Use bills, tariff, operating hours, demand, and interval data where available instead of relying on roof area alone.
Commercial & Industrial Solar
Put suitable roof space to work for your business.
Your Energy helps businesses evaluate rooftop solar through load profiling, site engineering, financial modelling, approval planning, safe execution, and long-term performance support.
Bill, tariff, and daytime load analysisRCC and metal-roof engineeringGeneration, payback, and risk assumptions
Coordinate survey, cable routes, shutdowns, safety, storage, and installation without overlooking business continuity.
Document generation, degradation, tariff escalation, losses, operating cost, taxes, and financing assumptions.
Business Use Cases
Solar planning shaped by how the property operates.
Different facilities have different load curves, roof constraints, safety requirements, and decision criteria. The project scope should reflect those differences.
Factories and manufacturing
Match generation with production shifts, sanctioned load, maximum demand, sensitive equipment, and shutdown windows.
Warehouses and logistics
Evaluate large metal roofs, skylights, ventilation, roof warranty, structural capacity, fire paths, and future expansion.
Offices and campuses
Align solar with weekday daytime demand, HVAC loads, multiple meters, parking areas, and facility-management processes.
Retail and hospitality
Account for long operating hours, refrigeration or cooling, customer access, roof services, appearance, and backup expectations.
Schools and institutions
Review seasonal occupancy, holidays, safety controls, procurement requirements, budget cycles, and future electricity demand.
Multi-site businesses
Prioritize sites using a consistent scorecard for tariff, consumption, roof quality, ownership, approvals, and expected returns.
Investment Case
Build the proposal from measurable assumptions.
A strong commercial solar decision is not based on a headline savings percentage. It connects the electrical data, engineering scope, contract terms, and operational risks to a transparent financial model.
Consumption and tariff baseline
Use recent bills and, where available, interval data to understand energy charges, demand, operating hours, and seasonal variation.
Generation model
State capacity, irradiation source, shading, orientation, losses, degradation, export assumptions, and expected annual output.
Complete project cost
Include modules, inverters, structure, electrical work, approvals, monitoring, civil work, taxes, exclusions, and operating costs.
Return and sensitivity
Compare payback or cash flow under realistic changes in tariff, generation, downtime, financing cost, and maintenance expense.
Commercial Models
Choose the structure that fits capital, control, and risk.
Model availability and terms vary by location, counterparty, credit assessment, regulation, and project scale. Obtain financial, tax, and legal advice before signing.
CAPEX ownership
The business funds and owns the system, receives the energy benefit, and remains responsible for asset management and agreed maintenance.
Financed ownership
A loan or lease may spread payments while preserving an ownership path, subject to credit, security, documentation, and lender terms.
OPEX / RESCO
A third party may invest and supply solar electricity under contract. Review tariff, tenure, escalation, minimum purchase, roof rights, and exit clauses.
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Approvals are location and project specific.
Review MNRE programmeNet metering, captive use, connectivity, equipment eligibility, and application processes depend on current central, state, DISCOM, and electrical rules. Commercial projects should not assume residential subsidy eligibility.
Commercial Project Process
From energy data to a commissioned business asset.
Each stage reduces uncertainty before procurement, site work, and final investment.
Data review
Collect bills, tariff, sanctioned load, demand history, operating schedule, ownership details, and business priorities.
Site engineering
Survey roof, structure, shadows, electrical infrastructure, access, drainage, fire paths, and cable routes.
Techno-commercial design
Prepare sizing, energy model, single-line concept, equipment scope, protections, schedule, and financial assumptions.
Approval and planning
Confirm internal approvals, applicable utility steps, procurement responsibilities, shutdowns, safety, and site logistics.
Execution and testing
Coordinate material control, safe installation, quality checks, electrical testing, documentation, and commissioning.
Monitoring and support
Track generation, review alarms and underperformance, maintain records, and plan preventive service.
Technical Scope
Details that protect output, safety, and operations.
The final design should be prepared and reviewed by qualified professionals for the actual site, equipment, applicable standards, and utility requirements.
Roof-specific structure
Design for RCC or metal roofing, loading, wind, corrosion, fastening, waterproofing, roof warranty, and maintenance access.
Electrical integration
Check LT or HT architecture, transformer loading, panel capacity, protection coordination, isolation, earthing, and shutdown needs.
Fire and access planning
Preserve walkways, exits, equipment clearances, firefighting access, labels, emergency isolation, and safe work zones.
Equipment and warranty fit
Compare specifications, service access, warranty terms, approved models where applicable, compatibility, and lifecycle support.
Quality documentation
Retain drawings, calculations, inspection records, serial numbers, test reports, approvals, manuals, and handover documents.
Performance management
Define monitoring access, reporting, expected response, cleaning, preventive maintenance, spares, and escalation responsibility.
Commercial Solar FAQs
Questions to answer before approving the project
How is a commercial solar system sized?
Sizing should consider interval or monthly consumption, daytime load, tariff, sanctioned load, roof area, shading, export rules, operating schedule, and future demand. Roof area alone is not enough.
Can solar power the business during a grid outage?
A standard on-grid system normally shuts down when the grid fails. Backup requires a deliberately designed hybrid, battery, or compatible microgrid arrangement and a separate review of critical loads and controls.
Can solar be installed on a metal roof?
Often yes, but the roof profile, age, structural capacity, corrosion, fastening method, waterproofing, warranty, skylights, and safe access must be assessed before design.
Does commercial solar receive the residential rooftop subsidy?
Commercial and industrial projects should not assume residential central financial assistance. Any incentive, tax treatment, or state benefit must be checked against current rules with qualified advisers.
What is the difference between CAPEX and OPEX?
Under CAPEX the business generally funds and owns the asset. Under an OPEX or RESCO arrangement, a third party may own the system and sell energy under a long-term contract. Costs, savings, control, risk, and exit terms differ.
What should a commercial quotation include?
It should clearly state capacity, energy assumptions, equipment, structure, protections, approvals, civil and electrical scope, exclusions, taxes, schedule, warranties, monitoring, maintenance, payment terms, and performance responsibilities.
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