Fully funded commercial solar, serving Mold & Flintshire
Commercial Solar Panels in Mold, Deeside & Flintshire
Our funding partner pays for the system, so there is nothing to pay up front, and you buy the power at a price fixed for 15 years. Lesters Farm Shop in Buckley already runs this way, and the same arrangement fits units from Deeside to Holywell.
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 Mold & Flintshire
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 Mold & Flintshire 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'll be honest, I was a bit sceptical at first. It sounded too good to be true.”
“The team were professional, organised, and really respectful of the fact we were open and trading.”
“Customers barely noticed anything was happening.”
“It hasn't cost me a single penny to have it all installed.”
“I'd definitely recommend it to any business out there.”
- 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 Mold & Flintshire
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.
Flintshire sites tend to pay a lot for daytime power, which is why the saving per kWh can be large. Lesters paid about 23p and now pays 17p for the solar it uses. A shift-run unit or a farm that adds a battery will land elsewhere in the 16p to 23p range, set by the usage data your proposal is built from. Everything beyond the solar stays with your current supplier. 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 Mold & Flintshire
Commercial solar panels in Mold and Flintshire: an industrial river, a market town, a farm shop
Anyone typing commercial solar panels in Mold into a search box has probably met the same offer in a different shape. Ours is a power purchase agreement, or PPA. A funding partner pays for the panels and the fitting. You buy the electricity the roof makes, in pence per kilowatt hour (kWh), at a price that cannot change for 15 years.
The east of the county is industrial and follows the Dee. Deeside Industrial Park, by the river at Queensferry, is home to hundreds of businesses and around 9,000 jobs, in aerospace, food, engineering and pharmaceuticals. Next door, at Broughton, Airbus builds wings and Hawarden Industrial Park sits beside the airfield. Sites on that scale deal with energy their own way. The mid-sized units and warehouses around them are where a roof of 50 kW or more makes sense.
The west is different. Mold and Holywell sit below the hills of the Clwydian Range, with farms, a market and trade units around them. Lesters Farm Shop in Buckley, our nearest named job, is a good example of what suits the middle ground, because it keeps fridges and lights running all day and stays open to the public.
We do not pretend this is for everyone. Solar needs a three-phase supply (the heavier connection industrial and farm sites often have), at least 20 kW of roof or land and a year of usage records. A small shop on a Mold side street will usually fall short of that, and we would rather say so after a look at the satellite images than waste your time.
What matters in Mold & Flintshire
Six things that shape commercial solar in Flintshire
A crowded industrial belt, a border down the middle of some streets, and a farm shop that has already done it.
Lesters Farm Shop, our proof in Buckley
Lesters on Drury Lane has a 56.7 kW system with 126 panels. It paid about 23p per kWh before and now pays 17p for its solar, and its proposal puts the saving at £2,624 a year. The shop stayed open throughout the fitting, and the proposal figures are illustrations, not promises.
See the Lesters figuresThe Deeside belt and its big names
Steel at Shotton, wings at Broughton, an engine plant, paper and food all sit on or near the river. The largest occupiers manage energy on a scale of their own. We write for the many mid-sized units around them, which usually come with three-phase power and long, flat roofs.
A grid that already knows generation
The Dee shore carries a 1,498 MW gas power station at Connah’s Quay and Shotwick Solar Park, a 72.2 MW array on 250 acres beside the Shotton paper mill. So solar is nothing new to the local network. It does not show how much room is left on your own feeder, which only the grid operator’s check does.
Farms and farm shops on the high ground
The west is hilly and thinly populated, with Moel Famau at 554 m the county’s top. Barn roofs and farm shops there combine large roofs and steady cooling. Where there is a car park, two EV chargers can be added at no cost, subject to survey, and you keep 50% of the revenue they earn.
Castles, copper mills and conservation areas
Flint Castle dates from 1277 and part of Holywell’s historic centre is a conservation area. Hawarden has the castle estate and Gladstone’s Library. Business roofs in Wales are often permitted development, but the council has the last word near listed buildings, and we check each address.
A border that runs down the street
At Saltney the line between Wales and England runs down Boundary Lane. Planning is devolved, so a Welsh unit follows Welsh rules and one yards away in Chester follows England’s. The wires do not care, as SP Energy Networks serves both sides.
