Mustapha Hamdan

Renewable systems expert and commercial energy innovation leader with over 10 years’ experience founding, funding, and scaling clean technology ventures.
I led the development and commercialisation of patented CSP and heat battery technologies—advancing them from lab concept to industrial demonstrator and into large-scale energy projects. I secured Innovate UK grants, led top-ranking Horizon Europe proposals, and built multi-stakeholder partnerships across industry and academia. I bring deep technical expertise in CSP, PV, wind, thermal and chemical storage, and green hydrogen, combined with strong commercial instincts in business modelling, techno-economic analysis (LCOE, NPV, IRR), and investor engagement. Skilled in system design, feasibility studies, and scale-up strategy, I consistently translate breakthrough innovation into market-ready, investable products for industrial decarbonisation and the global energy transition.

I’m a renewable energy systems expert and commercial innovation leader with over 10 years of experience developing, funding, and scaling clean technologies. I led the development of patented CSP and heat battery systems—advancing them from lab concept to industrial demonstrator and commercial-scale proposals. I’ve secured innovation funding, built strategic partnerships across Europe and MENA, and delivered investment-ready solutions in CSP, storage, hydrogen, solar PV, and hybrid systems. I’ve also led project proposals for over 400 MW of CSP, PV, and storage globally. My core strength lies in bridging advanced engineering with commercial strategy—translating deep R&D into viable, scalable energy solutions.

PhD in Chemical & Process Engineering from the University of Surrey, with a focus on renewable energy systems, thermal storage, and CSP solar receivers. My doctoral research included CFD modelling, thermo-economic optimisation, and prototype development of novel CSP receiver technologies—directly supporting innovation-to-market transitions. Combined with a BSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Kingston University, this multidisciplinary foundation supports both technical rigour and systems-level commercialisation in energy innovation.