Co. Roscommon
Solar Panel Installation in Co. Roscommon
Roscommon begins on the far bank of the Shannon from our Athlone base, and it is one of the counties we work in most — heavily agricultural, with a dispersed rural housing pattern that suits solar well.
- Free site survey
- SEAI grant guided
- Local aftercare
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- Based in AthloneTrading since 2013
Local context
Solar in Roscommon
Roscommon is a large, thinly populated, strongly agricultural county. Beef and drystock dominate, with sheep on the poorer land and dairy in the better parts. The characteristic property here is a detached house or farmhouse on its own site with a cluster of outbuildings — and that combination gives more usable roof area and fewer shading constraints than almost any urban setting.
Because holdings are dispersed and the county is served by a rural distribution network, questions about connection capacity and export limits come up more often here than in a town. These are answerable questions, but they need answering before a system is designed rather than after it is quoted, and it is one of the more common places we see other quotes go wrong.
Roscommon town, Boyle, Castlerea and Ballaghaderreen provide the commercial and service base for the county, and we work on both the domestic and light-commercial side across all of them. The Athlone side of the county — Monksland and the areas immediately west of the Shannon — is effectively part of our own local patch.
What we look for here
Roscommon-specific considerations
What a survey in Roscommon tends to focus on.
Grid connection and export limits need checking early
On rural networks the permitted export capacity can constrain system size. We establish the position at survey stage so the system we quote is the system you can actually connect and register.
Outbuildings expand what is possible
Where a farmhouse roof is small, awkward or shaded, a shed or store frequently offers a better mounting surface. It is common for the best array on a Roscommon property not to be on the house at all.
Farm systems should be sized to on-site use
The value in a farm system comes overwhelmingly from electricity used on the holding rather than exported. We size against your actual load — pumps, parlour, refrigeration, workshop — instead of filling the available roof.
Services
What we install in Roscommon
The same range we offer everywhere — designed around the building in front of us rather than a standard package.
Domestic Solar PV
Solar PV designed around how your household actually uses electricity — with the SEAI grant guided every step.
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Commercial Solar PV
Turn a large roof into a long-term hedge against electricity prices, with SEAI grant support of up to €162,600.
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Farm Solar
Sheds, parlours and pumps run on daytime power — exactly when solar produces. Supported by TAMS 3.
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Battery Storage
Keep the electricity you generate instead of exporting it, and hold power in reserve for outages.
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EV Charging
Charge from your own roof or off-peak night rates, with a charger properly integrated into your system.
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Solar PPA
Zero upfront cost. We fund, install, own and maintain the system — you buy the power it produces.
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Solar Maintenance & Support
Inspections, monitoring and repairs that keep an array earning across its warranted life.
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Solar Panel Cleaning
Professional panel cleaning for the soiling rain alone does not shift — bird droppings, moss, pollen and dust.
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AI Performance Analysis
Your monitoring data, actually read. Automated analysis that flags underperformance and unusual patterns for investigation.
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Simple process
Getting started in Roscommon
Four steps from a first phone call to a system generating on your roof.
Talk to us
Call us or send an enquiry. We ask about your building, your bills and what you want solar to do — before anyone talks about panels.
Free site survey
An engineer visits, assesses your roof, shading and electrical setup, and designs a system sized to your actual consumption.
Grant & installation
We guide you through the grant application and handle the installer and grid-notification paperwork, then install and commission the system with as little disruption as possible.
Generate & monitor
Your system goes live, you can see what it produces from your phone, and we stay available for servicing and support.
Grants
Grant support you can claim
We guide the application and handle the installer paperwork as part of the job. Below is what the three main schemes are worth — and the conditions that actually decide whether you qualify.
Homeowners
€1,800maximum grant
SEAI Solar PV Grant
Paid at €700 per kWp for the first 2 kWp, then €200 per additional kWp up to 4 kWp.
Home must have been built and occupied before 1 January 2021.
Businesses & community
€162,600maximum grant
SEAI Non-Domestic Microgen Scheme
Supports non-domestic systems up to 1000 kWp. Rates are tiered — the per-kWp rate steps down as the system gets larger.
Open to businesses, farms, schools, public bodies and non-profits.
Farms
€54,000maximum grant
Solar Capital Investment Scheme (SCIS) under TAMS 3
Grant-aided at 60% against a ring-fenced investment ceiling of €90,000. Systems supported up to 62 kWp.
Administered by the Department of Agriculture, not SEAI.
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Book a free survey in Roscommon
Tell us about the property and we will arrange a visit. No charge, no obligation, and a straight answer on whether solar is worth doing.