C-NES develops emissions mitigation and carbon credit projects, and advises industrial clients on practical pathways to decarbonisation.

WHO WE ARE

Carbon Neutral Energy Systems (C-NES) is a project developer and advisory firm focused on emissions mitigation and offsets.

We work with industrial clients, funders, and partners to design, develop, and implement projects that reduce emissions and generate measurable, long-term impact.

Our work is grounded in strong technical expertise and shaped by real-world project delivery experience.

WHAT WE DO

C-NES operates across two core areas:

Project Development

We originate, structure, and implement emissions mitigation and offset projects - from concept through to credit issuance and commercialisation.

Consulting & Advisory

We support industrial clients in defining and executing decarbonisation strategies, ensuring solutions are practical, commercially viable, and aligned with real-world constraints.

OUR FOCUS

We focus on high-impact sectors where emissions reductions are both necessary and complex.

These include:

Mining and resources
Industrial and energy systems
Agriculture and land use

Our work is centred on identifying scalable, commercially viable solutions that deliver measurable emissions reductions.

OUR TEAM

Professor Solomon is a mining engineer with 40 years of experience in the gold, platinum, diamond, and coal sectors. Inter alia Senior Mining Engineer for SRK Consulting, Principal Mining Engineer for Bateman Projects (Van Eck and Lurie) and Principal Mining Engineer and Director Mining for the Mineral Corporation. He is an Honorary Life Fellow of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM), where he has served as a Member of the Council of the Institute for over a decade and for which he chairs the ESGS Committee.

James is a registered Renewable Energy Professional with the Association of Energy Engineers and specialises in energy system analysis, data management, and data visualisation of energy programs. Over the past years, James has been developing solutions to reduce Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions within the mining industry in South Africa, focusing on bio-based options.

Rex is a registered Professional Engineer with over 35 years of experience in project management, chemical and process engineering, mining and minerals processing, pulp and paper, fertilizer, and more recently, renewable energy. After 10 years as a production engineer, he has 25 years of experience as a design engineer specialising in minerals processing and renewable energy. He is accepted as NI 43- 101 defined Competent Person for TSX listed projects.

David specializes in the sustainability integration of mining companies with regard to environmental and socio-economic systems. David has experience as a researcher and project manager in areas such as mine dust, energy management planning of large industrial-scale mines, formulation of national policy for mine closure, and concurrent economic diversification for mining areas. David is proficient in Life Cycle Analyses and Circular Economy thinking. Most recently he has project managed two consecutive economic diversification programs in the South African Platinum industry and assisted with drafting the National Mine Closure Strategy.

Jean-Marc holds a B.Eng in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Pretoria and gained extensive experience working as a business improvement consultant in the mining industry. His focus included applying systems thinking, process and operating model design, lean principles and project management tools in various improvement projects. Jean-Marc gained an avid interest in the sustainability and energy field whilst working as a consultant in the mining industry, and joined C-NES as project engineer to be able to apply his experience in this field.