Fully funded commercial solar, serving Anglesey
Commercial Solar Panels in Anglesey
Commercial solar panels on Anglesey cost a business nothing up front, because our funding partner pays under a PPA (power purchase agreement) and you buy the power at a price per kWh (unit of electricity) fixed for 15 years. We cover the island from Holyhead and Valley round to Amlwch, Benllech and Beaumaris, and it is a short run along the A55 from our base in Colwyn Bay.
Nothing to pay up front, not even a deposit. Fixed for 15 years.
“It hasn't cost me a single penny to have it all installed.”
£0 up front
Our funding partner pays for the system. Not even a deposit
Fixed for 15 years
Between 16p and 23p per kWh today, depending on the site (September 2026)
NAPIT
Our installers are accredited
Our installation partners are MCS registered, and RECC and NAPIT accredited
One person to call
Dave handles the funder, the installer and the grid for you, first call to first bill
What we do
Commercial solar for sites across Anglesey
Solar PPA
Someone else pays for the panels. You buy the power they make at a low price, fixed for 15 years.
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Solar for Business
Warehouses, shops, hotels, schools, care homes and charities. If you use power in the day, this is for you.
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Solar for Farms
Barn roofs and big daytime loads, from milking to chilling. A battery too, where your usage justifies one.
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Commercial Battery Storage
Stores spare daytime power for later. We only add one if your half-hourly data shows it is worth it.
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Commercial EV Charging
Two chargers at no cost where you have a car park, subject to survey. You keep 50% of the revenue.
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Who you'll be dealing with
Meet Dave Williams, your one point of contact
I'm Dave. I was born and raised in North Wales. I spent 15 years in retail management, went into solar in 2021, and studied commercial PPAs for about two years before I started Bay Bright Solar in late 2025.
I sit between the funder, the kit supplier, the installer and the grid operator, and I handle all of it for you, across Anglesey and the places around it. That's 11 funded projects so far, six of them in North Wales. I only get paid when your system is switched on, so I want it to work.
Integrity is everything to me, so we're totally transparent.
More about Dave and Bay BrightIn their own words
They thought it was too good to be true as well
“I was pretty sceptical initially because you never get anything for free in this life. But once Dave broke down the detail and explained to me how it would benefit Crest as an organisation, it became quickly to me a bit of a no-brainer.”
“It hasn't cost me a single penny to have it all installed.”
- System size (peak output)
- 50 kWp
- Power it makes each year
- 36,290 kWh
- Fixed price for 15 years
- 18p per kWh (was 37p)
- Saving in year one
- £4,739
- Saving over 15 years
- £131,796
The 15-year figure assumes grid prices rise 5% a year. Your proposal works out your own figures, never a promise.
Free, in writing, no obligation
Your proposal, worked out from your own bills
You shouldn't have to take our word for it. So the numbers come first, in writing, with no obligation. This is what Crest Community Centre's looked like. Yours comes back in up to 5 working days.
- The system designed for your siteSized to your real usage by the funder's design team, with how much power it should make each year.
- Your fixed price per kWhSet from your usage data. Between 16p and 23p today, and fixed for 15 years.
- Your savingsIn year one and over 15 years, worked out from your own bills. Illustrative, never a promise.
- Your buy-out price for every yearPrinted in full, falling each year to £1 at year 15. So you can see your way out before you sign.
What it costs in Anglesey
Nothing up front, then a low price that never moves
To have it designed, fitted and connected
Our funding partner pays for all of it. Not even a deposit.
Per kWh for the solar you use, fixed for 15 years
Depends on your site (September 2026). Everything else stays with your normal supplier.
On Anglesey the 16p to 23p range holds, and your own rate is worked out from your usage data. What moves it here is how much of the day your site draws power, rather than how big the roof is. A caravan park that is full from June to August will look very different from a year-round depot. Because the funder pays for everything up front, a long ferry route or a windy site does not add a bill for you. See how a PPA works and what commercial solar costs to buy.
What you pay per kWh for the solar you use
- PPA price: 16p to 23p, fixed for 15 years
- What our case-study customers were paying: about 23p to 53p
PPA prices as of September 2026, and your rate depends on your site. Savings are illustrative, never promised. Your proposal works out your own.
Check your eligibilityFree, no obligation, about two minutesThe honest comparison
A solar PPA or buying outright: how they compare
Buying can be the better deal if you have the cash and want to manage it yourself. A PPA suits a site that would rather keep its money and hand over the work.
| What to compare | Solar PPA with Bay Bright | Buying outright |
|---|---|---|
| Cost up front | £0, not even a deposit | The full cost. Crest's 50 kWp system is valued at £42,741 |
| What you pay for power | A fixed price per kWh for 15 years | Nothing per kWh once it's paid for, which is the big win of buying |
| Repairs, checks and cleaning | Covered for the full term at no cost | Yours to arrange and pay for |
| If it makes less power | You pay less, because you only pay for what you use | You have paid for the system either way |
| Who owns it | The funder, until you buy it out. £1 at year 15 | You, from day one |
| The grid application | We do the forms and pay the fee | Usually part of your installer's price |
It sounds too good to be true
The elephant in the room: what is the catch?
