Commercial & industrial solar

Solar, done properly.

From a single warehouse roof to multi-megawatt ground-mount and private wire schemes — designed around your load, funded to suit your balance sheet, and held to account for 25 years.

25–30 yrs

Design life of a well-specified commercial array

60–90%

Typical self-consumption on two-shift industrial sites

0 bias

No manufacturer ties — specification follows the data

End to end

Feasibility, design, funding, delivery and performance

Why solar, why now

The simplest, most financially attractive first move.

For many businesses, on-site solar is the simplest and most financially attractive first step towards lower-cost, lower-carbon energy. It can deliver immediate savings while creating the foundation for battery storage, electrified heat, EV charging and intelligent energy management.

But solar is not automatically the answer for every site. We begin by understanding how each client uses energy and only recommend solar where it makes commercial and technical sense. We then build outward, bringing together the technologies that will produce the best overall result.

Because we are independent of manufacturers and installers, our specification follows the evidence. That is the difference between an array that fills a roof and one that repays the investment.

Asbestos roofs

Upgrade the roof and add solar in one move.

For businesses with ageing asbestos cement roofs, the need to replace or over-roof the building fabric is an opportunity. By combining the roof upgrade with a solar installation, the work is coordinated once, disruption is reduced, and the new roof starts generating lower-cost, lower-carbon power from day one.

  • Over-roofing strengthens the building while creating a clean platform for PV
  • Solar design is sized to the upgraded load profile and structural capacity
  • One contractor interface, one programme and one consolidated warranty route
  • Funding can be structured around the combined energy and building saving
Read the insight on asbestos roofs and solar

A practical path forward

Many industrial estates built in the 1960s–1980s still have asbestos cement roofing. It is often reaching end of life, becoming brittle and expensive to maintain. A like-for-like replacement fixes the building but leaves the energy bill untouched.

Over-roofing — installing a new weatherproof skin over the existing sheets — provides a structurally sound, thermally improved roof plane that is ideal for solar. We assess the existing structure, design the over-roof and solar array as one system, and manage delivery through a single interface.

The result is a roof that performs as building fabric and as a generation asset, with one programme, one set of access arrangements and a business case that captures both the energy saving and the avoided future roof cost.

How a solar project runs with us

Five stages, no surprises.

01

Feasibility

Half-hourly data analysis, yield modelling, constraint check and an indicative business case within weeks.

02

Design

Structural, electrical and grid design, export strategy, fire and insurer requirements resolved up front.

03

Funding

Capital, lease and PPA routes modelled side by side, with contract terms read properly.

04

Delivery

Specialist installers procured competitively and managed against your operational constraints.

05

Assurance

Monitoring against modelled expectation, planned maintenance and annual performance reporting.

What we look at first

Solar is the answer when the numbers and the site say so.

01

Load profile fit

How much generation your operation will actually use during daylight hours, from twelve months of half-hourly data.

02

Roof, ground and structure

Orientation, shading, condition and structural capacity — plus planning and grid constraints.

03

Tariff and export economics

Import displacement value, PPA options and the realistic value of exported energy.

04

Foundation for what's next

How solar sizes and integrates with future storage, heat and EV charging.

05

Capital vs funded routes

Owned, leased or PPA — matched to your balance sheet and risk appetite.

06

Long-term performance

Monitoring, O&M and the intelligence layer that keeps output honest year after year.

Independent by design

What you get from an adviser with nothing to sell you.

  • Specification driven by your data, not a manufacturer's catalogue
  • Installers procured competitively and held to a defined scope
  • Funding routes compared honestly, including doing nothing
  • Grid, planning and structural risk surfaced before you commit
  • Performance measured against a model, for the life of the asset

Solar as a foundation

One technology, part of an integrated pathway.

Solar rarely stands alone. We plan it alongside the technologies that turn a good project into a great long-term outcome.

Find out what your roof, land or car park is worth.

A solar feasibility review gives you modelled yield, self-consumption, funding options and a payback you can take to your board — before you commit to anything.