Where we work
Mold to Saltney: what to expect in each Flintshire town
Ten places along the river, the hills and the border. Here is what is typical and what we would look at first.
Mold
The market town for the farms around it, with a street market on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The roofs that qualify are trade units at the edge and farm buildings on the lanes. In the old centre they are small and often listed, which makes for short conversations.
Flint
A castle town begun by Edward I, with a retail park on its edge that was being extended in 2023. Large flat-roofed retail sheds are a better prospect than the town centre.
Buckley
Once a centre of pottery, brickmaking and coal, now one of light industry and the Padeswood cement works. This is where Lesters Farm Shop, our named job, trades. Many residents commute to Deeside, Wrexham or Cheshire for work.
Connah’s Quay
A river port that silted up, now an industrial town with the gas power station and the main body of the steelworks inside its boundary. Large yards and warehouses suit solar well. Iceland has its headquarters on the nearby estate.
Deeside
The conurbation round the Dee and the industrial park at its heart. Expect large loads and mostly three-phase supplies. Units come in all sizes, and a 20 kW roof is a small target beside the big sheds here.
Holywell
A town that grew on lead, copper and cotton, with the Greenfield Valley heritage park and St Winefride’s Well drawing pilgrims. Small businesses fill the centre, part of it protected, so we look at units on the edges first.
Hawarden
A village and parish with Gladstone’s Library and the castle estate. The commercial roofs are two miles east at Broughton, where Hawarden Industrial Park adjoins the airfield, and at Ewloe by the A55.
Queensferry
Mostly industrial, commercial and storage businesses along the river, with the residential village behind. Fenced yards and plain sheds are common, so the question is usually how much of the output the site can use.
Shotton
Where John Summers opened a steelworks in 1896, which at its peak employed over 13,000 people. Tata Steel has owned it since 2006. The district also has a rail junction and the paper mill that a large solar park feeds.
Saltney
A Welsh community that forms part of Chester’s built-up area. St David’s Retail Park and the Saltney Business Centre are here. Check which side of the line your unit falls on, because planning rules change at the border.
Mold & Flintshire questions
Commercial solar in Mold & Flintshire: what people ask
Can a business near Mold get commercial solar panels with nothing to pay?
Yes, if the site qualifies. The building needs a three-phase supply, a year of usage records and room for a system of 20 kW or more. Our funding partner pays for everything. You then pay one rate per kWh for the solar you use, and it stays put for 15 years.
Is Deeside Industrial Park too big for you?
We write for the buyer at 50 kW and above, so the park’s mid-sized units are our ground. The largest plants are different. Their energy is planned on a scale of their own. If your roof has space for 20 kW or more, send a postcode and a bill.
Have you worked in Flintshire?
Yes. Lesters Farm Shop in Buckley has a 56.7 kW system with two EV chargers under the same agreement. The shop stayed open and trading while it was fitted. Our other named job is Crest Community Centre in Llandudno Junction.
What did Lesters save, and would I?
Lesters paid about 23p per kWh before and pays 17p for the solar it uses, saving £2,624 a year on its proposal figures. Everything is priced per kWh, so a site paying more now has more to save. Your own proposal shows your numbers, and none of it is promised.
My unit is in Saltney. Do Welsh or English rules apply?
The side of the border your building stands on decides the planning rules. Wales and England have separate systems, and Saltney’s line runs through some streets. The electricity network is the same on both sides. Tell us the full address and we check.
I farm near Halkyn or Holywell. Can you help?
Probably, if you have the roof space and a three-phase supply. Parlours, tanks and cold rooms use power in the day. If you are high on a hillside, the grid check will show how much export your line can take.
I rent a unit on a Deeside estate. What now?
You need the building owner’s agreement to use the roof. The owner has a reason to say yes, because larger rented units face a 2031 target of EPC B, and solar is a direct way to meet it.
How long does grid approval take around Deeside?
In the SP Energy Networks area it often takes two to three weeks, and the proposal may say up to 8 weeks. The legal maximum is 12 weeks. We make the application and cover the cost.
Find out if your Mold & Flintshire 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.