Industrial Park Solar PVStakehill, Manchester
Solar PV across Stakehill Industrial Park in Manchester, delivered with Olympus Power. Industrial estates offer some of the best available roof area in the North West for commercial-scale generation.
Project summary
Solar PV across Stakehill Industrial Park in Manchester, delivered with Olympus Power. Industrial estates offer some of the best available roof area in the North West for commercial-scale generation.
- Client Olympus Power
- Scale Estate-wide array
- Completed 2022
- Location Stakehill Industrial Park, Manchester
- Service Industrial estate solar
- Installer MARA Electrical — NICEIC approved, MCS certified, based in Queensferry, Deeside
Acres of Underused Roof
Industrial estates are, from the air, mostly roof. Very little of it is doing anything.
- Client / partner
- Olympus Power
- Location
- Stakehill Industrial Park, Manchester
- Sector
- Industrial estate
- Completed
- 2022
- Delivered by
- MARA Electrical — MCS certified, NICEIC approved
Putting Industrial Roof Space to Work
Stakehill Industrial Estate sits north east of Manchester near Middleton, close to the M62 and M60 — one of the region’s larger industrial locations, with warehousing, manufacturing and distribution units across the site.
Industrial roofs are the largest underused asset in British commercial property. They are structurally simple, usually unshaded, and sit above operations that draw power steadily through the working day. The barrier has rarely been suitability; it has been knowing where to start.
Working with Olympus Power, we delivered the installation across the estate — assessing structures, designing the electrical arrangement and connecting the generation into working industrial units.
Industrial Estate Installation
Solar delivered across working industrial units without interrupting operations.
Estate Solar Array
Photovoltaics installed across the industrial park’s roof area.
Structural Survey
Roof load capacity assessed unit by unit, with mounting specified to suit each construction type.
Electrical Integration
Connection into existing industrial distribution with protection and DNO notification.
Operations Maintained
Works sequenced so occupied units continued trading and producing throughout.
Stakehill Industrial Park
What the Estate Got
Roof Space Generating
Previously unused industrial roof turned into a producing asset.
Lower Operating Costs
Generation consumed on site by industrial process, lighting and handling loads.
Improved Carbon Position
On-site renewables supporting occupiers’ own environmental reporting obligations.
Certified Throughout
MCS certified and NICEIC approved with complete electrical documentation.
Industrial Solar Across the North West
Alongside Stakehill we have delivered industrial solar at East Tameside Business Park, a Manchester distribution centre with Lynx, glass manufacturing plants in North Wales and Scotland, a saw mill and a line painting plant.
Deeside Industrial Park and Wrexham Industrial Estate — one of the largest in Europe — sit on our doorstep, and both are full of exactly this building stock. If you occupy an industrial unit in Flintshire, Wrexham or Cheshire, your roof is very likely viable.
Whatever your building type, we survey it, design for it and certify it. Talk to us about commercial solar panel installation, or browse the full solar portfolio.
Industrial Solar in Middleton and Rochdale
Stakehill Industrial Estate is on Touchet Hall Road in Middleton, north of Manchester. The A627(M), M62 junction 20 and nearby Castleton railway station provide recognisable local reference points. This setting places the project within Greater Manchester’s established industrial and warehouse corridor.
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Questions About This Project
Who carried out the Stakehill Industrial Park Solar PV project?
MARA Electrical carried out the Stakehill Industrial Park Solar PV project for Olympus Power. MARA Electrical are NICEIC approved electrical contractors and MCS certified solar installers, based in Queensferry on Deeside, serving Chester, Flintshire, Wrexham and North Wales.
How large is the Stakehill Industrial Park Solar PV installation?
The Stakehill Industrial Park Solar PV installation is Estate-wide array. It was completed in 2022 at Stakehill Industrial Park, Manchester.
When was the Stakehill Industrial Park Solar PV project completed?
The Stakehill Industrial Park Solar PV project was completed in 2022.
Does MARA Electrical work outside North Wales?
Yes. MARA Electrical are based in Queensferry, Deeside and serve Chester, Flintshire, Wrexham and North Wales as their core area, but commercial projects have been delivered across the UK including Manchester, Liverpool, Kettering, Southampton, Norfolk and Scotland.
Industrial Roof Doing Nothing?
Industrial roofs are the most underused generating asset in the country. Free structural and feasibility survey across North Wales, Chester and the North West.
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