Solar Mapping Reveals UK’s Best Properties for Solar Installation

The GeoInformation Group’s solar mapping programme is successfully delivering an end-to-end solution to identify the UK’s best properties suitable for solar panel installation.

Combining the very latest in address databases with a UK solar model and a unique software workflow The GeoInformation Group is now providing property databases that not only identifies whether or not the property is suitable for Solar PV but also its productivity potential.

Local authorities, panel installers and housing associations are already making use of this solution to help them locate the best roofs, verify address databases and financially assess the potential returns on their investments.

“We have listened to the needs of the installers and those making investments in solar installations and developed a low cost, flexible and accurate solution to meet their needs”, comments Alun Jones, Managing Director and co-founder of The GeoInformation Group.

“Our Solar Energy Mapping solution has developed a strong following in the UK and is now in use within both the private and public market sectors.  It is not only saving them time and costs on panel placement but importantly adding a level of professionalism in due diligence terms when it comes to proving what the potential returns on investments can be”.

The software workflow is capable of delivering between 1,000 and 10,000 properties per week against a nationally validated address database that utilises a national solar model developed by The GeoInformation Group.

The reliable and robust assessment figures help identify suitable roof area, calculate the number of panels a roof can accommodate and its solar productivity that can lead to an assessment of FIT returns.

Grand Union Housing Group (GUHG) is one of many organisations that has invested in TGG’s solar mapping solution and comments, “The information provided will save us the time of having to go out and survey each property to assess its potential as well as providing us with an indication of how much energy the panels could produce”.

The advantage of providing an end-to-end solution from property identification through to financial assessment supports all aspects of the solar market in their quest to gain reliable installations and best returns.

These data can be provided on a per property basis or aggregated up to postcode or city levels and is a truly flexible solution that meets the individual demands of the client.

A list of all the features that the software workflow can provide can be obtained from The GeoInformation Group along with further information on the Solar Mapping solution at www.geoinformationgroup.co.uk/products/solar-energy-mapping