The CleanTech Business Club's 10th Anniversary Ahead: A Retrospective on Monumental Achievements in 2023 and Vision for an Ambitious & Historic Year 2024

Dear CBC Members, Partners and Friends,

In 2023, The CleanTech Business Club (CBC) not only celebrated a series of notable achievements and milestones but also significantly propelled its vision towards a more sustainable and regenerative future. This year's accomplishments have laid a robust foundation for an even more impactful and historic journey in 2024 marked by 10th Anniversary year of our club.

Our focus steadfastly remains on nurturing global partnerships, propelling the advancement of green technologies, and empowering communities to stride confidently towards a regenerative world. These efforts are pivotal in shaping the CleanTech Decade and fueling the momentum of the Green Hydrogen Revolution.

As we step into a promising new year, our enthusiasm is heightened by the prospect of continued collaboration and collective strength. We eagerly anticipate further empowering the CleanTech Decade, bolstered by the unwavering support and synergy of our global community. Together, under the banner of #TogetherWeAreStronger, we are committed to transforming challenges into opportunities and aspirations into realities. Let's join hands in this journey to innovate, inspire, and implement solutions that will echo through generations.

Remarkable Progress in 2023

Key accomplishments included:

1.  Growing Global CleanTech & Hydrogen Leadership Community:

• Uniting over 180 members from 38 countries on 6 continents 

• Reinforcing our partnerships with our friends at Dii Desert Energy and the Top Events: Renewable Energy India Expo, SNEC PV, SNEC H2 & SNEC ES, Hyvolution and Solarex as #TogetherWeAreStrogner

• Organising and/or attending over 20 Top Leadership Gatherings in 9 countries (France, Bulgaria, Germany, The Netherlands, China, India, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Morocco) including our flagship the World CleanTech Awards - Edition 2022 Black-Tie Gala Ceremony in Abu Dhabi

2.  Advancing CBC Vision & Action:

• Developing concepts of Joint Roadmaps+ Projects to steer decision-makers and related stakeholders:

  • “Quo Vadis Green Hydrogen?” (QVGH) Hydrogen & CleanTech Leaders Joint Roadmap+ Project

  • “The Future - Towards The Regenerative World” (THE FUTURE) Joint Visionary Roadmap+ Project

3.  CBC Business Facilities & Expert Services:

• Introducing our first CBC Business Facilities:  CBC Project Financing & Origination Facilities

• Developing our inaugural CBC #TogetherWeAreStronger Consortium & Ecosystem in Morocco, envisioned as a scalable model for expansion across the African continent and beyond

• Organising two CBC Business Missions to China in May and November and multiple missions to Morocco

4.  CBC Hubs’ Milestones:

• CBC Green Hydrogen Hub (CBC GHH):

  • Building “family like network” between Hydrogen & CleanTech Leaders and organising: the first ever Green Hydrogen Leaders Executive Dinner & Brainstorm in Paris, France at Hyvolution, The 2nd Global Green Hydrogen Forum “Quo Vadis Green Hydrogen?” at REI2023 in Greater Noida, India and CBC & Dii Leaders Joint Family Dinner Honoring Prof. Ad Van Wijk at Delft, The Netherlands

  • Defining our CBC GHH “raison d’être” and presenting it, along with our “5 Messages of The Day” to Hydrogen Leaders at SNEC H2 & ES in Shanghai, China

  • Initiating collaboration with CBC Green Hydrogen Hub (GHH) Leaders on “Quo Vadis Green Hydrogen?” (QVGH), set to become a cornerstone of the Green Hydrogen Revolution

• CBC Empowering Women Hub: - Launching and co-signing, in partnership with top organisations the “#JointManifesto2023: Forging a Unified Path of Women and Men in the CleanTech Decade #TogetherWeAreStronger” at our inaugural World Women Empowering CleanTech Decade Summit at REI2023 in Greater Noida, India

• CBC CleanTech StartUp Hub:

  • As a member of the Invest2Scale Consortium, securing a grant from the European Union to establish an Investors/Entrepreneurs-Startups Network. This initiative aims to offer cross-border investment opportunities to CleanTech startups in Turkey, Greece, and Romania

  • Organising our inaugural The World CleanTech StartUPs Awards #WCSA2023, Visionary Technology Disruptor (Paddy Padmanathan Award) Competition and Black-Tie Ceremony at “Dii Get Together” Exclusive Cocktail & Dinner in Munich, Germany at The Smarter E/ Intersolar Europe

Vision for the Historical Year 2024 -> Download The Document HERE

See CBC Photo Galleries 2023 HERE

Visit CBC Leadership TV HERE, or watch some of our videos below