Our Project Experience
From shaping energy transition strategies and mobilizing investment to designing and deploying climate finance programs, Terra Energy bridges strategy and execution to accelerate Africa’s energy transformation and climate resilience.
Project: Consultancy services to position Rwanda’s Electricity Company in the international energy market
Client: Rwanda Energy Development Corporation Ltd (EDCL)
Country: Rwanda
Duration: 08/2026 – Present
This is a long-term strategic advisory project awarded to our managing Director, Dr. Mohamed Alhaj to support Rwanda’s national electricity company in developing and implementing a new corporate strategy for market expansion.
The assignment aims to develop a business plan and provide capacity-building assistance for their EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) department and advising on how it can position its services and works on the international energy business market ensuring sustainable growth, competitiveness, and long-term success.
The assignment runs in two phases — an initial 16-week phase to develop the business plan, followed by a 12-month capacity-building phase to help the department build the internal skills and systems needed to implement it.
Project: Environmental & Social Impact Assessment and Technical Site Studies for Rwanda’s first 100 MW Solar PV Park
Client: Rwanda Energy Development Corporation Ltd (EDCL) – funded by The World Bank
Lead Partner: Mercados–Aries/GAT/AmbiNor/Gesambiente (MAI Group)
Country: Rwanda
Duration: 08/2026 – Present
Terra Energy, as a sub-consultant to MAI Group, was awarded this highly competitive assignment for Rwanda’s Electricity Company (EDCL). The assignment aims to support the Government of Rwanda in conducting environmental, social, and technical studies for the country’s first 100 MW utilty scale solar PV project.
As the local partner on the ground, we are coordinating the project’s implementation, co-supervising the team of experts, and maintaining communication with the client. The assignment scope includes conducting environmental and social impact assessment and technical site studies — covering geotechnical, hydrology, seismic, topography, and biodiversity work — for two solar photovoltaic parks that will add utility-scale generation capacity to Rwanda’s grid.
Project: Social and Inclusive Business Camp in East Africa
Client: Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Lead Partner: CEFE Intl.
Country: Rwanda
Duration: 11/2026 – 10/2026
We are supporting the design and roll-out of AFD’s Social and Inclusive Business Camp, strengthening the investment readiness of clean-energy and energy-efficiency enterprises across East Africa. As the Rwanda country expert (represented by Dr. Mohamed Alhaj), Terra Energy coordinates the local component end-to-end — mentoring the 9 participating entrepreneurs, co-developing training materials, facilitating sessions on energy-transition business models and access to finance, engaging local experts and stakeholders, and overseeing data collection, reporting, and participant follow-up throughout implementation.
Project: Climate Finance Advisory Services for the Implementation of the Ireme Initiative
Client: Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) – funded by AFD
Lead Partner: GFA Consulting Group
Country: Rwanda
Duration: 11/2024 – Present
We are providing technical assistance and advisory support to the Development Bank of Rwanda for Ireme Invest, Rwanda’s largest climate finance facility, working alongside the resident expert from GFA Consulting Group. Our role spans project appraisal, capacity building, and institutional systems design — we’ve helped BRD secure EUR 19 million in approved climate-aligned loans across 7 priority projects, and delivered 7 completed transaction and eligibility assessments to strengthen the consistency and quality of their screening decisions. We built and institutionalized 31 screening, appraisal, GHG, adaptation, and E&S tools now used bank-wide, and delivered 5 staff trainings alongside ongoing coaching for BRD’s investment and monitoring teams. We also led development of BRD’s first-ever monitoring and evaluation framework for Ireme Invest, including a theory of change and an Excel-based dashboard tracking screening status, disbursement progress, and impact against plan.
