How the structures look in the wild.
Thirteen projects across manufacturing, schools, NHS, hospitality, agriculture, higher education, retail, property, offices, churches, sports, data centres, and food production. Different sectors, different finance structures, same principle: model the alternatives, recommend the one that wins on the client's actual numbers.
Food Production
East Anglia frozen food producer
1MWp solar driven by major retailer supplier-decarbonisation scoring. £500k cash + £300k retailer-affiliated lender. Year-1 saving £245k + supplier-scoring uplift worth £350k+ over contract.
System
1MWp
Payback
3.3 yrs simple
Data Centres
London data centre
580kWp solar with customer ESG procurement uplift. Direct electricity saving £138k year-1 + customer-renewal value £400k+. Project IRR including renewal value: above 80%.
System
580kWp
Payback
3.4 yrs simple
Sports & Leisure
Surrey golf club
120kWp 25-year PPA with zero member-fund draw. Resolved member-funding constraint that had blocked previous capital-purchase attempts. Year-1 cash benefit £18k.
System
120kWp PPA
Payback
Day-1 positive
Churches & Charities
Cotswolds Anglican diocese
8-parish portfolio funded by Big Lottery + Patagonia grants + diocesan loan + parish reserves. Listed-building consent secured on 6 of 8 churches. Year-1 saving £42k.
System
£280k portfolio
Payback
Effectively grant-funded
Offices
London multi-let office
240kWp landlord-funded with green-rent uplift on 3 tenants + direct-offtake + £35k tenant fit-out contribution. Resolved 3-year-old multi-let landlord-tenant split.
System
240kWp
Payback
4.0 yrs landlord
Retail
South West retail chain
720kWp across 9 stores under single 8-year operating lease. Off-balance-sheet treatment preserved gearing capacity for acquisition financing.
System
720kWp / 9 stores
Payback
£128k yr-1 net cash
Higher Education
Midlands university campus
1.6MWp across 4 buildings. Blended £600k cash + £700k green loan, structured through trading subsidiary to capture FYA despite charitable status.
System
1.6MWp portfolio
Payback
4.0 yrs simple, 3.1 yrs post-FYA
Agriculture
Norfolk agriculture cooperative
1.1MWp ground-mount on under-utilised land. 7-year hire purchase asset finance smoothed seasonal cash flow versus lumpy capex.
System
1.1MWp ground-mount
Payback
4.1 yrs simple, 3.2 yrs post-FYA
Hospitality
Cotswolds boutique hotel group
480kWp across 4 properties under 20-year PPA. Zero capex, £82k year-one cash benefit, structure that worked around debt covenant constraint.
System
480kWp portfolio
Payback
Day-one cash positive
NHS Trust
East Midlands NHS Trust
2.4MWp across 8 estate sites, PSDS Phase 3 grant covered 75% (£1.44m) plus zero-interest Salix loan over 10 years for the residual.
System
2.4MWp portfolio
Payback
Effectively grant-funded
Property / Multi-let
Industrial estate REIT
Developer-funded tenant-PPA delivered £215k aggregate tenant savings, £62k landlord margin, EPC uplift D→B.
System
1.4MWp PPA
Payback
£0 landlord capex
Education / Public
West Yorkshire multi-academy trust
PSDS Phase 3 grant covered 78% of £2.35m bundled solar + heat pump portfolio across 8 schools.
System
1.2MWp + heat pumps
Payback
2.4 yrs net of grant
Manufacturing
Black Country precision engineer
70% green loan / 30% capital blend captured full FYA + AIA, year-one positive cash, £172k year-one electricity saving.
System
850kWp
Payback
3.9 yrs
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