Grants, planning, ground conditions, yield and payback. Written by the people who install the systems, for Irish conditions.
A ground mount can be set at Ireland's optimum tilt and true south while a roof takes what the builder gave it. Here is what that is actually worth in kWh.
The SEAI grant mechanism does not change because your panels are in the paddock rather than on the slates, but several details around them do. Here is what we check first.
The solar exemption rules changed materially in 2022 and a lot of out-of-date advice is still circulating. Here is what the limits are, who they apply to, and when to apply.
How much of the paddock, lawn or headland a ground mounted array actually takes up, with the working figures we use on site for domestic and farm systems.
TAMS III grant aid, farm load profiles, three-phase supply and ESB Networks connection routes, plus why a ground mount usually beats putting panels on the shed roof.
Why two ground mounted arrays of the same size can cost very differently, where the money really goes on foundations and trenching, and what shortens or stretches payback.
The CEG obliges Irish suppliers to pay for the units your array exports. What you need in place, how the rates behave, and why power you use yourself is worth far more.
Boulder clay, blanket peat, shallow limestone and granite all want a different foundation. Here is how driven piles, ground screws, ballast and rock anchors behave in real Irish ground, and how we choose.
In December the Irish sun barely clears 15 degrees at midday. Here is what that does to a ground-mounted array, what steeper tilt really buys you, and what an honest Irish generation year looks like.
Send us the address and a photo of the field or garden. We will tell you what will fit, what it should generate, and what the ground work involves before you commit to anything.
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