.
Ran co-investment negotiations and secured commitment from 3 private sector partners.
Stood up a Cross-Sector Energy Innovation Forum that convened 35+ stakeholders quarterly, producing a Collaborative Innovation Protocol that the consortium adopted as its decision-making standard.
Built an innovation pipeline platform on Power BI and SharePoint workflow automation.
The previous manual tracking had been reporting 30% of milestones late, and the new pipeline cut reporting cycle time from 15 days to 3.
Provided investor readiness assessment and go-to-market planning for 6 distributed energy startups, of which 4 went on to secure Series A funding.