Spread the cost of ground-mount solar mounting systems from £30,000 to £800,000+ with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or refinance, compare rates from 40+ lenders.
Yes, solar farm mountings are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £30,000 to £800,000, and most deals are written over 36-84 months with a deposit of around 10-20%. Decisions typically take 3–5 working days. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£30k – £800k
Approval Speed
3–5 working days
Faster once grid connection is confirmed
Rates From
5.3% APR
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Check EligibilityOn a purchase price of £150,000: a 10% deposit of £15,000, then 48 monthly payments of £3,164 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £166,872, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed-Tilt Ground-Mount Steel Racking System | Priced per kWp installed (specification class, price not independently verified) | Fixed-Tilt Ground-Mount Racking |
| Galvanised Steel Ground-Mount Frame, Driven Pile Foundations | Priced per kWp installed (specification class, price not independently verified) | Driven Pile Ground-Mount Frame |
| Single-Axis Tracker Mounting System | Priced per kWp installed, higher cost than fixed-tilt (specification class, price not independently verified) | Single-Axis Tracker Mount |
| Full Ground-Mount Array incl. Panels and Mounting, Farm Scale | £250,000 - £800,000 (specification class, price not independently verified) | Farm-Scale Ground-Mount Array |
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Check EligibilitySolar generating equipment, including the ground-mount racking or tracker frame that holds the panels, is generally treated as plant and machinery for capital allowances purposes, even though the frame itself is fixed into the ground with driven piles or a concrete footing. This is a different position to an agricultural building such as a shed or a grain store, because the function of the installation is to generate electricity rather than to provide a building or storage structure, and HMRC's approach to plant is generally based on function rather than simply whether something is attached to the land. This is worth confirming for your specific installation, since the position can vary with unusual mounting or foundation methods.
Ground-mount solar installations are typically chosen by farms that have exhausted available roof space on existing buildings, or where an unused field corner, a poorly performing patch of land, or a south-facing slope makes better economic use as a solar site than as productive farmland. The available capacity of the local grid connection at the nearest substation is a common practical constraint on project size, often more limiting than the amount of land or roof space available, and can affect how a project is phased. Fixed-tilt mounting is the more common choice for farm-scale arrays, with single-axis tracking systems more usual on larger commercial-scale installations where the additional mechanical complexity is easier to justify against total output.
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