Why commercial solar makes sense for Bath‑based businesses
Mypower specialises in commercial solar PV installations covering Bath, the South-West and beyond. We are an award-winning team who pride ourselves on going above and beyond for every customer in order to deliver exceptional solar PV designs and installations.
Solar PV typically generates electricity at around 1/4 of the price of the grid. Your business can generate its own renewable energy at 4-5p per unit compared to grid prices of around 20p+ per unit. It is a great time for your business to go green and save money - you could be generating 'free' electricity in as little as 3-5 years.
Commercial solar makes sense on a financial level but, of course, the other aspect is environmental savings. On average, our solar PV customers prevent the release of 50-100 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually - collectively saving 3,300 tonnes of CO2; the equivalent of planting 16,500 trees each year.
Any unused electricity a business generates from its solar installation can be sold to the grid at around 7p per unit, then supplying surrounding houses and businesses in Bath. So, not only would you be producing your own cleaner, cheaper electricity, but also supplying your local Bath community with renewable energy.
Solar panel installers in Bath
Mypower’s head office is just over an hour from Bath, and we have delivered numerous commercial and agricultural solar PV installations across the city and surrounding areas.
Around eight miles from Bath city centre, Mypower completed a 781 kWp rooftop solar PV installation for award‑winning ice‑cream maker Marshfield Farm Ice Cream, a certified B Corp business. The system delivered over £150,000 in electricity savings in its first year of operation and is forecast to pay back in around three years, before considering finance structures or capital allowance benefits.
To ensure accuracy, we use local Bath weather‑station climate data, analysed over the last ten years, to model expected system performance. This allows us to provide clear budget estimates and realistic return forecasts, helping you quickly understand the potential impact of solar PV for your business.
Why choose Mypower for your solar PV installation?
Mypower is an award‑winning designer and installer of commercial solar PV systems, with over a decade of experience working with businesses across the UK. We apply this experience to every project, offering honest, commercially grounded advice on how solar PV can work for your organisation.
In simple terms, if your business:
- Spends more than £1,500 per month on electricity, and
- Operates from a metal‑roofed building or a roof less than 20 years old
then your site is likely to be well suited to a commercial solar PV installation.
Local businesses benefiting from solar PV
Based 27 minutes from Bath, Coveya were spending £30,000 per year on their electricity bills. With high electricity usage and a large double-pitched warehouse roof, their site was ideal for a solar PV installation to help them reduce their electricity costs.
The 250kW system provides 45% of Coveya's energy requirements. The rest is sold to the grid, providing an annual income of nearly £7,000 and supplying other local businesses and homes with clean, renewable energy. Together, the total annual income and savings for Coveya following their solar PV installation is in excess of £22,000 thanks to solar panels Bath.
Lye Cross Farm cheese makers
With 3,000 tonnes of cheese in refrigerated storage at any one time, cooling is one of the business's main areas of energy use, along with running the packing equipment. These two areas alone require some 600,000 units of energy per year. As a high energy user, Lye Cross Farm were an ideal business to benefit from solar PV. Mypower installed 676 solar panels on the roof of their cheese-packing building to save them over £25,000 in electricity costs every year.
The panels significantly reduce the farm's production carbon footprint, helping them to avoid 72 tonnes of carbon emissions a year.
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