For installers
Sell more solar and batteries. Get paid on completion. Add recurring income.
CSIA works with experienced commercial installers in three ways: earn from sites you've already built, bring us your new clients for funding, or let us bring you funded projects.
Three ways to work with us
Your existing customers
Enrol their solar or solar + battery sites, with no new installation. Earn a share of the flexibility revenue, paid quarterly while each site is live.
You bring a new client
We fund the battery, or solar and battery. You keep your installation margin, are paid by the funder at agreed milestones, and earn a share of the flexibility revenue.
We bring the client
A funded project we've found and reviewed. You install against an agreed rate card, are paid by the funder at agreed milestones, and hold an annual O&M contract.
| Your existing customers | A: you bring a new client | B: we bring the client | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it involves | Enrol their solar or solar + battery sites, with no new installation | A funded battery, or solar and battery | A funded project we've found and reviewed |
| Your earnings | Share of flexibility revenue, quarterly | Your installation margin plus a share of flexibility revenue | Installation against an agreed rate card, plus annual O&M |
| Payment | Quarterly, while the site is live | Funder pays at agreed milestones | Funder pays at agreed milestones |
| Speed | Typically within weeks | After design, grid approval and installation | After design, grid approval and installation |
Our Energy Management System
It makes the most of commercial solar and batteries
It forecasts generation and demand and runs the battery to cut your clients' costs, so they use more of their own power and buy less at peak times.
It goes beyond what a battery can do on its own
It earns from grid support services and flexibility trading. That flexibility revenue pays for our service and is shared with you and your client, who also keeps every pound of their bill savings.
Why installers work with CSIA
Income from work already done
Your past installations (100kWp or more) can start earning for you.
Close more sales
Funding removes the capital barrier, and a share of the flexibility revenue gives clients another reason to say yes.
Paid on completion
Funders pay at agreed milestones, so you carry no client credit risk.
A funded pipeline
Option B brings qualified projects with no sales or marketing cost.
Joining the Option B installer panel
What we look for
- Commercial electrical accreditation, for example NICEIC or NAPIT
- Battery manufacturer approval
- G99 and commissioning experience
- Recognised health and safety accreditation
- Full insurance
What you'll provide
- Installation to our specification and timetable
- Scheduled maintenance
- Agreed fault response times
- Warranty handling with manufacturers
- An annual condition report