Farm and Landowners
Solar panels for farm & landowners
Renewable technologies are an exciting way farmers and land managers can mitigate climate change, generate a new income stream for their business and even deal with waste or produce a useful by-product. The introduction of the Feed in Tariff has provided a significant opportunity for landowners and farmers. Due to the associate economies of scale due to larger projects often being possible and an increasing likelihood of an existing 3 phase grid connection point, the scale benefits for agricultural and rural projects are often larger than domestic properties.
A south-facing building with a roof pitch of between 30-40° is ideal. However anything between south-east and south-west or with a shallower pitch will still give at least 95% of peak performance. Alternatively, a ground mounted array can be a better option where suitable roof space is limited or access is a problem.
With experience in retrofit installations on barn roofs Solargains offers a complete project management service from initial site survey, design options, installation, investment returns and monitoring systems.
10 kw example Solar PV Investment
A south-facing building with a roof pitch of between 30-40° is ideal. However anything between south-east and south-west or with a shallower pitch will still give at least 95% of peak performance. Alternatively, a ground mounted array can be a better option where suitable roof space is limited or access is a problem.
With experience in retrofit installations on barn roofs Solargains offers a complete project management service from initial site survey, design options, installation, investment returns and monitoring systems.
10 kw example Solar PV Investment
Investment in 10kWp System:
| First Year: | |
| Income from Feed-In Generation Tariff @ 16.8p/kWh: | £ 1,373.06 |
| Income from exporting energy @ 3.10p/kWh: | £ 126.66 |
| Electricity Saving: | £ 531.18 |
| Total Benefit: | £ 2,030.90 |
| Payback Time: | 8y 1m |
