Rooftop Solar

Rooftop solar installation for commercial and industrial businesses and companies provides a perfect opportunity to generate significant amounts savings to the monthly TNB payments. The economic potential of this technology has seen significant improvements over recent decades, aided by local tax incentives such as the Green Investment Tax Incentive (GITA) and the comparatively cheaper manufacturing cost of solar panels cost comparative to a decade ago. The attractiveness of rooftop solar will continue to grow and the commercial business case for rooftop solar will continue to become more attractive as rooftop solar will increasingly develop into a cost-effective source of energy solution. The business case is propelled further with Malaysia being in a favourable geographic position offering substantial solar irradiation and sun hours, and with significant urban rooftop estate, Malaysia is positioned to unlock even greater generation capacity in future.

The potential of rooftop solar is immense, however there are still physical limitations and challenges during installation of solar panels. One of the key challenges, is that rooftops need to be of a certain size and design to be suitable for solar installation. The more substantial the rooftop size and the less complicated the roof design, the greater returns on investment. On the contrary, oversizing the installable capacity without a careful understanding of  the daily load profiles would result in energy wastage, which effectively means slightly lower return on investments for commercial and industrial business company owners.