What actually happens, step by step

You call or send an enquiry. We ask about the building, your bills and what you actually want solar to do — cut costs, add resilience, meet a reporting obligation, or all three.

• Bring a recent electricity bill if you have one
• Tell us if you have or plan an EV or heat pump
• Say if backup during outages matters to you

An engineer visits and assesses the things that actually constrain a design: roof structure and condition, pitch and orientation, shading across the seasons, your consumer unit and supply, and where equipment can safely go.

• Roof structure, covering and condition
• Shading assessment — including low winter sun
• Electrical supply, board capacity and earthing
• Cable routes and inverter siting

We design a system sized against your consumption pattern, then quote it with the equipment actually named. Any yield or savings projection comes with the assumptions written down.

• Named panels, inverter, mounting and battery
• Expected generation for your specific roof geometry
• Your grant entitlement, calculated not estimated
• What is included — and what would be an extra

For the home grant, you apply to SEAI and receive the offer letter — a short online application we walk you through, with every detail it asks for supplied by us. No work begins before that letter is issued — starting early is the most common way a valid claim is lost.

• Eligibility confirmed before you apply
• We supply every detail the application asks for
• We hold installation until the offer is in place

Connecting a generating system requires notification or agreement with the network operator, depending on size. We handle it. For larger commercial systems this can be the longest lead time in the project, so we start it early.

• Notification or full application depending on system size
• Export limits confirmed before the design is finalised
• Registration completed after commissioning

Scaffolding or access goes up, panels and mounting are installed, and the electrical work is carried out by a registered electrical contractor. Commercial work is phased around your operations.

• Safe access appropriate to the building
• Mounting specified for your roof type and exposure
• All electrical work certified on completion
• Site left clean and anything disturbed made good

The system is tested, commissioned and registered, monitoring is set up, and we walk you through what you are looking at — so you can tell whether it is working without ringing us.

• Full electrical testing and certification
• Monitoring configured on your phone or desktop
• Warranties and documentation collected in one place
• Grant claim completed and submitted

Solar needs little maintenance, but not none. We remain available for servicing, fault diagnosis and repairs — and for commercial and farm systems we recommend a planned maintenance agreement.

• Inspection, cleaning and electrical testing
• Fault diagnosis and repair
• Monitoring alerts on underperformance