About us

Commercial energy people, with delivery in their hands

CatalystGrid Energy (CGE) is a renewable-energy group formed to bring proven, high-density solar infrastructure to African and island markets — and to back it with real on-the-ground execution.

Directors

Led by Colin Cloete & Max Lourens

Colin Cloete

Colin Cloete

Director — Technical & Delivery

Heads product sales and structuring, and leads technical sizing, system design and project delivery — translating site constraints into PEG® layouts, bills of materials and installation plans built for remote and island conditions.

Coordinates Bluestone's field crews and the Waste2Energy interface so engineering decisions carry cleanly through to commissioning.

Drives the accreditation and distribution relationship with Jurchen Technology and oversees deal origination from first enquiry to signed supply.

System DesignPEG® SizingProject DeliveryCommissioning
Max Lourens

Max Lourens

Director — Commercial & Legal

Leads commercial structuring, partnership agreements and contract governance across CatalystGrid's joint ventures. Focused on protecting project economics and building enforceable, balanced multi-party arrangements in the African renewables space.

Drives the accreditation and distribution relationship with Jurchen Technology and oversees deal origination from first enquiry to signed supply. Drives the de-risking of off-takers through payment security, escrow structures and tokenisation.

JV & PartnershipsCommercial StructuringContract GovernanceOrigination
The group

Three operations, one accountable partner

Each company owns a part of the journey — together they remove the gaps where projects usually stall.

Bluestone Service Group

Logistics, installation, commissioning and O&M. The crews and project management that turn a delivered system into a generating asset.

Waste2Energy Global

Waste-to-energy conversion that adds dispatchable, around-the-clock power alongside intermittent solar for resilient hybrid sites.

InovaSure

Assurance, protection and project support — the security, quality and structuring backbone underpinning the group's offering.