Renewable Intelligence is a specialist energy project developer.
Comprising of a group of senior energy market experts with a deep industry knowledge and with
a significant project and business development.

Meet Our Team

Hamid Popal
Managing Director since 2004

BE (Hons), M Com, GAICD

Capabilities

  • Material experience in dealing at the CEO, board and government shareholder levels
  • Strategy formulation and business plans for development of new markets and products in the energy market
  • Management of multi-disciplinary teams to deliver the business objectives for our customers
  • Contract negotiation and structure formulation for complex projects
  • Directing acquisitions of energy projects and businesses
  • Passionate about developing sustainable, efficient and commercial energy projects.

Track record

  • Project development
  • District energy systems
  • Centralised energy systems
  • Energy storage
  • Wind farms / PV
  • Customer based energy systems
  • Waste to Energy generation
  • Demand management; network support
  • Peaking plants / gas Co generation

Chris Shopov
Partner

BE (Mech), Fellow AIE, Member APESMA
Prior Chairman of the AIE Brisbane
Prior Vice President AIRAH NSW

Capabilities

  • Significant track record of developing strategies and products for emerging energy markets;
  • Securing and developing new opportunities
  • Optimising solutions with energy market regulators
  • Developing and negotiating multifaceted commercial contracts
  • Managing and operating energy plant solutions
  • Dealing with corporations and government bodies
  • Providing environmental solutions.
  • In depth understanding of International and Australian energy services industry.

Track record

  • Project development
  • District energy systems
  • Centralised energy systems
  • Energy storage
  • Wind farms
  • Customer based energy systems
  • Waste to energy generation
  • Demand management; network support
  • Peaking plants / gas Co generation

Terry Teoh
Partner

BE (Elec), MSc (Renewable Energy), AAICD,
Fellow – Governors Leadership Foundation

Capabilities

  • greenfield development of utility scale wind and
    solar projects
  • commercial preparation and investment sanction
  • experienced in technology assessment and setting business strategy
  • management of cross-disciplinary teams to
    achieve customer business outcomes
  • battery storage commercialisation
    experienced commercial negotiator

Track record

  • Project development
  • wind farms
  • solar farms
  • battery storage (utility scale)
  • Grid Edge VPP
  • geothermal energy
  • hydro (run of river)
  • pumped hydro storage

Terry is passionate about creating customer value from profound digital transformation of the electricity system.

Dr. Jiufu Lim
Director Project Development

B.E (Hons); B.Sc. (Hons); Ph.D.

Capabilities

  • Energy market analysis
  • Optimisation of project design – using commercial and technical analytical tools
  • District energy systems design
  • Tri generation system design
  • Development of optimised operational model
  • Project development

Track record

Project development

Specific Projects:

  • District and Precinct energy systems
  • Centralised energy systems
  • Energy system analysis for universities
  • Energy system analysis for airports
  • Energy system analysis for commercial offices towers
  • Development energy master plan for major users

Greg Hopper
Senior Business Analyst

Capabilities

  • Energy markets analysis
  • Operational modelling of district energy systems
  • Modelling for optimisation of onsite generation systems
  • Optimisation of project design – using commercial and technical analytical tools
  • Operational / Commercial sensitivity analysis for major investment
  • Due diligence associated with acquisition of energy assets

Track record

Specific Projects:

  • District energy systems
  • Centralised energy systems
  • Tri / Cogeneration projects
  • Cogeneration; hospitals, resorts, industrial plants, airports
  • Customer based energy systems