6 guides on process and pitfalls — buyer-side, plain-English, with current UK numbers.
Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards are tightening for commercial property, and solar can help your EPC — but not as much as people assume. Here's how solar affects your rating, what MEES requires now, and where the deadlines really stand.
Solar panels last decades, but they're not fit-and-forget. Here's the honest picture of ongoing costs — degradation, inverter replacement, cleaning, monitoring and insurance — so your payback model includes the whole life, not just the install.
Most SMEs lease their premises, and a lease can make or break a solar project. The lease length, the landlord's consent, and who keeps the benefit decide whether it's worth doing — here's what to sort out first.
Commercial solar proposals are designed to look attractive. Here are the twelve numbers and clauses to interrogate before you sign — and the ones installers hope you'll skim past.
Since the 1MW cap was scrapped in late 2023, most commercial rooftop solar is permitted development and needs no planning application. But 'most' isn't 'all' — here's exactly where the line falls, and the other consents people forget.
The site survey is where an indicative quote becomes a real one — or falls apart. Here's what the surveyor checks, what to have ready, and the findings that can change your costs or kill the project.