Solar Canopies – The Canopy that Pays for Itself!

Able Canopies have just launched their most exciting product yet…The Faraday Solar Canopy – The canopy that pays for itself!

Solar canopies are a great addition to any school or organisation. They are especially great if you require solar panels, yet you are unable to have them installed on your building for any reason. Our solar canopies are available in a range of different sizes and you can choose from a 1kWp to a 4 kWp system – creating the solar canopy that suits the requirements of your school or organisation.

The Faraday solar canopy can also earn you added revenue and over time it can even pay for itself as you save and earn enough money to cover the costs of your canopy and more!

Our Faraday solar canopies boast triple benefits for schools….
As well as creating a covered play/dining or waiting area for your pupils and staff, you can also save and earn money for your school – we understand that every penny counts when it comes to school budgets!

The canopy can also be used as a learning tool for lessons such as geography and science. You can purchase an education screen to go with your solar canopy that can be situated within the school building. This screen shows how well your solar panels are working each day, demonstrating the performance of the panels and educating the children, helping them to understand how solar works.

How do I save and earn money from a solar canopy I hear you ask…..

The Feed In Tariff scheme is a government programme to promote the uptake of renewable energy technology. As a result of the Feed in Tariff scheme the canopy can pay for itself and also generate an income.

Installing a solar canopy means that not only will you be helping the environment, you may be eligible to receive money from your energy supplier due to the government’s Feed-In Tariff scheme (FIT).

You will be paid for simply generating electricity even if you use it. You can export electricity to the grid and get paid a further tariff or you could choose to use it yourself and save on your own electricity bills.

It is not the government that pays you the FITs payment but your energy supplier –please be aware that at the moment only the biggest six main energy suppliers are required to provide these payments by law. Smaller energy suppliers may not offer FIT’s payments- they can opt in to offer them however it is not required by law, please check with your energy provider as to whether they provide the FIT payments.

If you are eligible to receive FITs you will receive three financial benefits:

Generation tariff – Once you have registered your solar system, your energy supplier will pay you a set rate for each unit (kWh) of electricity you generate. The tariff levels are guaranteed for the period of the tariff (up to 25 years) and are index-linked. A full list of the generation tariffs can be found in the FIT payment rates published by the Government.

Export tariff – If you generate energy that you do not need to use you can export it to the grid. You will then be paid for exporting the electricity as an additional payment on top on your generation tariff.

Energy bill savings – You will save money on your electricity bills as you will not be importing as much electricity from your supplier and you will be using the energy you create free of charge.

Click here to download a copy of our Solar Canopy Information Sheet

How our solar canopies work:

- Your electricity supplier will pay you for each unit of electricity you generate.
- You can then use this electricity, meaning you don’t have to import from the National Grid.
- Any electricity you don’t use is exported back to the grid and you get paid an extra export tariff.
- You can import electricity back to your building from the national grid when you need it.

We have created the image below to illustrate how our solar canopies work.