Why Choose Venture Steel?

Swift Production: From concept to construction, achieve a fully operational solar farm in just two weeks.

Expert Design and Engineering: With decades of experience, our team provides solutions that are both innovative and efficient.

Complete Control Over Manufacturing and Delivery: Our extensive facility and in-house fleet ensure unmatched reliability and speed.

Lengths from 25mm to 10m
Gauges from 0.38-6.00mm
Steel grades from DX51 to S350-S550

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Solar Panel Ground Mount Design Process

Ground Mount Design & Manufacture Process

At Venture Steel Group, we pride ourselves on being the premier steel solar mounting solutions provider in the UK. We deliver bespoke solar ground mount solutions tailored to the unique characteristics of your land, ensuring rapid transformation from an unused field to a high-performing solar farm.

1. Initial contact

Embark on your journey towards sustainable energy with just a simple conversation. Reach out to our seasoned team, boasting over two decades of expertise in solar panel ground mount manufacturing. As the UK’s industry leaders, we are committed to realising your renewable energy ambitions. We engage closely with each client, tailoring our projects to meet specific requirements swiftly and efficiently, delivering satisfaction through our personalised approach.

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2. Property Planning

Our process starts with a comprehensive analysis of your land. Our structural engineers and designers meticulously assess all aspects of your property using the latest survey maps and ground testing technologies. We conduct on-site evaluations, including push and pull tests, to determine the optimal depth for piling installation, ensuring stability against adverse weather conditions. This data informs the design of custom ground mounts optimised for maximum solar yield.

3. Solar Ground Mount Manufacture

Leveraging cutting-edge CAD software, we seamlessly transfer designs to our manufacturing facilities, where your bespoke solar mounts are crafted. Our industry-leading production capabilities are continually advanced by investments in modern machinery. Our comprehensive plant capabilities enable us to undertake a variety of processes including cutting, punching, rolling, forming, stamping, and welding. For custom projects, we can fabricate special tooling in-house or adapt your tooling to our machinery. We work with a range of steel grades from DX51 to S350-S550 and handle materials in gauges from 0.38 to 6.00mm, accommodating strip lengths from 25mm up to 10m. This flexibility ensures precision and efficiency in producing your tailored solar ground mounts.

4. Ground Mount Delivery

Our commitment to excellence extends to our delivery process. We maintain our own specialist fleet, ensuring we have full control over the delivery timetable. This independence from external contractors guarantees that your custom solar ground mounts are delivered on time every time, directly from our expansive 75,000 sq ft facility.

Solar Panel Ground Mount Systems

FAQ's

Is it better to install solar panels on the ground?

Ground-mounted solar panels can offer several benefits over rooftop installations.

Ground-mounted solar power systems are not restricted by a small surface area like rooftop solar panels, therefore can serve as much larger systems. They can further be removed, added to, or relocated, with convenience. With the ability to better position the solar panels, ground-mounted systems are often more productive - capturing a greater intensity of solar energy. On larger solar panel systems, the ground can be multifunctional - used for the grazing of livestock for instance.

How are solar panels installed in the ground?

A ground mount is typically a fixed system, where poles are installed into the ground, using either a piled system, ballast system, or helical screw system.

A piled system is the most common type of foundation, featuring poles driven into the ground and secured with concrete.

A ballast system uses a standard framing system which is anchored by concrete blocks above ground.

A helical screw system features poles screwed into the ground, rather than driven, for security.

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What are the types of ground mounting systems?

Solar panels can be installed as a standard ground mount or a pole mount, for ground installations.

A ground mount system features a mount driven into the ground, and a frame on top of the mount which holds the panel close to the ground, on a tilted angle.

A pole mount, on the other hand, utilises one large pole onto which a panel is directly fixed; pole-mounted solar panels can be adjusted to follow the sun, however, they are much costlier than the ground mount system.

What are the advantages of solar panel ground mount installation?

There are lots of different advantages that you can expect from ground mounted solar panels. For starters, they offer easier access to your solar panel system, making maintaining or repairs as simple as can be. They often get greater exposure to sun when positioned in open wide areas, as roof mounted panels will only be benefiting from a limited exposure when the sun hits them ‘just right’. This in turn potentially makes them more efficient, which is certainly a selling point. Many people believe that ground mounted solar panels are safer than those attached to roofing, as faulty wiring or other similar issues could lead to a fire - placing your panels on the ground away from your property would mean that your home remains safe and unaffected. Keeping your panels away from your home will also help to keep your property as aesthetically pleasing as possible.

What is a solar panel pole mount?

Pole-mounted solar systems plant a pole in the ground with a concrete foundation. Pole-mounted solar systems come as either top-of-the-pole setups or side-of-the-pole mounts. The main difference between these two mounts is that side-of-pole mounts typically cannot use solar tracking, whereas side-of-pole mounts can work well for smaller solar systems. Side-of-pole mounts typically have two to three solar panels.

What is a solar panel ground mount?

Are ground mounted solar panels more or less cost-effective?

How are solar panel ground mounts finished?

What are the disadvantages of solar panel ground mount installation?

There’s also a limited number of disadvantages that ground mounted solar panels can trigger. For example, you may end up with less ground space after using land for your installation. You may also need to seek permission to install your solar panels from the relevant governing bodies, which can be a lengthy, tedious and sometimes costly procedure. Of course you may not need to seek permission, but this is something that you should always look into before installation.

What is a standard solar panel ground mount?

Can you use ground-mounted solar panels off-grid?

Yes, it is possible to use ground-mounted solar panels if you aren’t tied to a grid! Like any off-grid solar panels, you will need a battery to store the electricity, but as long as you have the space and permission to use solar panels, then you can certainly use them off-grid. It’s always a good idea to use a green, renewable energy source when you are off-grid as you can easily convert sunlight to power without disturbing nature or people in any way.

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Venture Steel Group are proud UK manufacturers, with two family-owned sites totalling over 75,000 sq. ft. Because of our large dedicated manufacturing capacity, we are able to minister to projects of all sizes, on a global scale.