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Terrain Solar is an Australian owned and operated business that is developing innovative and strategically located solar farms across regional Australia. From initially locating suitable land and partnering with landowners, we take projects through engineering design, planning approval, grid connection, financing & investment stages and into construction and operation.

The company brings together industry leaders with a strong track record in the development of large-scale renewable energy projects. The team have collectively developed over 2,000 megawatts of renewable energy projects across Australia, South Africa and the Pacific Region and are specialists in the land use, planning, engineering, energy and finance sectors.

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Chris Wilson

Director

Simon Ingram

Director

David Griffin

Non Executive Director

Sam Cooper

Non Executive Director

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Craig Peters

General Manager

Tom Allen

Development Manager

Ilyas Yousaf

Grid Connections & Networks Manager

Matilda Wachsmann

Projects & Planning Manager

Ben Ward

Design & EPC Specialist

Terrain Solar is an Australian owned and operated business that is developing innovative and strategically located solar farms across regional Australia.

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Chris Wilson

Chris has over 15 years’ experience in the solar PV industry developing, designing, constructing, financing and commissioning solar power projects throughout Australia and South East Asia. Chris specialises in managing the grid connection, EPC and technical aspects of project development.

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Simon Ingram

Simon is a clean energy and environmental markets development specialist. Simon has 15 years’ experience designing and
executing projects, advising on market design and structuring impact investments for the climate, environment and renewable energy sectors.

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David Griffin

David has been active in developing utility-scale solar and wind farms in Australia since 2000, through his own development companies and during his time as General Manager of Infigen Energy. He serves as the Chairman of Terrain Solar and is the current CEO of Sun Cable.

Sam Cooper

Sam has developed over 500MW of renewable energy across Australia, South Africa and Japan. Sam now fulfils non-executive functions related to the South African businesses and other investments in the Australian renewable energy industry.

Craig Peters

Craig has over 20 years’ experience in the energy industry, with a deep understanding of retail, wholesale, network, and renewable energy markets. Craig is responsible for key contract negotiation, including connection agreements and PPAs, project management and business development.

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Tom Allen

Tom has 10 years experience as a town planner, development assessor and project approvals manager. His career has involved working on the assessor and developer side for major renewable energy projects. Tom coordinates Terrain’s development processes and project management across the portfolio.

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Ilyas Yousaf

Ilyas has 13 years’ experience as a Power systems/Grid Connection specialist with experience in power system design and commissioning. Ilyas holds a bachelor’s in electrical engineering and a Masters in Automation Control. Ilyas manages the grid connection process across the Terrain portfolio.

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Matilda Wachsmann

Matilda has over 7 years of experience as a project manager and planning approvals specialist. Prior to joining Terrain, she worked as a consultant advising developers, government, owners and operators on renewable energy projects. Matilda is responsible for the project approvals and project management across the Terrain portfolio.

 

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Ben Ward

Ben has deep experience in managing utility scale renewable energy projects gained from over a decade managing a broad range of project stages, from early phase development through to design, construction and commissioning.

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