Clean Tech Hub , Driving Delta State Renewable Energy , For Sustainable Development
By Norbert Fidelis
Clean Tech Hub is a pioneering hybrid hub, driving sustainable development in Africa though , research , development , demonstration and incubation of clean energy technologies , as well as validation for commercial stage development . The organization also offers consultancy services for sustainability and energy solutions , and a start up incubator for inventions and innovations in clean energy .
Founded in 2016 , and Headquartered in Abuja , Nigeria , Clean Tech Hub is collaborating with public and private stakeholders in the renewable energy sector as it concerns research and development for renewable energy solutions . Also , The organization is robbing minds with stakeholders to develop a cost effective renewable energy generation, as well as policies , and energy roadmaps . In terms of climate change and the environment , the organization conducts a climate change advocacy , through development of solutions ,sustainable business models for organizations and education.
Clean Tech Hub is in partnership with some notable states in Nigeria to drive renewable energy , and has recorded various successes . Some of the states include , Delta, Ondo and Gombe States . In Delta State for instance , the journey started in August , 2022 , with a foundational policy Work on driving renewable energy adoption at State level, and funded by the Heinrich Boll Stiftung Foundation (HBF). The objective of the project is to have a roadmap on how to localize renewable energy , identify investors and partners , as well as identify and articulate the focal points which are , education , health, security , agriculture and information technology .
After a brainstorming session by the various stakeholders in the State , involving the civil society organizations, NGOs , private sectors and the various Ministries , Departments And Agencies of the government , this meeting eventually culminated to the official hand over of the policy road map, to the Delta State Govt, through the Min. Of Power And Energy . However , the policy roadmap remain a non statutory policy, as it has no legislative framework to back it up . And so when the Nigeria. Electricity Act, was enacted in 2023, it was a big relief for Delta State , to legalize and have full autonomy of their own electricity generation .
Be it as it may , the lack of institutional and administrative framework, coupled with poor electricity regulation and a near moribund structure , stood as a big challenge to the actualization of this dream. It was therefore no surprise , when CTH came calling again , on Oct. 28, 2025 , in Asaba , for a workshop , involving stakeholders from government institutions , private sector , civil society organizations and players in the energy sector ,on how to tame the monster , militating against the electricity act in Delta State .
Speaking at the workshop , CTH manager , energy access , Mr. Kolade Kolawole , said the engagement was under the advancing renewable energy and sustainable livelihoods in Delta State , emphasising that it marks CTHs second phase of activity in the State, and also noting that , activities will now shift from policy articulation , to operational readiness and market confidence .That meeting later culminated into a roadmap for the state led electricity governance , which is in line with the provision of the electricity act . The communique reached are as follows
Institutional readiness and regulatory authority
Market confidence
Delta green infrastructure fund
Embedding social equity in market design
These activities by clean Tech Hub, from 2022. to 2025 , through the support of HBS and the Delta State Govt , highlights the positive impacts and achievements it has recorded in Delta State , through conception , partnering and execution
Moving further , it is pertinent to note that CTH is also working with women groups and women trade associations , with their groups accross the country, to become fempreneurs and champion Africa’s clean energy advancement . Also, the organization provides training and career mentoring , as well as spearhead practical training in renewable energy installation and maintenance , with soft training accross the value chain of the renewable energy industry.
Clean Tech Hub is indeed driving Africa’s Renewable energy for sustainable development
