Commercial Solar · West Midlands
Commercial Solar Panel Installation in Oldbury
Oldbury is home turf for Green Tech Hub. Our office sits at Pure Offices on Broadwell Road, B69 4BY, a few hundred metres from the trading estates that define this Black Country town. We know these roofs because we drive past them every day — the steel-portal warehouse terraces off Rood End Road, the trade-counter units on Portway Road, the manufacturing sheds strung along the A4123 and the M5 Junction 2 corridor. That is the roof stock that makes commercial solar in Oldbury a genuinely strong investment.
Oldbury's economy is built on manufacturing, warehousing and distribution — energy-hungry operations that run through the working day, exactly when a rooftop array is generating. In the West Midlands a well-oriented commercial roof yields roughly 900–1,000 kWh per kWp each year, and the value comes from self-consumption: using your own daytime generation instead of buying it from the grid. For a single-shift industrial unit that typically means a payback inside three to five years, with most rooftop systems falling under permitted development. We handle it end to end — half-hourly consumption survey, in-house CAD design, MCS-certified install and, where the load profile suits, battery storage and EV charging to squeeze more value from every panel.
As a director-led installer serving businesses in and around Oldbury, we design for the buildings that are actually here: large flat and shallow-pitch roofs, three-phase supplies and heavy daytime demand. We have designed over 100 MW of commercial capacity, and we would rather turn down a roof than oversell one that will not perform.
Solar on Oldbury's commercial buildings
Heavy-industrial Black Country town: manufacturing, chemicals, metal-working, warehousing and logistics dominate the commercial base, with large single-storey sheds ideal for rooftop PV.
Concentrated estate stock — Oldbury Point, Portway, Autobase, Junction 2, CMT and Percy Business Park — clustered around the A4123 and M5 Junction 2, giving high roof density within a small radius.
Daytime-heavy load profiles across single- and double-shift operations, where on-site solar self-consumption directly offsets grid import at its most expensive.
Three-phase supplies and 250 kW-plus demand common on the larger units, suiting sizeable arrays paired with battery storage for peak-shaving and EV fleet charging.
What Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is doing
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council declared a climate emergency on 10 March 2020 and adopted a climate change strategy committing the council to be carbon-neutral across its own operations by 2030 and the whole borough — including its businesses — carbon-neutral by 2041.
The 2041 borough target aligns with the West Midlands Combined Authority's region-wide net-zero-by-2041 commitment, so Oldbury firms cutting carbon now are moving with, not against, local and regional policy.
For most commercial rooftop installations no full planning application is needed — permitted development rights cover the majority of roof-mounted solar — but we always check listed-building status, conservation areas and any local plan constraints with Sandwell before design sign-off.
Local facts, sourced
Oldbury in numbers
Every figure below comes from a named public source, the same standard we hold our savings estimates to.
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Oldbury's 2021 Census population is 54,929 — up 8.5% on 2011 — spread across the Bristnall, Oldbury, Langley and Old Warley wards, a dense urban-industrial catchment on Birmingham's western edge.
Source: ONS 2021 Census / Wikipedia: Oldbury, West Midlands
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Sandwell Council declared a climate emergency on 10 March 2020 and has adopted targets of a carbon-neutral council by 2030 and a carbon-neutral borough by 2041, aligned with the West Midlands Combined Authority's 2041 net-zero goal.
Source: Sandwell MBC Climate Change strategy (sandwell.gov.uk)
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Oldbury Point on Rood End Road comprises three terraces of steel-portal-frame industrial/warehouse units with ~5.5m internal heights and roller-shutter loading — large, unshaded flat-to-shallow roofs that are near-ideal for rooftop PV, roughly two miles from M5 Junctions 1 and 2.
