Industries
Commercial solar & battery, by industry
However your business uses energy, there's a funded solar and battery solution to fit. Find your sector below — or get a free, no-obligation quote.
Different industries suit commercial solar for different reasons: warehousing has the roof space, manufacturing has the daytime load, agriculture has the land, and cold storage has the constant demand. These pages set out the energy profile, site considerations and funding fit for each sector.
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Every industry has a different energy profile. Pick yours to see why solar and battery storage fit, and how a PPA, hire purchase or outright purchase could work.
Warehousing & logistics
Warehouses and distribution centres are among the best-suited buildings in the UK for commercial solar.
Warehousing & logistics solarManufacturing
For manufacturers, electricity is often one of the largest controllable overheads.
Manufacturing solarAgriculture & farms
Farms and agricultural businesses are a natural home for solar.
Agriculture & farms solarCold storage & food processing
Cold storage and food processing sites carry some of the heaviest, most constant electricity loads in UK industry — chiefly refrigeration.
Cold storage & food processing solarRetail & retail parks
Retail demand peaks during daylight trading hours — exactly when solar generates.
Retail & retail parks solarOffices & commercial property
Offices and commercial buildings use most of their power in daylight working hours, and solar directly improves a building’s EPC rating.
Offices & commercial property solarData centres
Data centres run a large, constant load around the clock and face intense pressure to prove sustainable operation.
Data centres solarAutomotive & dealerships
Car dealerships combine glazed showrooms, workshops and a fast-growing need for EV charging.
Automotive & dealerships solarHospitality & hotels
Hotels and hospitality venues use energy from early morning to late evening — heating, hot water, kitchens, laundry and lighting.
Hospitality & hotels solarSchools & education
Schools, academies and colleges are well suited to funded solar.
Schools & education solarHealthcare & care homes
Care homes and healthcare sites run heavy, round-the-clock energy loads — heating, hot water, laundry, catering and medical equipment.
Healthcare & care homes solarLeisure centres & gyms
Leisure centres and gyms are energy-hungry — swimming pools, heating, ventilation, hot water and long opening hours all add up.
Leisure centres & gyms solarBreweries & distilleries
Breweries and distilleries carry significant, steady electrical loads — refrigeration, chilling, pumping and process control.
Breweries & distilleries solarPrinting & packaging
Printing and packaging firms run presses, finishing lines and compressors that draw heavy power through the working day.
Printing & packaging solarWaste & recycling
Waste and recycling sites run energy-hungry processing — shredders, balers, conveyors and sorting lines — often across long hours.
Waste & recycling solarHoliday & caravan parks
Holiday and caravan parks combine amenity buildings, pools, and power to pitches, with big roofs and open land.
Holiday & caravan parks solarGarden centres & nurseries
Garden centres and nurseries combine retail, catering and horticulture — with glasshouse heating, lighting and irrigation adding steady demand.
Garden centres & nurseries solarCommercial laundries
Commercial laundries are among the most energy-intensive businesses around — washing, drying, ironing and pressing draw heavy, sustained power.
Commercial laundries solarPlastics & injection moulding
Injection moulding and plastics processing draw heavy, continuous electrical power — machines, heaters, chillers and compressors run around the clock.
Plastics & injection moulding solarPetrol stations & forecourts
Forecourts and petrol stations run shop refrigeration, lighting and pumps around the clock, and increasingly need affordable EV charging.
Petrol stations & forecourts solarUniversities & higher education
Universities run large, mixed estates — lecture halls, laboratories, residences and data rooms — with demand across the day and night.
Universities & higher education solarSports clubs & stadiums
Sports clubs and stadiums combine floodlighting, hospitality, changing facilities and large roof structures.
Sports clubs & stadiums solarConstruction & builders’ merchants
Builders’ merchants and construction firms run warehouses, trade counters, showrooms and yards, with growing electric-fleet needs.
Construction & builders’ merchants solarBakeries & food production
Bakeries and food producers run ovens, mixers, refrigeration and processing lines that draw heavy, often round-the-clock electrical power.
Bakeries & food production solarTextiles & clothing manufacturing
Textiles and clothing manufacturers run knitting, weaving, cutting, finishing and pressing machinery that draws steady daytime power.
Textiles & clothing manufacturing solarPorts & marine
Ports and marine sites run cranes, refrigeration, and increasingly shore power for vessels, across large areas of buildings and land.
Ports & marine solarGolf & country clubs
Golf and country clubs run clubhouses, catering, irrigation and buggy fleets across large estates.
Golf & country clubs solarDairy & livestock farms
Dairy and livestock farms run milking, milk cooling, ventilation and water heating around the clock — a heavy, steady electrical demand.
Dairy & livestock farms solarVeterinary & animal hospitals
Veterinary practices and animal hospitals run imaging, sterilisation, lighting, heating and — for hospitals — round-the-clock care.
Veterinary & animal hospitals solarCommercial property landlords
For commercial property landlords, on-site solar improves a building’s EPC rating, supporting compliance with Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) and protecting lettability and value.
Commercial property landlords solarChemical & pharmaceutical manufacturing
Chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers run clean rooms, process equipment, HVAC and controlled environments, often around the clock — a large, steady electrical demand.
Chemical & pharmaceutical manufacturing solarPaper & packaging manufacturing
Paper and packaging manufacturers run machinery, converting lines and processing that draw heavy, often continuous electrical power.
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