PVPossibleUser Guide & FAQOpen the tool →PVPossibleUser Guide & FAQOpen the tool →PVPossible has been designed to make exploring the potential for Solar PV simple. Whether you are looking at your own property, a commercial building, a school, warehouse, office, retail site or car park, PVPossible allows you to quickly identify a property and explore its potential for solar energy.
You don't need to understand solar design, system sizing or technical terminology. Simply start with a location and let PVPossible do the rest.
Start by entering the postcode of the property you would like to investigate.
PVPossible will locate the area and take you directly to the interactive map.
You can explore almost any property across the UK — not just your own.
Once the map opens, locate the building, roof or car park you want to investigate.
Zoom in to make sure you have identified the correct property.
PVPossible is particularly useful for exploring homes, commercial and industrial buildings, warehouses and distribution centres, offices, schools and public buildings, retail properties, car parks and other suitable areas.
Choose whether you want to investigate a rooftop or car park solar opportunity and select the area you want PVPossible to assess.
The platform uses the area you select to calculate the potential scale of a Solar PV installation.
Don't worry about creating a detailed solar design at this stage. PVPossible is designed as an early-stage feasibility tool to help you understand the opportunity before investing time and money in detailed design work.
Once your area has been selected, PVPossible analyses the available space and creates an initial Solar PV feasibility assessment.
Depending on the property and information available, your results can provide headline information such as potential Solar PV capacity, estimated annual generation, indicative project cost, potential financial savings, estimated payback, carbon savings and the Solar Score.
These figures are intended to help establish whether an opportunity is worth investigating further and are not a substitute for a detailed technical design or site survey.
PVPossible brings the key information together into an easy-to-understand Feasibility Impact Summary.
This gives you a snapshot of the opportunity that can be reviewed internally, discussed with colleagues or used as the starting point for a more detailed Solar PV investigation.
For businesses with multiple properties, PVPossible can also be used to rapidly screen different sites and identify where further investigation may be worthwhile.
Finding a good solar opportunity is only the beginning.
If the results look promising, the next stage is normally to undertake a more detailed assessment. This may include confirming electricity consumption, surveying the property, reviewing the electrical infrastructure, assessing the roof or structure and producing a detailed Solar PV design.
PVPossible helps you get to that stage with a much clearer understanding of the potential opportunity.
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Everything you need to know about using PVPossible and understanding your results.
PVPossible is an online Solar PV feasibility platform designed to help people quickly explore the solar potential of properties and sites across the UK. It provides an early indication of potential system size, generation, costs, savings, payback and environmental benefits before progressing to detailed design.
No. PVpossible is primarily an early-stage feasibility and opportunity-identification tool. It is designed to help establish whether a site appears worth investigating further. A detailed Solar PV design should subsequently consider factors such as roof construction, shading, electrical infrastructure, structural capacity, DNO requirements and actual electricity consumption.
No. PVPossible has been designed so that you don't need specialist solar knowledge. The platform converts the initial assessment into straightforward information that can be understood by property owners, businesses and organisations as well as solar professionals.
PVPossible can be used to investigate a wide range of UK properties and potential solar locations, including homes, commercial buildings, warehouses, schools, offices, retail properties and car parks.
While PVPossible provides extensive coverage across the UK, we cannot guarantee that every property or location will be identifiable. Availability may depend on the mapping, imagery and property data available for a particular location.
PVpossible provides an indicative feasibility assessment, rather than a final system design or quotation. The results are based on the information available and the assumptions used within the assessment. Actual system performance, cost and savings can vary once detailed site-specific information is obtained.
PVPossible may assess the theoretical opportunity presented by the selected area. A detailed design will always be needed to allow for roof obstructions, shading, access routes, fire regulations, structural restrictions, electrical limitations, DNO requirements and other site-specific factors.
The Solar Score provides a simple headline indication of the potential solar opportunity identified by PVPossible. It is intended to make it easier to compare and understand opportunities without having to interpret all of the underlying technical information individually.
No. The savings shown by PVPossible are indicative and are intended to provide an initial estimate of the potential financial benefits of Solar PV. Actual savings will depend on a number of factors, including your electricity consumption, energy tariff, when and how electricity is used, system performance, export arrangements and whether battery storage is incorporated.
If your PVPossible assessment identifies a suitable opportunity, a local Solar PV installer listed can carry out a more detailed assessment using your actual energy consumption and site-specific information to provide a more accurate financial model.
Where available within the selected assessment, battery storage can form part of the wider feasibility consideration. Whether a battery is financially or operationally suitable will depend heavily on the property's electricity demand profile and the proposed Solar PV system.
No. Planning requirements vary according to the property, installation and location. Any planning, listed-building, conservation-area or other statutory requirements should be checked before proceeding with an installation.
Larger Solar PV installations may require approval from the relevant Distribution Network Operator (DNO) before they can be connected. The requirements depend on the proposed system and connection. PVpossible's feasibility results do not constitute DNO approval.
Yes. One of the key uses of PVPossible is rapidly assessing potential opportunities across multiple buildings or sites. This can help organisations identify which locations warrant more detailed investigation and prioritise their Solar PV programme.
Yes. PVPossible can help installers identify potential opportunities, carry out initial feasibility assessments and provide customers with clear headline information before undertaking detailed design and quotation work.
No. Before an installation proceeds, an appropriate site survey and detailed technical assessment should be undertaken by suitably competent professionals.
If your PVPossible results identify a promising solar opportunity, the next step is to arrange a more detailed assessment of the property.
This would typically include reviewing your electricity consumption, confirming the available installation area, carrying out a site survey, assessing the existing electrical infrastructure and preparing a detailed Solar PV design and quotation.
To help you take the next step, PVPossible will provide a link to a list of local MCS-certified Solar PV installers who can assist with progressing your project.
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