Commercial Systems
Commercial solar panels are absolutely worth it. Solar panels can offset your electricity cost by 75.3%, reduce your monthly energy bill, and more! Furthermore, business owners can deduct up to 85% of the system cost from their business taxes.
The commercial sector will benefit significantly more from a PV installation. For the most part, commercial businesses are open and consuming electricity primarily during daylight hours. With good design, matched to the individual requirement, the PV plant can operate to minimise the use of electricity from the grid and to maximise the advantage of the proposed Feed In Tariff.
Solar energy is no longer a “coming” technology: it already accounts for 7 per cent of power generated in Germany, a country at a similar latitude to Ireland. In many parts of the world it is now far cheaper to generate electricity from solar than fossil fuels. It is essentially a digital technology and, just as the power of computers is increasing exponentially, so is the output of solar panels. At the same time, the cost of manufacturing them is typically falling by 5-10 per cent per annum.
The disruptive cost and technological momentum behind solar is now posing an existential threat to traditional power utilities and oil companies. Mr Seba, for example, believes it will all be over for fossil fuels by 2030.
Commercial rooftops are an ideal market for solar PV. This is due to the fact that there is significant daytime on-site energy demand, large roof areas allow for economies of scale, and many commercial entities have a demand for decarbonisation. Rooftop solar PV has minimal visual impact, no noise impact, and no transmission and distribution infrastructure required. It can be installed quickly with zero interruption to the business and utilises otherwise vacant roof space.
Accelerated Capital Allowances: the ACA is a tax incentive aimed at companies paying corporation tax, sole-traders and non-corporates.
The Accelerated Capital Allowance means that businesses can rightly be rewarded for going green. Company’s green credentials are becoming more and more relevant with todays consumer.
The scheme allows businesses to write off 100% of the purchase value of qualifying energy efficient equipment against your profit in the first year of purpose.
