Sell Solar as a Service to your customers

We’re seeing a clear shift in what customers expect from their energy broker.

It’s no longer just about securing contracts. More businesses are asking about cost stability, sustainability, and long-term energy strategy.

Through our partnership with UrbanVolt, we’re helping our members respond to that shift with a solution that is commercially viable, simple to introduce, and genuinely valuable to customers.

This is not about adding complexity. It’s about giving you another way to strengthen your position.

What This Actually Looks Like for Your Customers

UrbanVolt’s Solar-as-a-Service model allows businesses to install rooftop solar with no upfront investment and no operational burden.

They fund, install, and maintain the system. Your customer simply pays for the energy they consume from the array. This approach removes the biggest barriers to solar adoption, which are typically cost, risk, and internal resource.

In simple terms:

  • The system is installed at no cost

  • The customer pays only for the energy used

  • Pricing is fixed, giving long-term certainty

  • All maintenance and performance risk sits with UrbanVolt

For many businesses, that turns solar from a “maybe later” into a viable decision now.

Clear, compliant, and easy to deliver

UrbanVolt Solar

Where it works best

This solution isn’t for every customer, and we’re honest about that

It tends to work best where there is:
  • Daytime electricity consumption from 250,000 kWh per annum

  • Ample roof space of suitable material

  • A focus on cost control or sustainability

Why We Partnered with UrbanVolt

As a trade body, our role is to introduce solutions that genuinely support our members’ commercial activity, not complicate it. What stood out with UrbanVolt is how much of the usual complexity has been removed.

They fund, install, and maintain the system, while the customer simply pays for the energy it they consume. That model matters because it removes the main reasons solar projects typically fall away, which are cost, internal resource, and perceived risk.

It also creates a cleaner route to long-term energy pricing, often with contracts spanning 10 to 25 years. For brokers, that combination makes it workable.

The Typical Journey

To make this easier to visualise, here’s how a typical opportunity progresses:

1. Identify a suitable customer

A business with high usage, rising costs,
or sustainability goals.

2. Share basic data

UrbanVolt use consumption and site details
are used to assess viability.

3. Solution is developed

UrbanVolt produces a white-labelled desktop proposal aligned to the customer’s usage.

4. UrbanVolt negotiates the PPA

A Power Purchase Agreement fixes
the cost of energy long-term.

5. Installation and delivery

UrbanVolt manages the full solar rollout, while you retain the client’s energy relationship.

This process is designed to be straightforward, with minimal disruption to your existing workflow.

Start the Conversation

If you’re already having conversations around cost control or sustainability, this is a natural next step.

We’re happy to talk through where this fits within your business and which of your customers may be suitable.

There’s no pressure to commit. The first step is simply understanding whether it works for you.

Submit an enquiry using the form below, and we’ll connect you with the right support.

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