Riya Popat

An entrepreneurial mind who understands the commercial and legal side of renewable energy — not just in theory, but from years of sitting across the table from buyers, EPCs, Developers, and Investors, getting complex deals worth hundreds of millions of pounds across the line.That’s exactly where I’ve been.I’m a commercially driven energy professional with hands-on experience structuring and delivering BESS and Solar PV solutions (Battery, PCS, EMS, BMS, Inverters) across the UK and EU.I’ve navigated the moments where a procurement process stalls, where a stakeholder needs a technical concept translated into a business case, and where the difference between a yes and a no comes down to trust built over time.What makes me different is how I got here. A law degree in India. A Master’s in Business Law in the UK. An MBA that sharpened my commercial edge. That path taught me to read a room, hold my ground in complex negotiations, and find the deal structure that works for everyone — skills that belong in origination, commercial development, and project delivery just as much as anywhere else.I know the UK and EU energy landscape well — grid constraints, co-location dynamics, the commercial logic behind storage deployment, and what developers, EPCs, and investors actually need to move a project from pipeline to financial close.