Rooftop Solar
BWCE provides free solar panel installation for schools, businesses and other building owners who want to take practical climate action and reduce fuel bills.
Our Rooftop Solar Offer
We raise the money, install the system for free, own and maintains it and sell the solar generated electricity to the building owner at a rate at least 10% to 30% cheaper than the grid. This helps the building owner to reduce carbon emissions, cut costs and avoid the hassle that comes with owning the solar system.
Surplus income is donated to the BWCE Fund, meaning that the building owner is also doing their bit to fund local environmental and fuel poverty projects.

Eligibility Criteria & Enquiries
To qualify for free solar installation you need to be located in Bath & North East Somerset or in the parts of Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire that border B&NES (e.g. Bradford on Avon, Corsham, Trowbridge, Marshfield). Your building will need a southerly facing pitched roof in good condition (ideally 300 square metres – around the size of a tennis court) OR a shallow pitched roof which faces due East and West. Crucially you will need to use a significant amount of power year round with a minimum of 6000 kWh each month during the summer.
Contact our Rooftop Solar Team to find out if your building is suitable for our community funded model.
Please note that we do not install solar pv on residential properties. You can search for a local installer through the following organisations.
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Rooftop Solar News
Find out more about our rooftop solar projects and how they are making a difference to schools, businesses and other organisations
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Our visit to St John’s Primary School
On 18th May we visited one our latest solar schools,. St John's Primary in Midsomer…
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Solar panels installed at St Mark’s School in Bath
If you live in the Larkhall area, you may have noticed the solar panels now installed on…
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BWCE have won the European Solar prize!
We are extremely pleased to announce that we have won the European Solar Prize. The Solar…