With the price of traditional energy high and rising, our question is ‘are you doing all you can to be using your energy as efficiently as possible?’ If your answer is ‘yes,’ then you should also be thinking about your longer term energy strategy.

If you’re buying electricity from the grid and have land or a rooftop that could be used for solar panels, typical payback periods are in the region of 6 to 8 years, and much less with electricity prices so high. Wind turbines are a great option if you can get planning permission. Heat pumps offer the opportunity to replace gas consumption with net zero-friendly green electricity. Batteries are slowly becoming more affordable, and hydrogen will offer possibilities in the future. The ongoing cost reductions mean renewable energy systems make good business sense. As well as saving you money and emissions, larger schemes can actually generate valuable income streams too.

About the service

Renewable Energy Solutions has been set up to help farmers and growers install renewable energy systems where the majority of energy will be consumed on-site, but also if you are looking to sell to the grid or even if develop a much larger scheme where exporting power to the grid is the primary objective.

Working with installers across the UK, we will first assess your eligibility for renewables to see whether generating energy to sell to the grid might be an option for you or if it’s best to stick to solely generating your own energy to use onsite. To get your project up and running, we will give you a full scope of site suitability, cost and payback time scales.

We’ve also teamed up with NFU Mutual, our exclusive insurance partner for our Renewable Energy Solutions service. They can offer a range of insurance options to suit your needs. Here are just some of the things they can cover: Material Damage; Environmental Liability; Business Interruption; Engineering Inspection; Employers’ Liability; Engineering Insurance and Public Liability Cover. To find out more, visit nfumutual.co.uk or contact your local agency office.

Key benefits

• Impartial, expert advice and support from NFU Energy throughout the process
• Access to high quality installers accredited by NFU Energy and who operate to industry-leading standards specified by NFU Energy
• Access to planning expertise through our partner, CT Planning
• Easy access to competitive finance from hand-picked specialist lenders
• Exclusive discounts on renewable energy insurance from NFU Mutual
• Regular industry benchmarking to ensure competitive pricing

Cost

NFU Energy earns commission on successfully installed projects, but this is paid by our installer and finance partners, not by you.

Call our team to see if your site would be suitable for renewables today on 024 7669 6512 or on [email protected]. If you need to look at your energy use across your site as a whole, we can also perform a full site audit to looking at your consumption and processes to give you a valuable, in-depth report in to what changes you can make alongside renewables to save you both money and carbon.