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If you are thinking about solar panels in Manchester, Green Sky Renewables is an MCS-certified installer based in Salford, at 54 Cobden Street, Pendleton. We fit solar panels, home batteries and EV chargers. This page covers how the city’s buildings shape a design, what the grid and planning steps look like, and what happens between your first enquiry and switch-on.
Manchester Town Hall on Albert Square is the building most people picture, but the city’s character sits just as much in its working past. Castlefield, with its canal basin, railway viaducts and warehouses, shows how the Bridgewater and Rochdale canals once fed goods into the centre. In the Northern Quarter and Ancoats, former textile mills and warehouses now hold flats, studios and offices.
That heritage matters on a roof. Brick and slate that have carried weight since the Victorian era deserve a proper structural look before anything is fixed to them, and a flat, parapeted warehouse roof is a different design problem from a pitched suburban one. Our survey therefore starts with the roof itself, including its loading, not with a standard layout.
We take enquiries across the whole city. In the south that means Didsbury, Chorlton, Withington, Fallowfield, Burnage, Northenden and Wythenshawe. To the north and east it includes Crumpsall, Blackley, Cheetham Hill, Levenshulme and Gorton, and closer in there are Rusholme, Hulme, Moss Side, Ancoats and the city centre itself. Neighbouring boroughs have their own pages for Salford, Stockport and Bolton.
We take enquiries across the whole city. In the south that means Didsbury, Chorlton, Withington, Fallowfield, Burnage, Northenden and Wythenshawe. To the north and east it includes Crumpsall, Blackley, Cheetham Hill, Levenshulme and Gorton, and closer in there are Rusholme, Hulme, Moss Side, Ancoats and the city centre itself. Neighbouring boroughs have their own pages for Salford, Stockport and Bolton.
The network operator for Manchester is Electricity North West, and a solar system has to be notified to it or applied for before it is switched on. The application is part of our process. On planning, solar on a house roof is generally permitted development, but conservation areas and listed buildings are different. Parts of Didsbury, Chorlton and Victoria Park in Rusholme sit in conservation areas, so check with Manchester City Council’s planning team if you live in one.
We have two published EV charger jobs in the city. One was a first-time electric car owner who had a seven kilowatt AC charging station fitted, the other was a returning customer who already had solar and a battery and chose an Andersen Quartz Vision, set to read export so the car can charge from solar. Read them here: first-time EV owner and Andersen Quartz Vision.
The network operator for Manchester is Electricity North West, and a solar system has to be notified to it or applied for before it is switched on. The application is part of our process. On planning, solar on a house roof is generally permitted development, but conservation areas and listed buildings are different. Parts of Didsbury, Chorlton and Victoria Park in Rusholme sit in conservation areas, so check with Manchester City Council’s planning team if you live in one.
We have two published EV charger jobs in the city. One was a first-time electric car owner who had a seven kilowatt AC charging station fitted, the other was a returning customer who already had solar and a battery and chose an Andersen Quartz Vision, set to read export so the car can charge from solar. Read them here: first-time EV owner and Andersen Quartz Vision.
On-roof, in-roof and flat-roof solar PV for homes and businesses.
Batteries for new or existing solar, AC or DC coupled, with backup where it suits.
Home and workplace EV charger installation.
Checks and maintenance for systems we fitted and those installed by others.
MCS certification is the scheme standard that energy suppliers generally look for before paying for exported power. Green Sky holds MCS certificate 00079201, NAPIT registration 71877 and TrustMark registration 3940046, and uses its own engineers rather than subcontractors. Workmanship is covered by insurance-backed warranties through the IWA. You can check the numbers yourself on the scheme websites.
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A free survey of your Manchester property: roof, shading, consumer unit, earthing and cable route.
A written, itemised quote. Once you go ahead, we handle the grid application.
Our engineers fit and commission the system, then hand over the monitoring app and your warranty and certificate pack.
Often yes, but check first. Many domestic installations are permitted development, though conservation areas can restrict panels on a street-facing roof, so ask the council's planning team before you commit.
Yes, the operator has to be told or asked. In Manchester that is Electricity North West, and we lodge the application as part of the job.
Only if you have private off-street parking. A cable across a public pavement is not a safe solution, so we look at where you can park and the cable route at survey.
Only with your freeholder's agreement, since the roof is usually not yours. Start by asking the managing agent what is allowed.
Yes, often. Panels split between both slopes generate more evenly across the day, and we confirm shading at survey.
Want a first figure for your own roof? Start with the instant quote. Prefer to talk it through? Phone 0161 736 2833 and we will arrange a free survey at the property.
Or call our Salford office on 0161 736 2833
