Commercial solar array installed by Econ Electrical on a factory roof in Bradford
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Free, No Obligation

Free Site Energy Assessment

See what solar, battery storage and EV charging could save your business before you spend a penny. We look at your electricity use, your roof and your power supply, then send you a clear report.

What You Get

Your Report Shows

How much of your power solar could supply

Measured against your actual consumption through the year, not a generic yield figure, with the saving that comes with it.

The right system and battery size

A roof layout showing where the panels go, how many, and the battery size that suits how your site actually runs.

Budget cost, payback and 25 year return

What it costs, how long it takes to pay for itself and what it is worth across the life of the system.

EV charging for staff, fleet and visitors

What each group needs, where the chargers go, and which grants you qualify for.

Whether your supply can take it

Your incoming supply, your spare capacity, and whether the network operator needs to be involved before anything is installed.

Ways to pay for it

Buy it outright, finance it, or a power purchase agreement with nothing upfront where you only pay for the power it generates.

  • MCS certificate on every solar installIssued on completion, which is what Smart Export Guarantee payments depend on.
  • We handle the network operator applicationThe G99 or G98 paperwork is ours to deal with, not yours.
  • No obligation and no sales pressureThe assessment is free and it is yours to keep, whether you use us or not.

How It Works

Four Steps, About a Week

  1. 1

    You fill in the form

    Five minutes. The more of it you can answer, the more use the report is, but tell us what you know and we will chase the rest.

  2. 2

    We review your electricity

    We read your bills and, with your permission, pull your half hourly usage from your supplier so we can see how your site really behaves.

  3. 3

    We visit the site

    About an hour. We look at the roof, the incoming supply and the distribution boards, and we take our own measurements.

  4. 4

    We talk you through it

    You get the report, and we walk through it with you. If the answer is that it is not worth doing, we will tell you that too.

Request Your Assessment

Tell Us About Your Site

Five minutes. Answer what you can and leave the rest, we will pick it up when we speak.

About you

We will not contact them without asking you first.

The site

If you have more than one site, start with the one you most want looked at and tell us about the others at the bottom.

This matters more than people expect, see below.

This decides how much of the generation you use yourself rather than export, which moves the saving more than the number of panels does.

Your electricity

This is what the whole report is calculated from. Without real consumption we would be guessing, and a guess is no use to you.

On your bill, usually in a grid marked Supply Number. It starts with S.

The last 12 months if you have them, or just the latest bill. PDF, spreadsheet or a photo, whatever is easiest.

Half hourly data shows us what your site does hour by hour. It makes the report far more accurate, and it is the quickest route if you cannot find a year of bills. It gives us read only access to usage, nothing else.

Your roof

Panels last 25 years or more, so a roof near the end of its life is worth knowing about before anything goes on it.

Optional, but it saves a lot of guesswork. A photo from the yard or an upstairs window is plenty. If you have a drone shot, even better.

Anything else
Your details are only used for this assessment. Privacy notice

Frequently Asked Questions

Got Questions?

Is it really free?

Yes, and there is no obligation at the end of it. We do these because a site we have surveyed properly is a site we can quote accurately, and because roughly half the buildings we look at turn out to be worth doing. The report is yours either way.

What if the answer is that solar is not worth it?

Then the report says so, and it says why. A north facing roof, a short lease or a site that only draws power at night can all make the numbers not work. We would rather tell you that than sell you something that disappoints you.

We lease the building. Is there any point?

Often yes, but the landlord has to agree, because the system is attached to their building for 25 years. It is worth knowing early, which is why we ask about the lease on the form. Shorter leases can still work through a power purchase agreement.

Why do you need a year of bills?

Because the saving depends on when you use power, not just how much. A site running two shifts uses far more of its own generation than one that shuts at four, and that changes the payback by years. A single bill tells us a quarter of the story.

What is a Letter of Authority?

A short form that lets us ask your supplier for your half hourly usage data. It is read only and covers usage, nothing else. You can withdraw it at any time, and it saves you digging a year of bills out of a filing cabinet.

How long does the site visit take?

About an hour for most sites. We look at the roof, the incoming supply and the distribution boards. We do not need to interrupt what you are doing.

Ask Our Team

Rather Talk It Through First?

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Talk to our team about your next project, from planned maintenance to complete turnkey installations.