Commercial Solar for Bury Businesses

Commercial solar tends to outperform domestic for one straightforward reason: businesses are using the electricity during the day when the panels are generating it. There's no need for a battery to bridge to the evening - the energy gets used as it's produced, which means most of what you generate offsets what you'd otherwise be paying for. Payback is typically three to four years, then 20+ years of dramatically reduced bills.

We're based in Prestwich, about fifteen minutes down the road from Bury.

Bury businesses where it tends to work

Bury has a fair amount of industrial heritage, with factories and manufacturing units running heavy machinery on big bills - that's where the payback is fastest. Food businesses (bakeries, cafes, restaurants, food manufacturers) running commercial kitchens and refrigeration through most of the day see strong returns too. A Prestwich baker we spoke to recently was spending around £10,000 a month on electricity and was close to going under because of it.

Bury town centre shops and the retail parks around the edge work well because of the high daytime consumption, and the same applies to hotels, B&Bs and other hospitality businesses. Cold storage and distribution centres with large flat roofs are good candidates because their consumption is flat through the day.

A real example from Bolton

We're working with a family-owned carpet and interior design warehouse in Bolton at the moment. They were spending around £700 a month on electricity, and they own the building. We've put together two designs: a 50-panel layout on the flat roof alone, which pays back in about three years, or a 115-panel layout across both the flat and pitched roofs, which pays back in four years and brings in more excess to sell back to the grid through the Smart Export Guarantee.

Flat and pitched roofs

Flat roofs make our job easier - we mount the panels at the optimal angle regardless of building orientation. Pitched roofs work too, particularly on larger buildings with extensive roof area. We provide multiple design options with detailed financial projections for each.

If there's spare land or grass verges, ground-mounted systems can supplement the rooftop or power EV charging points for staff vehicles. We've installed setups where the staff charging runs entirely off the solar.

Our approach

You need to own the building rather than leasing it, and the higher the daytime electricity consumption the better the returns. As an MCS-certified installer and Octopus Energy Trusted Partner, we handle all the electrical certifications and grid connections that come with the work. If the numbers don't work for your business, we'll tell you.

Contact us for a free commercial solar consultation.

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