Commercial PV · Car ports · Fleet EV · G99 applications
Technically led rooftop solar PV, modular solar car ports and workplace EV charging for factories, warehouses, offices, schools and commercial estates across Birmingham, Solihull and the West Midlands.
Commercial buildings with daytime electricity demand - from light industrial units and distribution warehouses around Tyseley, Aston, Garretts Green and Nechells to offices and retail premises across Birmingham and Solihull - are naturally suited to solar PV because generation aligns with working hours.
Solar City has been installing solar PV since 2005 and was established as a dedicated solar firm in 2010, backed by the electrical contracting heritage of D J HAMMOND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LTD T/A SOLAR CITY (company number 05338112) dating back to 1983. You deal directly with our technical team at our Tyseley depot rather than commission-led sales intermediaries.
Trapezoidal metal sheet, standing seam, flat membrane and pitched tiled roofs engineered around your daytime load profile, sub-metering and three-phase distribution boards. We install proven commercial-grade equipment from Fox ESS, Aiko, EcoFlow, Sigenergy, Trina, LONGi.
Turn staff and visitor parking bays into clean generation assets without consuming floor space inside the building. Explore our modular commercial solar car ports with gull-wing frames, ground-screw foundations and integrated cable containment.
Pair on-site solar generation with AC or DC charge points for staff cars, pool vehicles and light commercial vans. See our EV charger installation service and dynamic load management options.
Domestic single-phase systems up to 3.68 kW (16 A per phase) can usually be connected under the simpler G98 notification route after commissioning. Commercial three-phase installations and larger multi-inverter arrays almost always fall under ENA Engineering Recommendation G99, which requires formal application and approval from the Distribution Network Operator (DNO) before the system is energised.
In Birmingham, Solihull and across the West Midlands, the local DNO is National Grid Electricity Distribution (formerly Western Power Distribution). Because our roots are in electrical contracting since 1983, we prepare the technical submission pack as a core part of our commercial design workflow:
Every commercial roof and car park is different. Before we issue a fixed commercial contract price, we carry out an on-site survey covering:
Clear technical stages from initial feasibility through to handover and ongoing solar maintenance.
Share your site address, MPAN / supply details and recent electricity bills or half-hourly data. We discuss how your site operates, daytime baseload and any planned EV charging or battery storage.
We model your roof planes or solar car port footprint, panel layout, inverter sizing and G99 grid pathway so you can review practical options before committing to site time.
Our engineers inspect the roof fabric, structural framing, plant rooms, three-phase distribution boards, cable routes and access logistics, and submit the DNO G99 application where required.
Installed and commissioned by our in-house MCS NIC-1542 team (trading as D J HAMMOND ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LTD, company number 05338112), with full electrical test sheets, O&M manual and online monitoring.
| Commercial service | Typical applications | Related page |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial rooftop solar PV | Industrial units, warehouses, offices, schools, retail and agricultural buildings across the West Midlands | Request a desktop concept |
| Modular solar car ports | Workplace car parks, council sites, fleet depots and retail parks where roof capacity is limited or already full | Solar car ports service |
| Workplace & fleet EV charging | Staff bays, visitor parking and return-to-depot commercial vans integrated with on-site solar generation | EV chargers service |
| New-build & developer solar | In-roof and on-roof PV packages for commercial developers and regional housebuilders | New-build solar service |
| Inspection, maintenance & fault finding | Scheduled preventative maintenance, inverter replacements and repairs on existing commercial arrays | Maintenance · Solar repair |
Looking for domestic roof pricing instead? Our instant online tool is built for residential properties up to 16 panels - see our Birmingham solar panel cost guide or open the instant design tool.
We operate within 40 miles of Solihull and our Tyseley, Birmingham depot (B11 2BA) so our own engineers can survey, install and maintain every system we put our name to.
Towns and commercial corridors we cover include: Birmingham, Solihull, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Sutton Coldfield, Redditch, Warwick, Leamington Spa, Stratford-upon-Avon, Tamworth, Nuneaton, Worcester, Kidderminster, Lichfield, Bromsgrove, Rugby, Smethwick, West Bromwich, Halesowen, Stourbridge, Cannock, Atherstone. We also support homeowners and landlords via our Birmingham solar, Solihull solar and residential solar pages, and you can inspect our verified credentials on our West Midlands MCS installer page or view our published case studies.
Direct answers for facilities managers, business owners and developers across Birmingham and the West Midlands.
Speak directly with the engineers who design and install our systems. Call 0121 707 9991 or send us your site details for a free desktop concept.