Solar for Highland crofts, hill farms and Easter Ross arable land

From crofting townships to the Black Isle

Farming in the Highlands ranges from crofts and hill sheep in the west to suckler beef in the straths and productive arable land on the Black Isle, Easter Ross and around the Moray Firth. Many businesses also run holiday lets, workshops or farm shops, which add to the daytime electricity demand.

Buildings, wind and snow

Sheds and byres here are often smaller and more exposed. We check purlin spacing, snow loading and fixings before proposing a layout. Where a building is not suitable, a small ground-mount array on a sheltered patch of in-bye land is often the better choice.

Long lines and the SSEN network

The Highlands are served by SSEN Distribution, and capacity on remote lines can be tight. A battery helps you keep and use more of your own generation when export is limited.

Typical loads

Water pumping, livestock handling, workshop tools, holiday let heating and hot water are common. Battery storage carries daytime surplus into evenings.

Some remote holdings rely on a generator for part of the year or for outlying buildings. A solar array with battery storage can reduce how often the generator runs, and in the right setting can supply a small off-grid building such as a bothy, workshop or pump house on its own.