About solarpanelsforcommercialproperty.co.uk

This site explains commercial solar from the property owner's side of the table. Most solar content is written for the occupier who wants a cheaper electricity bill. The people this site is written for — landlords, property investors, asset managers, managing agents and owner-occupiers — are protecting an asset: its EPC, its lettability, its rent and its capital value.

Who publishes it

The site is published by SEO Dons Ltd (Company No. 16766013, registered office 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ). We are a publisher, not an installer. We do not install solar, we hold no installer accreditations, and we do not give warranties or guarantees on any system. Nothing on this site is financial, tax or legal advice: check your own position with your accountant, solicitor and installer.

Why commercial property, specifically

The hardest question in commercial solar is not technical, it is structural: you own the building, but under a typical FRI lease your tenant pays the energy bills, so who actually benefits from the panels? A generalist installer's quote rarely answers it. This site starts there. The guides cover the main routes: offsetting the common-parts power a landlord already pays for, selling solar to a tenant behind the meter under a discounted PPA, leasing the roof to a developer for rent plus a power discount, and the simple owner-occupier case.

How the guides are written

Every guide is written from public sources: legislation.gov.uk, GOV.UK, HMRC, Ofgem and industry bodies such as the Better Buildings Partnership. Figures are ex-VAT unless stated and dated where they move. Cost ranges are indicative market ranges, not quotes. Where a rule is only proposed, we say it is proposed.

Accuracy as a discipline

This is a niche full of out-of-date copy. Many pages still quote an "EPC B by 2030" deadline that was never made law. The current position is that EPC E is the binding minimum today, and EPC B by 2031 is a June 2026 government proposal for privately rented buildings over 1,000 m², subject to legislation. If you spot an error, tell us at hello@seodons.co.uk and we will correct it.

The worked examples

The worked examples are modelled scenarios built to show how ownership and lease structures work. They are not reports of real projects or real clients, and their figures are illustrative assumptions.

If you send an enquiry

You can ask for a quote using the form on this page. We reply to enquiries by email; we do not install ourselves and we cannot promise a response time. See the privacy notice for how your details are handled.