Co. Westmeath
Solar Panel Installation in Co. Westmeath
Westmeath is our home county. We are based in Athlone, we work in Mullingar weekly, and we cover everything in between and around — homes, farms, businesses and community buildings.
- Free site survey
- SEAI grant guided
- Local aftercare
Accredited & registeredIn business 13 years
SEAI Registered
Safe Electric
Solar Ireland Member- Athlone Chamber Member
- Based in AthloneTrading since 2013
Local context
Solar in Westmeath
The county has two substantial urban centres pulling in different directions — Athlone on the Shannon in the west, oriented towards Galway and the N6, and Mullingar in the east on the N4 and the Dublin commuter line. Between and around them sit smaller towns like Moate, Kinnegad, Castlepollard and Killucan, and a rural landscape defined by the lakes and by beef and dairy farming.
That spread means we see the full range of Irish building stock inside one county: Georgian and Victorian town properties, seventies and eighties bungalows, dense boom-era estates, modern one-off rural builds and large agricultural and industrial sheds. There is no single Westmeath solar design, and we would be suspicious of anyone offering one.
What is consistent is the electricity picture. Whether it is a commuter household in Mullingar, a dairy operation near the lakes or a manufacturing unit in Athlone, the question that determines whether solar performs is the same: how much of what you generate can you use on site, and at what times of day. Everything in a good design follows from answering that honestly.
What we look for here
Westmeath-specific considerations
What a survey in Westmeath tends to focus on.
We are local, not visiting
Our office, stores and crews are in Athlone. For Westmeath customers that means shorter lead times to survey, and aftercare that does not depend on a crew being routed through the county.
Dairy and beef holdings around the lakes
Parlour, cooling and pumping loads run during daylight, which is the ideal profile for solar. Farm systems in this part of the county tend to consume a high share of their own generation.
Commuter housing usually needs storage to perform
Where a house is empty through the working day, a battery is often the difference between exporting most of your summer generation and using it. We model it from your bills rather than assuming.
Services
What we install in Westmeath
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 Westmeath
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 Westmeath
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.