Our Founders

19 years of combined experience leading UK development businesses, delivering grid-connected solar, storage and data centres and significant returns to shareholders. Together they created the largest portfolio of grid-secured projects in the UK.

Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams

Chief Executive and Co-founder
  • Hugely successful 12 years at Innova Group, most recently as Innova Renewables Managing Director since 2023
  • Held roles of Head of Legal, Investment Manager, Head of Development and MD, having started as Project Manager after leaving real estate law to join the Innova founders in 2014
  • Co-founder and Managing Director of Novus Renewable Services in 2019, which was sold to Innova Group in 2023
  • Originated more than 30GW of successful grid connections, including the largest portfolio of battery storage in UK history and GWs of now operational solar, with a 100% planning success rate dating back to 2014.
  • Originated GW of data centres and transacted more than 900MW since 2025. Originated, developed and sold >20MW of private wire solar to large utilities/manufacturers.
  • Strategy, finance and capital raising, M&A, legal, development and business management.
Michael Allworth

Michael Allworth

Director and Co-founder
  • Eight years in Central London real estate before renewables
  • Joined Novus in 2020 as Land Manager; Senior Land Manager 2021; Land Director 2022
  • Land Director at Innova Renewables since 2023
  • Deep understanding of grid and land across the UK, having originated >27GW of projects during time at Innova
  • Originated grid and land for over 15 data centre sites since 2025, including multiple landowner JVs
  • Land, grid, landowner partnerships, planning and site delivery

Ryan has spent twelve and a half years developing, financing and selling UK solar, storage and data centre projects. Michael has spent six and a half securing the grid and land behind them.

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