{ "name": "Roofing Quotes UK Commercial Solar Price Index", "title": "Commercial Solar Price Index", "url": "https://roofingquotesuk.com/datasets/commercial-solar-price-index/", "csv": "https://roofingquotesuk.com/datasets/commercial-solar-price-index.csv", "markdown": "https://roofingquotesuk.com/datasets/commercial-solar-price-index/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-19", "license": "https://roofingquotesuk.com/terms", "headline": "The median published figure in the Commercial Solar Price Index is 750 GBP across 8 figures from 7 sources' own pages (range 700 to 900 GBP), read 11 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The median published figure in the Commercial Solar Price Index is 750 GBP across 8 figures from 7 sources' own pages (range 700 to 900 GBP), read 11 October 2026.", "7 of the 33 named sources read in full publish a figure; 26 publish none, read 11 October 2026.", "Commercial Solar Price Index, system size band 100-250: median 750 GBP across 1 source, read 11 October 2026.", "The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 750 GBP across 7)." ], "citation": "\"Roofing Quotes UK Commercial Solar Price Index\", updated 2026-10-19, https://roofingquotesuk.com/datasets/commercial-solar-price-index/.", "changed_since": { "since": "2026-09-26", "previous_median": 750, "delta": 0, "direction": "unchanged", "sentence": "The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 750 GBP across 7)." }, "national": { "unit": "GBP", "n": 8, "median": 750, "min": 700, "max": 900, "p25": 712.5, "p75": 837.5, "mean": 775, "units": { "GBP": 8 }, "published_sources": 7, "named_sources": 35, "read_sources": 33, "not_published": 26, "published_share": 0.212 }, "by_axis": { "system size band": { "100-250": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 750, "min": 750, "max": 750, "p25": 750, "p75": 750, "mean": 750 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "APN Solar, commercial solar costs", "url": "https://www.apnsolar.co.uk/commercial-solar-costs", "figure": "£700", "value": 700, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "As a broad 2026 guide, commercial installations typically cost around £700–£1,100 per kWp, with wider market estimates extending from approximately £660 to £1,200 per kWp depending upon system size and installation complexity.", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "50ccde1f15b248819d808256e72fa08d724e96dd273a94d77b8e84dcacef2b6a" }, { "source": "Spectrum Energy Systems, commercial solar panels cost UK", "url": "https://spectrumenergysystems.co.uk/articles/commercial-solar-panels-cost-uk/", "figure": "£850 ", "value": 850, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "The most useful number for budgeting is the price per kilowatt-peak installed. Across the commercial systems we have installed and quoted through 2026, that figure sits between £850 and £1,100 per kWp, ex-VAT.", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "cb88a4044504d3d6ec2136ec949592951827ca837980987516ec03f3224b0d9b" }, { "source": "Commercial Solar Panels Installation, cost per square foot", "url": "https://commercialsolarpanelsinstallation.co.uk/commercial-solar-panel-cost-per-square-foot/", "figure": "£750", "value": 750, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "UK commercial solar in 2026 costs approximately £750–£1,050 per kWp all-in, with the lower end applying to systems over 200kWp using premium panels at volume pricing.", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "3e760e88bc4b1fe3eaec05d6b61ae4c43fb3839cc3bf765deffa44df5a8ddf47" }, { "source": "Solar Panels for Factories, factory solar panel costs", "url": "https://solarpanelsforfactories.co.uk/factory-solar-panel-costs-uk-2025/", "figure": "£800", "value": 800, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "Average Cost per kW: £800-1,200 (down from £3,500 in 2010)", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "e9699c4618abba1f7deba0fe087770797883fa4e24ceaafe57eed81c3fa35e96" }, { "source": "nu.energy, commercial solar panel costs price breakdown", "url": "https://nu.energy/blog/commercial-solar-panel-costs-uk-price-breakdown", "figure": "£700 ", "value": 700, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "Larger installations benefit from economies of scale, bringing the per-kilowatt-peak (kWp) price down significantly compared with smaller systems. As a general guide, commercial solar installations currently cost between £700 and £1,100 per kWp fully