Cut your carbonwhere it counts.

Solar, battery storage and EV charging cut the emissions from the power your business uses, with measured data to show for it in your carbon reporting.

Scope 2Cut grid electricity
Scope 1Ready for an electric fleet
ReportingMeasured kWh data

Independently accredited.

These aren’t badges for the sake of it. Each one protects you and your investment.

MCS certified

What it means for you

We’re an MCS certified installer. Systems up to 50kW are MCS certified, which they need to receive SEG export payments.

NICEIC Approved Contractor

What it means for you

Our electrical work is assessed against national safety standards and regularly inspected.

TSI Approved Code

What it means for you

We work under a Trading Standards approved consumer code, so you have clear standards and protection.

SolarEdge partner

What it means for you

We install SolarEdge optimisers and inverters for panel-level monitoring, more output from shaded roofs and built-in safety.

Where solar fits in your carbon footprint.

Business emissions are reported in three scopes. Solar and battery storage cut Scope 2 directly, and EV charging opens the door to cutting Scope 1. Select a scope to see what counts and where we help.

Upstream
Your businessYou control these
Downstream

Scope 2: Purchased electricity

Solar’s biggest lever

What counts

  • Electricity bought from the grid to run your site
  • Purchased heat, steam or cooling, if you buy any

Where we help

Every unit of solar you use on site is a unit you don’t buy from the grid, so your Scope 2 falls with it. Battery storage lets you use more of your own solar later in the day.

Rooftop and ground solar

From kWh to tonnes of CO₂e.

Carbon reporting runs on simple maths. Multiply the grid electricity you no longer buy by the government’s conversion factor and you have the Scope 2 emissions you’ve avoided. Your monitoring data gives you the kWh.

kWh you don’t buy × 0.131 kg CO₂e/kWh = Scope 2 avoided

Uses the UK Government’s 2026 greenhouse gas conversion factor for UK electricity (DESNZ, location-based, generation). Factors are updated each June as the grid gets cleaner, so use the set for your reporting year.

Electricity you use a year400,000 kWh
Solar you use on site120,000 kWh
Scope 2 avoided15.7 tCO₂e a year, location-based
Grid electricity cut30%of what you buy now
Get an instant estimateNot sure how much solar you’d use? Our instant estimate works it out from your roof.

Lower carbon only counts if the system keeps performing. We monitor what your system generates and look after it for the long term, so your carbon savings show up in your data, not just in the proposal.

Measured, not guessed

Monitoring records what your system generates, giving you real kWh figures for your carbon reporting.

Looked after for years

Our operations and maintenance service keeps the system clean, healthy and generating, with faults caught early.

Responsible at end of life

Solar panels are covered by the UK’s WEEE regulations, so they’re collected and recycled when they reach the end of their life.

CASE STUDIES

Real sites.
Real savings.

Real sites.
Real savings.

Care homes and commercial sites across the South East, now generating their own clean power. Savings shown are 25-year projections.

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Lower costs

Cut energy bills and protect against rising prices.

Energy security

Generate your own power and reduce reliance on the grid.

Measurable impact

Track performance, savings and carbon reduction.

One accountable partner

From first survey to live system, we’re with you all the way.

Sustainability questions, answered

Straight answers to the questions we’re asked most. Pick a question to read the answer.

  • Yes. Solar electricity you generate and use on site replaces electricity you would otherwise buy from the grid, so your Scope 2 emissions fall with it. Electricity you export to the grid doesn’t reduce your own Scope 2.

  • Yes. Your monitoring records how much electricity the system generates, and your meter data shows what you export. That gives you the on-site kWh figures to include in SECR or other carbon reporting, using the conversion factors for your reporting year.

  • The UK Government publishes new greenhouse gas conversion factors every June. Use the set for the year you’re reporting on. Our calculator uses the 2026 UK electricity factor of 0.131 kg CO₂e per kWh.

  • Yes, as all manufacturing does. But a panel generates clean electricity for decades, and in UK conditions it pays back the energy used to make it within its first few years of operation.

  • Solar panels are covered by the UK’s WEEE regulations, so they’re collected and recycled rather than sent to landfill.

  • It helps you use more of your own solar. A battery stores the surplus your system generates in the middle of the day so you can use it later, instead of buying that electricity from the grid.

  • Not on its own. Solar cuts the emissions from the electricity you use, which is often one of the quickest wins. Net zero also means tackling heating, transport and your supply chain. We can help with the electricity and EV charging side.

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Does solar reduce our Scope 2 emissions?

Yes. Solar electricity you generate and use on site replaces electricity you would otherwise buy from the grid, so your Scope 2 emissions fall with it. Electricity you export to the grid doesn’t reduce your own Scope 2.

Can we use the data in our carbon reporting?

Yes. Your monitoring records how much electricity the system generates, and your meter data shows what you export. That gives you the on-site kWh figures to include in SECR or other carbon reporting, using the conversion factors for your reporting year.

Which conversion factor should we use?

The UK Government publishes new greenhouse gas conversion factors every June. Use the set for the year you’re reporting on. Our calculator uses the 2026 UK electricity factor of 0.131 kg CO₂e per kWh.

Does making solar panels create carbon?

Yes, as all manufacturing does. But a panel generates clean electricity for decades, and in UK conditions it pays back the energy used to make it within its first few years of operation.

What happens to panels at the end of their life?

Solar panels are covered by the UK’s WEEE regulations, so they’re collected and recycled rather than sent to landfill.

Does battery storage help with carbon?

It helps you use more of your own solar. A battery stores the surplus your system generates in the middle of the day so you can use it later, instead of buying that electricity from the grid.

Will solar make us net zero?

Not on its own. Solar cuts the emissions from the electricity you use, which is often one of the quickest wins. Net zero also means tackling heating, transport and your supply chain. We can help with the electricity and EV charging side.

Planning your route to net zero?Talk to our team about where solar, storage and EV charging fit in. hello@pinkrenewables.co.uk
0800 043 6000
Planning your route to net zero?Talk to our team about where solar, storage and EV charging fit in.Call 0800 043 6000

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Commercial solar systems for a lower-carbon future.

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Passion House, Excalibur Road, Beacon Park, Gorleston, Norfolk, NR31 7BB, United Kingdom

0800 043 6000 · hello@pinkrenewables.co.uk · Norfolk + UK wide

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