Commercial solar installers in Wrexham

Key facts

Where businesses are in Wrexham

• Wrexham Industrial Estate: Large industrial estate whose occupiers include JCB. Its largest landowner, FI Real Estate Management, said in February 2025 it had invested more than £136m there over two decades and was building Wrexham 1M, one million sq ft of logistics space expected to create 1,000 jobs.
• Wrexham Technology Park: Office park where HMRC took grade A space at Yale Business Village on a 10 year lease in 2024; other occupiers include the Development Bank of Wales, Spire Yale Hospital, WSP, NFU Mutual and Chetwood Financial.

Large employers and sectors with sites here include:

• Food manufacturing (Jones Village Bakery): Jones Village Bakery's headquarters is on Wrexham Industrial Estate. In November 2025 its new £20 million production line was running, doubling roll-making capacity and set to create 60 jobs, as part of a £47 million investment.
• Sports equipment (Net World Sports): In October 2026 Wrexham Council unanimously approved Net World Sports' plan for a 14,564 square metre warehouse off Bryn Lane for manufacturing or distribution, creating between 205 and 438 jobs.

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.

Enterprise, investment and freeport zones

• Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone: One of its three tax sites covers various sites in the vicinity of Wrexham Industrial Estate, designated from 21 November 2025; tax reliefs can be claimed until 30 September 2034.

These zones can bring business rates relief or enhanced capital allowances for eligible firms on qualifying sites; check the current terms with the zone before relying on them.

Grid connection

Wrexham is served by SP Energy Networks (SP Manweb, Merseyside and North Wales 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 Wrexham

Planning in Wrexham is decided by Wrexham council under the Welsh rules. Many non-domestic roofs are covered by Welsh permitted development, with conditions, but not within 3 km of an airport or aerodrome or on listed buildings.

Points that come up locally:

• The Wrexham Town Centre Conservation Area, designated in 1974 and last extended in 2007, covers the main historic and commercial streets of the centre around St Giles' Church, so check whether a building is inside it before planning roof panels.
• Welsh Government guidance says solar panels on non-domestic buildings can be permitted development if they project no more than 200mm from the roof (1 metre above a flat roof) and sit at least 1 metre from the roof edge; listed buildings need consent, and in conservation areas panels on principal or side elevations visible from the highway need planning consent.

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

What a business roof in Wrexham could generate

Modelled with PVGIS for the town centre, a south-facing roof at 30 degrees produces about 960 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

• Development Bank of Wales Green Business Loan Scheme: Loans of £1,000 to £1.5m at a discounted fixed interest rate (never below 3%) for energy efficiency and low carbon projects, with solar PV listed as a typical eligible project. Businesses must be based in Wales and have traded for at least two years with at least one set of filed accounts. A grant of up to 50% of the cost of a detailed energy audit, to a maximum of £10,000, is also offered. Check the scheme's own page for eligibility and closing dates.

National reliefs apply too: see grants and reliefs in Wales.

Solar across Wrexham

At the end of 2025, Wrexham had 6,413 solar PV installations with 50.7 MW of capacity, up 25% since 2020, according to government figures. The Wrexham page has the full local figures and how they compare.

Nearby towns

• Mold, about 11 miles away
• Deeside, about 11 miles away
• Chester, about 11 miles away
• Oswestry, about 13 miles away

Sources

• ons.gov.uk: census2021
• ons.gov.uk: datadownload.xlsx
• wales247.co.uk: 1bn north east wales investment zone makes significant
• wrexham.com: major expansion plans for wrexham industrial estate approved
• legatowen.co.uk: office letting secured at wrexham technology park
• wales247.co.uk: delta capita relocates to larger wrexham facility to
• wales247.co.uk: north wales bakerys new 20m production line set
• nation.cymru: hundreds of new jobs expected after sports firm
• gov.uk: maps of flintshire and wrexham investment zone tax
• assets.publishing.service.gov.uk: External HMRC IZs Information Pack FEB 26
• businesswales.gov.wales: enterprise zones
• wrexham.gov.uk: wrexham town centre conservation area
• gov.wales: planning permission solar panels non domestic
• developmentbank.wales: green
• developmentbank.wales: Green Business Loan Fund campaign guide Eng final
• 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.