Visit the Ireme Invest website to learn more: https://iremeinvest.rw/
Project: SUNNY: Sustainable Energy Systems For Refugee and Host Communities in Africa – Horizon Europe Project; HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02-16
Client: European Commission (Horizon Europe Programme)
Country: Rwanda and Uganda
Duration: 06/2024 – Present
We were awarded a highly competitive four-year, $5.5 million grant from the European Commission to demonstrate renewable energy technologies that meet the real needs of displaced and underserved communities. We lead a full work package (on technology design) within the consortium and serve as the project’s innovation and exploitation manager. Our scope includes market research and stakeholder consultations, technology upgrade assessments for clean energy and clean cooking solutions, development of business models for technology scale-up, training and capacity building for host communities, policy recommendations, and IP and innovation management. We also sit on the project’s steering committee.
Visit the SUNNY project website to learn more: https://sunny-project.eu/
Project: Technical Assistance on Energy Transition Strategy in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Seychelles
Client: United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) |
Country: Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Seychelles
Duration: 04/2024 – 01/2025
Our Managing Director, Dr. Mohamed Alhaj, was hired by UNCTAD to develop renewable energy investment strategies for the national Investment Promotion Agencies of three African countries, as part of a four-year, million-dollar UN programme. He assessed each country’s renewable energy landscape, identifying priority investment opportunities, key barriers, and actionable policy and market recommendations, drawing on structured desk research and stakeholder interviews with government, private sector, and development partners. He produced three country background notes and four investment strategies and action plans, and closed the assignment with high-level government consultation workshops in each country to validate findings and align recommendations with investor realities.
Visit the project’s website to learn more: https://unctad.org/project/attracting-finance-and-investment-energy-transition-africa
Project: Youth Training on Renewable Energy
Client: Qatar Charity
Duration: 02/2024 – 03/2024
Country: Qatar
Terra Energy has been contracted by Qatar Charity, a global humanitarian organization, to design and implement a training program on renewable energy for youth, as part of the “Rofaqa” initiative (a program for empowering orphans in developing countries).
Within the framework of the project, Terra Energy designed and implemented the Taqatuna Bootcamp, an innovative training and mentorship program aimed at equipping African youth with essential skills in renewable energy and climate technology. This initiative aligns with our mission to empower young Africans to become changemakers in their communities. The bootcamp consisted of several virtual workshops and a mentorship phase targeting 80 orphans from Nigeria, Somalia, Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Ghana. The program was implemented between 26 February and 10 March 2024.
Visit the bootcamp’s page to learn more: https://terraenergi.co/taqatuna-bootcamp/
Project: Technical Assistance for the Youth Start-up Fund & Youth Task Force
Client: RES4Africa Foundation
Duration: 2022 – Present
Country: Remote
Terra Energy’s Managing Director, Dr. Mohamed Alhaj, has been supporting the RES4Africa Foundation since 2022 in several programs focusing on youth empowerment and entrepreneurship. This includes being the chairman of the foundation’s first-ever youth task force, where he works with a team of youth leaders to advise the foundation on youth empowerment in the clean energy sector and contribute to advocacy activities. Within this role, he took part in the Africa Climate Week in Gabon (2022), COP 27 (2022), and other international events.
Moreover, since 2023, Dr. Mohamed has been assigned as a Start-Up Adviser for the foundation’s flagship program “RAISEAfrica – Renewables Accelerators for Innovative Startups and Entrepreneurs in Africa”. In his capacity as a mentor, he worked with 9 companies, conducting biweekly sessions with them to provide guidance on business strategy, operations, business model, and fundraising.
Learn more about the Foundation at: https://res4africa.org/
Project: Feasibility study and business development consultancy for a novel concentrated solar power technology in sub-Saharan Africa
Client: Vector Sustainable Energy
Duration: 05/2023 – 04/2024
Country: Remote
Terra Energy was assigned by Vector Sustainable Energy (with funding from the Innovate UK through the EnergyCatalyst fund) to conduct a feasibility study and provide business development services for a novel concentrated solar power technology. The objective of this project is to support the client in conducting a techno-economic feasibility study for a novel solar power technology and design a pilot plant for implementation. Activities conducted include desk reviews, interviews, report writing, conducting a cost-benefit analysis, and stakeholder engagement. Terra Energy is also supporting the client in accessing additional funding from various intl. funding agencies in the UK and the EU.