installed.", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "4ef97a3ef6f95090839a4ec1cf207ef27ca9bdea8ffe931a86af844a46d9048b" }, { "source": "Solar4Good, commercial solar costs UK 2026", "url": "https://solar4good.co.uk/blogs/commercial-solar-cost-uk-2026/", "figure": "£750", "value": 750, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "Installation costs range from £750-900 per kW depending on system size", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "a6b4bfb964bc0dcb830921b80fbdb83bea52f235170147e50cfce49ed5b7a18e" }, { "source": "Solar Panels for Businesses, commercial solar panel cost 2026", "url": "https://solarpanelsforbusinesses.co.uk/blog/commercial-solar-panel-cost-uk-2026/", "figure": "£900", "value": 900, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "At £900–£1,200/kW the headline ex-VAT figure runs from £45,000 at the bottom of the band to £60,000 at the top.", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "75de5928b65a8dd95f117bb7bf7140cb019b5902a55ec45b33c2868f58c563ec" }, { "source": "Solar Panels for Businesses, commercial solar panel cost 2026", "url": "https://solarpanelsforbusinesses.co.uk/blog/commercial-solar-panel-cost-uk-2026/", "figure": "£750", "value": 750, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "system size band": "100-250" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "quote": "At £750–£950/kW the band is £150,000 at the lower end and £190,000 at the upper end ex VAT.", "source_class": "primary-provider-own-site", "text_sha256": "75de5928b65a8dd95f117bb7bf7140cb019b5902a55ec45b33c2868f58c563ec" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "Spectrum Energy Systems, solar panel installation cost UK 2026", "url": "https://spectrumenergysystems.co.uk/articles/solar-panel-installation-cost-uk-2026/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every 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"reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Astound Cleaning, commercial solar panel cleaning cost", "url": "https://www.astoundcleaning.co.uk/commercial-solar-panel-cleaning-cost", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Solar Panels for Businesses, solar panel cleaning cost UK", "url": "https://solarpanelsforbusinesses.co.uk/solar-panel-cleaning-cost-uk/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Same Day Jetwash, solar panel cleaning cost UK", "url": "https://samedayjetwash.com/guides/solar-panel-cleaning-cost-uk", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Solar Cleaning South West, commercial solar panel cleaning costs", "url": "https://solarcleaningsouthwest.co.uk/commercial-solar-panel-cleaning-costs-in-the-uk-complete-pricing-guide/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-11", "reason": "every 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terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://inecoenergy.com/news/how-much-do-commercial-solar-panels-cost-in-the-uk/", "label": "Ineco Energy, commercial solar panel cost", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.altussafety.com/how-much-does-solar-panel-cleaning-cost/", "label": "Altus Safety, solar panel cleaning cost", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://mcscertified.com/find-an-installer/", "label": "mcscertified.com", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 7 of the 33 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 26 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 8 figures, never sentences; 415 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the published-price index in the unit the market actually quotes: median, minimum and maximum £/kWp installed by system-size band (sub-30kWp, 30-100, 100-250, 250-500, 500kWp-1MW), £ per panel cleaned by array size, £ per maintenance visit and per kW per year on an O&M contract, £ per inverter replaced, and £/kWh for battery beside it - across every UK provider publishing a number, with the count and SHARE publishing versus quote-only, the size-discount curve measured rather than asserted, and the PAYBACK computed by joining £/kWp to the SEG export rate and the business electricity price so 'solar payback period' has an arithmetic answer rather than an anecdote; the US-state rows (FL, GA) are held on the same axis in $/W from US installers' own pages", "embed": "

750 GBP

median published figure, Commercial Solar Price Index, across 7 sources, read 11 October 2026

Source: Roofing Quotes UK Commercial Solar Price Index
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