What is the catch?
Here is how the money works
Our funding partner earns in two ways. You buy the solar power you use at the fixed price, and any spare power is sold to the grid. Over 15 years that pays back the system, and a bit more. The funder gets a long, steady return. You get cheaper power and pay nothing to start.
Who is the funder, and do they get my roof?
A UK company that rents the roof space, nothing more
Our funding partner is a UK company. Its projects are paid for by a UK bank, and the systems are insured. You meet them on your proposal call. They only rent the space on your roof (a roof lease). They never own your roof or your building. They also run a soft credit check on the business, which leaves no mark on your file. We tell you that up front.
What if it makes less power than you said, or breaks?
You only pay for the solar you use
Your proposal states how much power the system should make. The funder only earns when it generates, so it has every reason to keep it working. If it makes less, you pay less. It is watched from a central screen, and if something stops, it gets fixed at no cost. While that happens, your building just uses the grid.
Am I locked in for 15 years?
You can buy it at any time, from a printed list
Your proposal prints the buy-out price for every year, and it falls each year. Crest's starts at £42,741, is £28,487 at year 5, £14,233 at year 10 and £1 at year 15. If you sell the building, the deal can pass to the new owner at the same price, or you can buy it out.
How it works
From first call to switch-on, in about five to six weeks
Before you decide anything
- 1
Tell us about your site
A few quick questions, about two minutes. Or just call. Dave calls back within 24 hours.
- 2
We check your roof and bills
A desktop survey from satellite images, plus the 12 months of usage data you send over.
- 3
Your proposal, on a video call
The funder's design team builds it in up to 5 working days. We go through it with you, and the funder joins so you can ask them anything.
- 4
Paperwork that doesn't bind you
Three first papers let us apply to the grid for you. They are not binding and stay open for 10 working days.
Once you've said yes
- 5
Site survey and grid approval (DNO)
A full survey on site. Then we apply to the grid operator and pay the fee. SP Energy Networks takes 2 to 3 weeks locally, and it can take up to 12 weeks where the operator is slower.
- 6
Fitted while you stay open
MCS-registered installers fit the system. Both our case-study customers stayed open throughout.
- 7
Switch-on and your first bill
The direct debit starts once the system is running. Dave comes back after a month to check your first bill with you.
Commercial solar in Anglesey
Commercial solar panels on Anglesey: farms, a busy port and an exposed coast
Anglesey does not behave like the rest of North Wales. It is flat, windy and surrounded by sea, and the money comes from a few big places rather than a spread of small ones. Farming covers most of the land. Tourism fills the coast in summer. Holyhead port, one of the main ferry routes to Ireland, sits at the western end, and the planned new nuclear build at Wylfa is on the north coast.
Stena Line, which owns the port, told a UK parliamentary committee that Holyhead directly employs about a quarter of the local workforce. That is the owner's own estimate, but it shows how much of the island runs through one harbour. The Anglesey Freeport, led by Stena Line and the county council, covers sites that include the port, Parc Cybi, Rhosgoch and the science park at Gaerwen. Bigger roofs and bigger loads tend to follow that kind of activity.
Wylfa was chosen for the first of the new small modular reactors, and a contract was signed in 2026 to start the design work. Building will bring contractors, lodgings and supply firms to the north of the island. None of that is certain to reach your door, and a PPA does not depend on it. Your price is fixed from the day your system is switched on.
A site qualifies with a three-phase supply (the heavier electrical connection, common on farms and in larger units), room for at least 20 kW of panels, and 12 months of usage data. We are based in Colwyn Bay and have no office on the island. You deal with one person throughout, and the panels are fitted by our MCS-registered installation partners.
What matters in Anglesey
Five things that shape commercial solar on Anglesey
A protected coast, strong wind, a busy local grid and landlords at the port. All of it is checkable before you commit.
Most of the coast is protected
Anglesey was made an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1966 (it is now also called a National Landscape). It covers about 221 square kilometres, around a third of the county, including most of the 201 km coastline. Isle of Anglesey County Council handles planning here, and it weighs landscape impact. A panel on an existing farm shed is a small ask. A large ground array near the shore is a hard case.
Wind and salt on every roof
There is little shelter on an island this flat. Roofs near the water take salt spray, and wind loads on big open sheds are real design questions. This is the reason to ask what the mounting and fixings are rated for when you meet the design team, and to have the age and condition of the roof checked before panels go on it.
