# Shires Energy

> Beautifully integrated solar for British businesses, farms and vineyards. Local installation, world-class German engineering.

Shires Energy designs and installs solar PV systems for UK landowners, farms, vineyards, and businesses. We pair locally-trained installers with premium German hardware and a transparent, scientific approach to design, finance, and grid connection.

## Pages

- [Home](/): Overview of Shires Energy and what we do.
- [Who we are](/about): The founders and the mission.
- [Global quality](/global-quality): Why we choose German-engineered hardware.
- [Grid check](/grid-check): Free postcode-level DNO and capacity lookup.
- [Foundation tool](/foundation-tool): Site assessment for landowners considering solar.
- [Vineyard agrivoltaics](/vineyard-agrivoltaics): Solar over vines without harming yield.
- [Biodiversity net gain](/biodiversity-net-gain): How solar arrays can deliver BNG.
- [Community bond](/community-bond): How local communities can co-invest.
- [Library](/library): Long-form essays and white papers.
- [Thinking](/thinking): Shorter notes and posts.

## Essays

- [Local net zero](/local-net-zero): Decarbonising at the parish scale.
- [Ground screws vs concrete](/ground-screws): Why ground screws beat concrete piles.
- [Mini rails vs long rails](/mini-rails-vs-long-rails): Mounting system trade-offs.
- [DNO fast track](/dno-fast-track): How to accelerate grid connection.
- [Fragmented funding](/fragmented-funding): Why UK solar finance is broken.
- [Symmetric pricing](/symmetric-pricing): Fair import/export tariffs.
- [NPV explainer](/NPV-explainer): Net present value, in plain English.
- [Watt to joule](/watt-to-joule): Units demystified.
- [One percent](/one-percent): Why a 1% gain compounds.
- [York Minster](/york-minster): Heritage and solar.

## Optional

- [Privacy](/privacy)
- [Terms](/terms)
- [Cookies](/cookies)