Why choose SEMAPH?

We offer comprehensive commercial solar systems and installation services, benefiting organisations with available roof space or land for solar panels. Our solutions help reduce dependence on the electrical grid, lower costs, and decrease carbon footprints. By utilising our services, companies can meet their carbon offset goals without needing to buy carbon credits or minimising their purchase. This is advantageous for British businesses, enhancing their competitiveness both domestically and internationally.

How can you enhance your reputation, by having greener credentials?

Commercial solar supply and fit is our speciality including 1 megawatt installations. The beauty of placing the panels on existing infrastructure means that we are utilising what is normally a wasted space apart from keeping the rain off and it doesn’t spoil the landcsape and therefore is more pleasing to environmental groups who want to save the countryside.

There is no planning requirement unless the site is in an area of outstanding natural beauty, listed or in a conservation area. These roofspaces are ideal for reducing a businesses carbon footprint, in some instances we can reduce that carbon footprint to nil as any excess energy can be fed back into the grid or if some business are generating enormous loads their excess can allow them to become a virtual power plant and that energy can be diverted to benefit the local community.

We can provide 1mw storage containers which can sit on site with their own fire suppressent systems away from the main plant and the solar panels connected to the fire systems so that if the fire alarm sounds the whole solar system reduces to a 1w per panel output which means the fire service can tackle any fire situations perfectly safely.

The systems are designed where space allows to exceed the demand of the business in order to export any additional power generated and sold back to the grid most solar systems which are capable of doing this can pay for themselves within 4-5 years or sooner.

The resulting outcome is that businesses can be protected from future electricity rate increases and can make additional income if the system generates excess.

Whats your overriding benefit?

Businesses of all sizes can benefit from these systems and it is not just freeholding businesses, leaseholding businesses can also reap the benefit with the permission of landlords. Landlords are also protecting their income due to their tenant being more cost effective and in particular looking to the future a lot of manufacturing businesses in particular have a large carbon footprint and may have to offset their carbon by buying in carbon credits and so having to pay for carbon credits as well as electricity costs could have a huge impact on businesses.

We have access to funding streams which are limitless in terms of the size of the installation as long as the figures stack up and whilst it can be a long process in terms of design of systems and electrical infrastructure in conjunction with the distribution network operators (DNO’s) once the system is up and running the benefits are immediate as the systems are producing energy from the get go!

Lets get there together!

SEMAPH is the solar division of APH Electrics Ltd established in 2008 and covers the whole of the UK. We have a specialist team within our business concentrating on Solar PV Installs and technical support. Those services include remote design of PV systems for commercial installation quotes followed up with a full site survey before any works are undertaken.

Our company has MCS, NIC EIC, QANW, CHAS, & RECC accreditation. We monitor, review and update our policies and procedures regularly to ensure continuous improvements and regulation.

Our qualified in-house designer’s co-ordinate both Mechanical & Electrical designs and programmes to ensure as little disruption throughout the contract.