The Brew-Hammond Energy Centre (TBHEC) since its opening in 2009, provides a platform for the pursuit of multidisciplinary research and development activities both within and beyond the walls of KNUST. The Centre is known for its excellence in sustainable energy research projects and development, and prides in itself for not only mobilizing expertise from the College of Engineering (CoE) but also from other Colleges of the university and outside the university community if need be, whose conscientious efforts and contributions is fast-tracking the Centre’s vision to become ‘a Globally recognized Centre of Excellence for Energy in Africa’.

The Centre's projects can be categorised into the following thematic areas:

• Solar PV Technologies
• Bio Energy Technologies
• Energy Access
• Renewable Energy Training
• Renewable Energy/Efficiency
• Climate Change/Development