A grid that has had a lot of generation to absorb
The DNO (distribution network operator, the company running the local lines) is SP Energy Networks. It reinforced the Anglesey network to cope with a surge of generation, and more has connected since. So the export check is a real step here, not a formality. It looks at whether the local transformer can take your spare power. Locally we see 2 to 3 weeks for approval, and we cover the application cost, normally £500 to £1,000.
Port land, tenants and landlords
Much of the land around Holyhead is leased, held by large owners or earmarked for redevelopment. Our paperwork needs the building owner to agree, because the funder takes a roof lease (it never owns the roof or the building). If your site is on land that may change hands, tell us early. The contract can pass to a new owner or occupier at the same rate.
Beef and sheep farms use less power by day
The island's farms are mostly livestock, and the Gaerwen market sells store cattle and sheep. A dairy unit milking twice a day uses a lot of daytime power. A beef and sheep farm often uses much less. Panels only help with power you use or export, so we will look at your bills before saying yes, and we will say so plainly if the numbers are thin.
Where we work
Anglesey towns we cover, and what to expect in each
Seven places, from the ferry port to the north-coast bays. Here is what stands out commercially and what to ask first.
Holyhead
The port town, with ferries to Ireland, freeport plans, Parc Cybi and the former aluminium works site. Big roofs and big landowners, so the question is usually who owns the building and what is planned for the land around it.
Llangefni
The council town, in the middle of the island. Bryn Cefni Industrial Park lies about a mile south-east of the town beside the A55, in an Enterprise Zone area, and a trade park of eight units was finished there in 2021. Most units are let, so the landlord is the first call.
Amlwch
A north-coast port town, a few miles from the Wylfa site. Trade is local shops, small works and the farms around it. Smaller premises may only have a single-phase supply, so a postcode check is the first step.
Menai Bridge
On the island side of the strait, facing Bangor. Marine science from Bangor University, boat businesses and strait-side hospitality all use power through the day.
Beaumaris
A small historic town on the Strait with a castle that is part of a separate World Heritage Site. Hotels, restaurants and sailing trade peak in summer. Heritage and conservation rules come up early, so check before anything faces the street.
Benllech
A bay on the east coast with holiday parks and caravan sites close by. The load is very seasonal, heavy in July and August, so the 12 months of usage data decide the size of the system.
Valley
Beside the A55 on Holy Island, near RAF Valley. Land around an airfield has rules about glare and height, so ask early about panels near the runway. Farms and small firms nearby are the usual fit.
Anglesey questions
Commercial solar in Anglesey: what people ask
Is there a minimum size for commercial solar panels on Anglesey?
Yes. We work from 20 kW upwards, which is about 45 to 50 panels. Our finished jobs are in the 50 to 74 kW range. You also need a three-phase supply and 12 months of usage data. If you are unsure, send a postcode and a recent bill.
Do you work on the island, or only on the mainland?
Anglesey is within our main working area. We are based in Colwyn Bay, on the A55 corridor that leads to the island, and we have no office on Anglesey. The first consultation is face to face or on Zoom, and one person stays your contact throughout.
Do I need planning permission for solar on a coastal farm or business?
It depends on the building. Panels on many existing commercial and farm roofs need little or no consent, but listed buildings, conservation areas and the coastal landscape designation add rules. A ground-mounted array normally needs permission. Isle of Anglesey County Council is the authority to ask, and we can point you to the right question from your postcode.
We run beef and sheep. Will a PPA work with low daytime power use?
It might not, and we will tell you if so. Panels pay off on power you use while the sun is up, and spare power is sold to the grid. A farm with a dairy parlour, grain drying, cold stores or a farm shop suits it best. Your usage data decides.
Will wind and salt damage panels on Anglesey?
Not if the system is designed for it. Mounting is chosen for the roof and the exposure, and the design team picks the equipment for each site. Ask about the wind rating on your proposal call. Panels are covered by a 30-year warranty.
Is the island grid a problem for sending power back?
It can be a step, not a block. SP Energy Networks has upgraded the island network, and a lot of generation has connected. The grid operator checks that your local transformer can take the export before we start. We pay for the application.
Our unit at a business park is rented. Can we still have a PPA?
Yes, with the owner on board. They sign the roof lease and gain a better EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) rating on the building. The government has confirmed larger rented commercial buildings will need an EPC B from 2031, and solar is one of the most direct ways to lift a rating.
Can a hotel or visitor site on Anglesey have EV chargers?
Where there is a car park, we can fit two 22 kW chargers at no cost, subject to survey. Drivers pay to charge, and you keep 50% of the revenue each month.
Does the freeport or Wylfa change the price I would pay?
No. Your price per kWh is fixed for the full 15 years from switch-on. If your land is likely to be redeveloped, tell us at the start. The contract can carry over to a new owner, or you can buy the system out from the schedule printed in your proposal.
Find out if your Anglesey site qualifies
Send your postcode and a recent bill. We check your roof on a map and tell you quickly. It costs nothing, and nothing you sign at the start ties you in.