Solar for Business · Owners, tenants & landlords

Generate your own power at 4-5p per kWh. The grid charges 22-25p.

Engineer-designed commercial solar that cuts operating costs, locks in decades of predictable pricing, and protects your business from volatile energy markets.

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Cost per unit of electricity, 2026Including maintenance

Your own solar generation4-5p / kWh

Grid electricity22-25p / kWh

In effect, solar is forward-buying your electricity at a fixed low price for decades.

Is it right for your business?

If you use power in daylight hours, you’re already a strong candidate.

Most businesses use the majority of their electricity exactly when solar panels generate it. Using that power on-site is where the savings come from, and with no moving parts, maintenance is minimal. Owners, tenants and landlords can all benefit; some clients use solar to generate income and lift property values, not just cut bills.

Large-scale · Food wholesaler

£150k+ first-year saving

An 845 kWp system of roughly 2,000 panels, with payback expected in under 4 years before tax benefits.

845 kWp~2,000 panels<4-yr payback

Smaller operations · Offices & industrial units

4.4-yr payback

A typical 50 kWp system (around 110 panels) suits smaller premises with good roof space, saving over 10 tonnes of CO₂ a year.

50 kWp~110 panels10t CO₂/yr

The financial case

ROI in excess of 20%. And the tax system helps.

Lower technology costs, fixed generation costs for decades, and persistently high grid prices make commercial solar one of the strongest capital investments available to UK businesses.

Cash flow

Positive within 24 months

Financed through asset finance, savings typically outpace repayments within two years. 100% finance options available.

Tax relief

Full capital cost offset in year one

The Annual Investment Allowance can allow the entire system cost to be set against taxable profits in the first year.

Export income

Get paid for what you don’t use

Energy companies buy your excess generation at wholesale rates. Landlords can even earn income from vacant buildings.

Explore funding routes

Advice you won’t get from a sales team

Honest answer: battery storage usually doesn’t stack up. Yet.

In most commercial cases it’s currently more cost-effective to sell excess solar to the grid and buy back when needed than to install a battery. We’ll tell you that plainly, because we’re engineers, not commission-driven salespeople. Batteries do make sense where:

Sites only draw electricity at certain times of day
Peak demand falls in Red Zone pricing periods
Usage is low during peak generation hours
Backup power is needed for critical systems

Full battery storage guide

SolarEdge commercial battery storage system

Also part of the picture

EV charging and lifetime aftercare.

Workplace charge points powered by your own generation cut motoring costs and support fleet electrification. And every system we install is backed by cost-effective long-term maintenance: yearly inspections, cleaning and optimisation to keep performance at maximum for the system’s entire lifetime.

EV charging Aftercare

Beyond the bills

Sustainability that wins contracts.

Some of our clients have won work on the strength of their sustainability credentials alone. An 82 kW installation offsets around 28 tonnes of carbon a year while saving over £14,000 annually. That is measurable progress toward carbon-neutral operations, with a competitive edge built in.

Engineer inspecting commercial solar panels

Find out what solar would save your business.

Takes 60 seconds. An engineer will review your site and come back within 24 hours with an honest view. And if solar isn’t right for your building, we’ll tell you that too.

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