Unlocking Rooftop Solar at Retail Parks
Retail parks offer large, often underused roof spaces that could make a significant contribution to the UK’s clean energy goals. This session explores how to overcome legal, structural, and financial barriers to rooftop solar deployment. It highlights strategies such as using power purchase agreements (PPAs), taking advantage of relaxed planning regulations, and fostering collaboration between […]
From Commitment to Construction: Unlocking Urban Rooftop & C&I Solar
Why Projects Don’t Start—And Why They Stall After Commitment This session focuses on early-stage adoption barriers that prevent rooftop and C&I solar projects from even entering the pipeline, including split incentives, internal corporate buy-in, and city-level coordination. It also addresses the critical gap between commitment and execution: why projects that reach RFP and tender stages […]
The Real Barriers to Rooftop Solar: Insurance, Fire Safety & Contracts
While rooftop and carport solar benefit from permitted development rights, making planning approval relatively straightforward, projects still face significant barriers that limit scalability. This session explores the real blockers: insurance requirements (such as FM Global standards), fire safety regulations mandating module-level shutdown technology, structural assessments, and the complexity of non-standardized PPA contracts that create lengthy […]
