Solar Panels

Solar Panel Solutions for Homes & Businesses in the UK

At Climate Force, we provide tailored solar panel installations for homes, businesses, schools, and public buildings. Our solar photovoltaic (PV) panel installations efficiently convert sunlight into electricity, allowing you to reduce your energy bills and carbon footprint. Whether you’re looking to power your home or commercial premises, our solar solutions are designed to maximise energy production and reduce your dependence on your energy supplier for electricity.

When your solar system generates more electricity than you currently need, a grid-tied system sends the excess power back to the National Grid, potentially earning you money through the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG). You can also install a solar battery storage system to save this energy for later use, ensuring you benefit from solar power even during the night or cloudy days. We can also provide you with a system that will give you back up power in the event of a power cut.

Installing solar panels is a relatively quick and straightforward process compared to other home improvements like roof replacements or window installations. Our experienced roofing team ensures we choose the right solution for your type of roof. Our electrical team takes pride in their work. We provide a hassle-free installation with a comprehensive handover process, allowing you to start saving on energy costs immediately.

We proudly serve London, Hertfordshire, Kent, Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and surrounding areas with top-quality solar panel installation services.

Climate Force’s Simple Five-Step Solar Installation Process

Free Survey & Consultation

We begin with a complimentary survey conducted by one of our expert solar consultants. During the survey, we’ll assess your roof space and explain the various solar technologies available. You’ll receive a tailored report detailing the feasibility of solar on your property, the estimated performance, and financial savings.

Fixing the Mounting Rails

Our professional installation team will carefully lift tiles and secure solar fixings to your roof’s rafters, ensuring a solid and safe installation. Mounting rails are then attached to these fixings, creating a strong foundation for the solar panels.

Securing the Solar Panels

Next, we fasten the solar panels onto the mounting rails, ensuring they are securely positioned. The panels are connected electrically in a series, or “strings“, and may be fitted with optimisers or micro-inverters to maximise their efficiency.

Electrical Installation

Our qualified electricians connect the solar panel strings to an inverter, converting the direct current (DC) generated by the panels into alternating current (AC) that’s suitable for use in your home or business.

Handover & Certification

Once installation is complete, we’ll provide you with a detailed handover pack, which includes the MCS certificate – an essential document for claiming government incentives such as the Smart Export Guarantee.

Maximise Your Return on Investment (ROI) with Solar Panels

Investing in solar panels can significantly reduce your energy bills and protect you from future energy price hikes. On average, UK homeowners can expect a return on investment within 7-10 years, with solar panels lasting 25-30 years or more. Additionally, if you opt for a solar battery, you can further optimise your energy use and increase your savings by up to 70%. The UK Government has made a solar and battery installation VAT exempt.

For businesses, the savings can be even more substantial, with lower operating costs and the potential opportunity to capitalise on self-use without the need for storage. The return on investment can be as quick as 3-6 years. Solar energy can also help businesses achieve sustainability goals, improving your green credentials and demonstrating environmental responsibility to your customers.

By reducing reliance on fossil fuels, solar panels also increase the value of your property, offering a long-term financial benefit. With rising electricity costs, switching to solar power is an investment that pays for itself while making a positive environmental impact.

Solar PV for New Building Developments

At Climate Force, we also specialise in providing solar PV solutions for new build developments, helping to meet regulatory requirements such as Building Regulations Part L, the Code for Sustainable Homes, and BREEAM.

Our range of solar options includes in-roof systems that integrate seamlessly into the structure, offering aesthetic benefits, reduced labour time, and lower material costs. These systems are ideal for developments as they provide reduced wind loading and add less weight to the building, while still delivering optimal energy performance.

See the aesthetically sympathetic GSE In-Roof System shown below.

Solar Panel Installations for All Roof Types

We provide solar solutions for various roof types, including:

  • Flat bitumen felt roofs
  • Interlocking tile roofs
  • Clay tile roofs
  • Slate roofs
  • In-roof systems

No matter the type of roof, our experienced installers ensure that your solar system is mounted safely and securely, providing you with maximum energy generation for years to come.

GSE are a European leader in integrated solar PV mounting systems. The mounts work with many types of solar PV panels. They provide an aesthetically enhanced finish to the roof  compared to standard on roof mounting systems and are MCS012 certified.

Thinking of replacing your roof? A GSE roof integrated solar PV mounting system will save money on roofing materials. The GSE system is compatible with tiled or slate roofs. The GSE system is so low profile that pigeons cannot climb underneath and make a mess of your roof, therefore saving on the clean up costs and the materials and labour time to fit solar panel pigeon proofing.

Our solar panel installation team are accredited to install Bauder Solar’s innovative flat roof solution that protects the integrity of the waterproofing warranty. The mounting system is bonded to the felt roof  – membrane to membrane. This negates the need for ballasting which can be as heavy as 100kgs per sqm, provides a strong windproof bond and cuts down on the amount of labour time required to hoist the system onto the roof. The strong bond guarantees the solar panels will not move position whilst only placing a light load on the roof of approximately 9 – 13kg/m2. Our flat roofing team are Bauder trained in setting out and fixing the system to a Bauder felt roof.

The Bauder system can be retrofitted or fitted to new build properties.The Bauder team produce bespoke designs and take a special interest in every project, guaranteeing the quality of workmanship and materials  from start to finish. A lightweight and robust product with an enviable finish to every flat roof project.

Climate Force Ltd recommends SolarEdge inverters.

SolarEdge are one of the world’s leading inverter technology manufacturers. Their innovative optimiser technology provides real time feedback on the performance of individual panels via a power app interface and online monitoring portal. This simplifies fault diagnosis and performance comparisons are simple.

Click the image for information on the SolarEdge Monitoring Portal App for Apple & Android phones.

SolarEdge & Fire Safety

Solar inverters are typically powered up by DC electricity created by daylight and then converter to AC power by the inverter. During daylight hours, solar PV produces power without stopping for a break! AC electricity from the grid can be interrupted by fault detection through a consumer unit. But what about the solar panels? SolarEdge DC safe technology shuts the solar PV DC production down to 1 volt per panel – so handling the panels and the cables becomes safe.

Click on the image for information on Safe DC.

  • The installations were completed snag free. The solar PV and battery storage trials have been a great success. We're really happy with the work Climate Force Ltd has carried out.

    Emma - Project Manager L&Q

  • Rob has been a great help throughout the program. The Climate Force team were professional and carried out the installations on time and on budget

    Ross - Engie