Source: Indurent (indurent.com) Oldbury Point estate listing
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Portway Industrial Estate, off Portway Road beside the A4123 Wolverhampton Road, sits about half a mile from Junction 2 of the M5 — detached warehouse units with clear heights up to 5.4m, typical of the daytime-demand sheds we design arrays for. A rooftop array can pair with battery storage to cut peak grid import.
Source: Bulleys Commercial Property (bulleys.co.uk) Portway Industrial Estate
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Autobase Industrial Park is a 37.8-acre estate between Oldbury and Tipton, about six miles north-west of Birmingham city centre — the kind of large-footprint logistics and industrial site whose expansive roofs suit six-figure-kWp systems.
Source: JLL / Harris Lamb agent particulars, Autobase Industrial Estate, Tipton Road
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The Albright & Wilson works on Trinity Street — now part of the Solvay chemical group — still operates across a 60-acre site employing around 220 people and producing roughly 150 products, a reminder that Oldbury remains a live heavy-manufacturing town, not a post-industrial one.
Source: Made in Oldbury (madeinoldbury.co.uk) / Grace's Guide: Albright & Wilson
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CMT Trading Estate sits on Broadwell Road, B69 4BQ — the same road as our own Pure Offices base (B69 4BY) — and is marketed for logistics, warehousing and light-industrial use, literally on our doorstep.
Source: Bulleys Commercial Property (bulleys.co.uk) CMT Trading Estate listing
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Junction 2 Industrial Estate on Demuth Way, accessed off Birchley Island, sits directly beside M5 Junction 2 with excellent M5/M6 access — part of a tight cluster of steel-frame distribution units where daytime solar self-consumption offsets grid import most effectively.
Source: Zoopla / commercial agent listings, Junction Two Industrial Estate, Demuth Way
Data last reviewed: July 2026
Proof
Work we have actually done.
Recent Green Tech Hub installations across the West Midlands and beyond — every photo is our own project, not stock imagery.
The next step
Get a free commercial solar assessment for your Oldbury site. We are based on Broadwell Road, B69 — book a half-hourly consumption survey and we will design a system around your roof and your real usage. Contact Green Tech Hub today.
Oldbury commercial solar questions
Do I need planning permission for commercial solar panels in Oldbury?
In most cases, no. Roof-mounted commercial solar in Sandwell is generally covered by permitted development rights, so a full planning application usually is not required. The main exceptions are listed buildings, conservation areas and some scheme-specific limits. Because Oldbury has pockets of older and protected industrial stock, we check the building's status with Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council before we finalise the design, so there are no surprises.
How much can an Oldbury warehouse or factory realistically save with solar?
It depends on your roof, your shift pattern and how much power you use during daylight. In the West Midlands a well-oriented roof yields around 900 to 1,000 kWh per kWp each year, and the savings come from self-consumption — using your own generation instead of buying from the grid. For a typical single-shift Oldbury industrial unit on an estate like Oldbury Point or Portway, that usually means a payback inside three to five years. We start every project with a half-hourly consumption survey so the figures we give you are grounded in your actual usage, not an estimate.
Green Tech Hub is based in Oldbury — does that mean faster service?
Yes. Our office is at Pure Offices on Broadwell Road, B69 4BY, minutes from the M5 Junction 2 estates. Site visits, consumption surveys and aftercare call-outs are quick to arrange because we are not travelling far. Oldbury is our home turf, and we would rather build a long-term relationship with businesses on our own trading estates than treat them as a one-off job.
Can you add battery storage or EV charging to a solar project on an Oldbury industrial estate?
Yes. Many of the larger units around the A4123 and M5 Junction 2 corridor have three-phase supplies and heavy daytime demand, which suits battery storage for peak-shaving and EV charging for fleet and staff vehicles. We design solar, storage and charging together so each part earns its place, rather than bolting them on afterwards. Where the load profile does not justify a battery yet, we will tell you and design the roof so storage can be added later.
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We also cover solar for Wolverhampton businesses, Walsall commercial solar installers and commercial solar in Dudley.
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