Thomas Edison 1931
Photovoltaic Commercial
All businesses large and small can benefit from installing a photovoltaic array. With a very attractive 100% first year tax write off amid generous feed-in tariff payments and electricity bill savings, you will be glad you made the investment in solar energy.
The real economic driver for fitting a PV array is the government backed feed-in tariff. The tariffs are graded depending on the size of the array and are as follows:-
| Scale | 2011 tariffs including first RPI rise | Duration of tariff |
| ≤4 kW (new build) | 37.8p/kWh | 25 years |
| ≤4 kW (retrofit) | 43.3p/kWh | 25 years |
| >4-10 kW | 37.8p/kWh | 25 years |
| >10-100 kW | 32.9p/kWh | 25 years |
| >100kW-5MW | 30.7p/kWh | 25 years |
| Stand alone system | 30.7p/kWh | 25 years |
Installed on a tenanted building the landlord is able to collect the cash payment from the feed-in tariff and on top of the payment is able to sell the generated electricity to the tenant.
To read more about the feed-in tariff please click here
Small businesses will tend to fit into the under 10kW range. Please click here for more details on the level of returns for an array of this size.
Medium to large businesses more often than not fit into the 10-50kW range but may go into the over 50kW range.
Please click on either 10-50kW or Over 50kW to read more about the potential returns.
