Commercial solar installers in Nuneaton

Key facts

Where businesses are in Nuneaton

• Bermuda Park: One of the sites the council names as home to well-established manufacturing and logistics clusters. Warwickshire County Council's Bermuda Innovation Centre there has four office units and six industrial units of 2,100 sq ft.
• Eliot Park: A business park where Warwickshire County Council runs the Eliot Park Innovation Centre, with units from 269 to 1,927 sq ft, and where Holland & Barrett has its registered office at Samuel Ryder House.
• Attleborough Fields Industrial Estate: Another of the council's named manufacturing and logistics sites, where the council leased a unit at Warwickshire County Council's Centenary Business Park, funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, as free flexible workspace for local businesses.

Large employers and sectors with sites here include:

• Health retail head office (Holland & Barrett): Holland & Barrett International Limited, an active company whose business is listed as activities of head offices, has its registered office at Samuel Ryder House, Barling Way, Eliot Park, Nuneaton.
• Automotive and mobility research (MIRA Tech Park): MIRA Tech Park, on Watling Street just over the borough boundary in Hinckley and Bosworth but with a Nuneaton postal address, describes itself as Europe's largest mobility and technology R&D cluster, with more than 35 companies and 4 million square feet dedicated to innovation. The council promotes it as one of the area's innovation assets.

Large, simple roofs on distribution sheds and modern industrial units are usually the quickest and cheapest to fit. Older mill, factory and workshop buildings can work well too, but often need a structural survey first, and roofs from before 2000 may contain asbestos cement: see asbestos roofs.

Grid connection

Nuneaton is served by National Grid Electricity Distribution (East Midlands licence area). Almost every commercial system needs G99 approval from the network operator before it is switched on, and the question is usually how much the local network can take back. Where export is limited, a G100 export limitation scheme can let a larger array connect. See G99 and DNO applications.

Planning in Nuneaton

Nuneaton follows the national planning rules for England, decided by Nuneaton and Bedworth council. Rooftop solar on most non-domestic buildings is permitted development, within height and edge limits, and systems above 50 kW need a prior approval application covering design and glare.

Points that come up locally:

• Nuneaton Town Centre Conservation Area, designated in 1980, covers about 24.2 hectares and holds 12 listed buildings, including the Grade I Church of St Nicolas, so roofs inside it need more care.

Our guides on listed buildings and conservation areas explain what these mean for a solar project.

What a business roof in Nuneaton could generate

Modelled with PVGIS for the town centre, a south-facing roof at 30 degrees produces about 980 kWh per kWp a year.

Illustrative, not a quote: the same sums as our commercial solar calculator. A company paying corporation tax can usually shorten the payback with capital allowances.

Funding and support

We found no council or regional grant for business solar open in Nuneaton at the time of writing (November 2026). National reliefs still apply, such as capital allowances and, in England, the business rates exemption for onsite renewables: see grants and reliefs in England.

Solar across Nuneaton and Bedworth

At the end of 2025, Nuneaton and Bedworth had 3,102 solar PV installations with 12.0 MW of capacity, up 126% since 2020, according to government figures. The Nuneaton and Bedworth page has the full local figures and how they compare.

Nearby towns

• Hinckley, about 4 miles away
• Tamworth, about 12 miles away
• Rugby, about 14 miles away
• Coalville, about 14 miles away

Sources

• ons.gov.uk: census2021
• ons.gov.uk: datadownload.xlsx
• en.wikipedia.org: Nuneaton
• nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk: business benefits
• warwickshire.gov.uk: bic
• warwickshire.gov.uk: epic
• nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk: major boost for nuneaton and bedworth businesses
• find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
• miratechnologypark.com
• gov.uk: enterprise zones
• gov.uk: maps of west midlands investment zone tax sites
• gov.uk: investment zones in england
• gov.uk: freeports
• heritagecheck.co.uk: nuneaton town centre
• Yield: PVGIS 5.3 (European Commission Joint Research Centre), SARAH3 data, 14% system losses, for the town centre, modelled 4 November 2026.
• Council area figures: DESNZ, renewable electricity by local authority 2014 to 2025.