ROOF invests in 6MW Marks & Spencer UK solar roof system

• Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF) has actually spent ₤ 6.6 million right into a rooftop solar PV system located atop what it said is a major Marks & Spencer (M&S) warehouse.

At the time of its installment in 2015, the 6MW system was the largest rooftop planetary system in the UK, the company claimed.

The system consists of over 24,000 panels as well as was developed to make the completely automated circulation centre in Leicestershire near to self-sufficient during daylight hrs.

Francisca Wiggins, director of renewable resource at Atrato Group, claimed: "Rising electricity prices have made business case for rooftop solar energy really engaging, Atrato Onsite Energy can provide firms with long-term, fixed price, green electricity at a substantial saving to existing grid prices."

Indeed, NatWest's Sustainable Business Tracker recently discovered that 10% of SMEs are intending to invest in onsite generation by 2023, while previously this year Solar Energy UK launched a Corporate Buyers' Guide as passion in commercial solar remains to expand as a result of the high power prices over the last year.

ROOF, on the other hand, invests in as well as installs behind-the-meter solar energy generation systems, with these primarily located on the roofs of commercial structures. These are commercialised via lasting power acquisition arrangements.

In November 2021, it increased ₤ 150 million through an oversubscribed IPO.