Project: Techno-economic feasibility study for a 200 MW solar project in Chad
Client: Confidential
Duration: 02/2023 – 12/2023
Country: Chad
Terra Energy was assigned by an intl. energy company to conduct an engineering feasibility study for a 200 MW solar PV project in Chad. The objective of this consultancy is to support the client in conducting a detailed techno-economic feasibility study for a 200 MW solar project. The study assessed land suitability, and grid connection requirements, developed a plant design, proposed equipment, and protection systems, conducted performance simulation, economic feasibility, and profitability analysis, and advised on risks and mitigation plans. By the end of the study, Terra Energy developed a comprehensive investment proposal that the client has presented to various institutional investors.
Project: Narrative report on the potential, availability, and accessibility of
renewable and solar energy in Sudan
Client: GIZ
Duration: 03/2023 – 04/2024
Country: Sudan
Terra Energy’s Managing Director, Dr. Mohamed Alhaj, was assigned by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ Sudan Office) to prepare a report on the potential of solar and renewable energy in Sudan. The report prepared by Dr. Mohamed provided a comprehensive overview of solar energy potential in Sudan, the market landscape, the regulatory environment, insights on key projects, and an economic feasibility assessment.
Project: Smart financing to scale up RE and e-mobility through customer-driven business models in Africa and the role of ESCOs
Client: Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy (BASE) – funded by the Climate Emergency Collaboration Group
Duration: 09/2022 – 12/2022
Country: Morocco, Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, and Ghana
Terra Energy was assigned by the Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy to conduct a comprehensive market assessment study on distributed renewable energy and e-mobility in Africa. The study aimed to identify the technologies, sectors, national and international actors, business models, and financial instruments that can influence end-customers decision-making on using and adopting on-site sustainable energy solutions that already are available in Africa. This project focused on energy services companies (ESCOs) and servitization business models.
Terra Energy’s role was to conduct desk reviews, market analysis, draft interview questions, and conduct interviews with government and private sector representatives, analyze and validate results of the economic analysis, and provide recommendations on optimum interventions by intl. donors in the selected markets.
Project: Consultancy services to conduct a market assessment, stakeholder analysis, and consultation for the Sudan small-medium enterprises catalytic fund
Client: African Enterprise Challenge Fund – funded by kFW Development Bank
Lead Partner: Tekno Consultancy
Duration: 06/2022 – 12/2022
Country: Sudan
The objective of this assignment was to advise the AECF and kFW on establishing a catalytic fund for SMEs in Sudan. Terra Energy’s Managing Director, Dr. Mohamed Alhaj, was assigned to co-lead this assignment in collaboration with Tekno Consultancy (one of Sudan’s largest consultancy firms). As the Technical Team Leader, Dr. Mohamed was responsible for conducting a comprehensive market assessment of the SME landscape (in renewables, agribusinesses, and technology sector, analyzing the legal and regulatory framework of SMEs, assessing the financing environment for startups and SMEs, identifying stakeholders, financing needs, capacity gaps, and, conducting a comprehensive stakeholder consultation exercise with key stakeholders in the SME sector in Sudan, with a specific focus on youth to identify market gaps that can be filled by the AECF SME proposed Catalytic Fund as well as identify the funding needs of the sector(s).
At the end of the project, he led the team that drafted the final report which included recommendations for establishing this fund. In March 2024, the AECF and kFW announced the formal establishment of this fund in Sudan (under the name “Sudan SME Catalyser“).
Project: Policy memos on the desalination market in Africa
Client: Energy for Growth Hub
Duration: 03/2022 – 12/2022
Terra Energy’s Managing Director, Dr. Mohamed Alhaj, worked as a research consultant for the Energy for Growth Hub, where he developed policy memos on the role of desalination in Africa’s energy transition. Read the full memos in the links below.