A British gurdwara seen from above in low winter light, black solar panels filling its roof beneath a gilded gold dome, with a saffron nishan sahib on the forecourt
MCS-certified · Commercial solar
The case for solar · Gurdwaras

Power the langar, keep more for seva: up to 70% of your own power. Solar panels for gurdwaras and Sikh community spaces.

*Dependent on the customer’s consumption, generation and electricity cost at the time of install.

A gurdwara rarely closes. The langar serves free meals to all, every day, and with it come cooking, refrigeration, hot water, heating, lighting and the community hall. That heavy, daily load is exactly what solar is built to feed. A comparable place of worship we powered, a busy Brent mosque, now makes around 70% of its own power and keeps £136,000 in the community over the system life.

up to 70%Self-powered
6-7 yrTypical payback
25 yrPanel warranty
MCSCertified installer
Compliance & standards

You are in safe, certified hands

Accredited by MCS, NAPIT, HIES, TrustMark and ICO. Every badge links straight to the issuer's own register, so you can check us out, not just take our word for it.

01
The opportunity

The langar never stops, and neither does the meter

A gurdwara is a place of seva as much as prayer, and its langar, the free community kitchen open to everyone, runs every day. That means cooking, refrigeration, hot water and washing up on a serious scale, alongside heating a large hall, lighting, sound and community rooms. Much of it is pulled in daylight, and it never really stops. That steady, heavy, daytime load is exactly what rooftop solar is built to feed, so most of what you generate is used serving the sangat rather than sold cheaply to the grid.

The money it frees is the community. Gurdwaras run on sangat donations and dasvandh, so every pound taken by the energy company is a pound not spent on langar, seva and the people who come through the doors. A comparable place of worship we powered, a busy Brent mosque, now makes around 70% of its own power and is on track to keep £136,000 over the life of its system.

02
The business case

Seva you can see on the roof

Solar sits naturally with Sikh values: sarbat da bhala, the wellbeing of all, and care for the world we share. Visible rooftop solar makes that real, and it is sound stewardship of the sangat giving too, a payback of roughly six to seven years, then decades of near-free power under a 25-year warranty.

We handle the practical side and plan around how the gurdwara is used, working around prayers, langar service and weekend congregations. Pairing panels with battery storage keeps lighting, the kitchen essentials and the PA running through a grid event, so seva carries on.

Why gurdwaras go solar

Fuel the langar
The community kitchen runs daily. Cover its cooking, refrigeration and hot water with power you make.
Keep more for seva
Every pound off the bill is a pound back into langar, seva and the sangat.
Resilience for kitchen and hall
Pair panels with storage to keep essentials running through a grid event.
Live sarbat da bhala
Care for the world we share, made real and visible on the roof.
Low maintenance, decades of life
No moving parts, out of the way on the roof, and covered by a 25-year panel warranty.
Long-term, predictable savings
Payback in six to seven years, then decades of near-free power.

The numbers, from a comparable place of worship

We will not pretend we have already done a gurdwara. Here are the real numbers from a place of worship with the same daily-use, community-kitchen profile, a busy Brent mosque, the kind of figures we will model for your gurdwara before you commit to anything.

The system
System size27.26kWp
Panels58
Self-powered~70%
The return
Lifetime saving£136,000
Saving / year~£5,440
Typical payback6-7yrs
The impact
Generated / year25,900kWh
CO² saved / yr5,440kg
Ops downtime0
The bottom line

A place of worship with the same all-day, community-kitchen load now makes most of its own power and is on track to keep £136,000 in the community over the life of its system. We would model your gurdwara exact numbers, and put them in front of you before you commit, not after.

Proof, not promises

Places of worship we have powered

See solar for all places of worship.

More success stories

View all case studies →
Pick your scale

Three ways to power your gurdwara

A starting point, not a straitjacket. Every real system is sized to your roof, your load and your payback target after a proper site visit.

 
Solar4Good 30 kW commercial solar package: inverter and solar panels for a gurdwara
Basic
30 kW
75 solar panels
  • Fully designed and installed
  • Roof assessment and structural check
  • DNO application handled for you
  • 25-year panel warranty
Get my numbers
Most popular
Solar4Good 50 kW commercial solar package: inverter and solar panels for a gurdwara
Premium
50 kW
120 solar panels
  • Fully designed and installed
  • Roof assessment and structural check
  • DNO application handled for you
  • 25-year panel warranty
Get my numbers
 
Solar4Good 100 kW commercial solar package: inverter and solar panels for a gurdwara
Professional
100 kW
240 solar panels
  • Fully designed and installed
  • Roof assessment and structural check
  • DNO application handled for you
  • 25-year panel warranty
Get my numbers
How it works

Installed around your prayers and langar, not through them

A solar installation on a working gurdwara is a different job from a home system. One team, in-house, from first site visit to switch-on, and we plan the work around your shifts so seva carries on.

STEP 01
Site visit
We assess your roof, structure, load profile and half-hourly usage on site.
STEP 02
Design and projection
You get a system sized to your roof and a real projection of cost, savings and payback.
STEP 03
Grid and paperwork
We handle the DNO application and every certificate, so you don't have to chase it.
STEP 04
Install, zero downtime
our MCS-registered installers fit it around your shifts. Production keeps running.
STEP 05
Switch-on and aftercare
Commissioning, monitoring and a team you can call. We don't disappear after handover.
Technology partners

Only the best, installed properly

Tesla Powerwall, SigEnergy and Fox ESS. We fit trusted, tier-one panels and batteries built to perform in British weather.

TeslaSigEnergyFox ESSAlpha ESSAIKODMEGCTeslaSigEnergyFox ESSAlpha ESSAIKODMEGC

Good to know

The questions gurdwara committees actually ask before putting solar on the roof.

Can solar really power the langar?

It covers a large share of your daily load. Because the langar, lighting, heating and hot water all draw power through the day, most of the solar is used on site rather than exported. A comparable place of worship we powered now makes around 70% of its own power, and pairing panels with battery storage pushes that further into the evening.

Have you installed on a gurdwara before?

We will be honest: not yet, so we will not quote you a gurdwara we have not done. What we can show you are real results from places of worship with the same daily-use, community-kitchen profile, like a Brent mosque on track to keep £136,000 over its life. We would assess and model your gurdwara own numbers first.

How does a gurdwara pay for solar?

Every gurdwara is different, so we size and price it to your roof and how you use power, then show you what it gives back. As a community-funded building you may also have access to grants and funding routes, and because it is a long-term, income-generating asset it fits sangat and dasvandh-conscious budgeting.

Will the work disrupt prayers or langar?

It doesn't have to. Almost all of the work happens on the roof, away from the darbar sahib and the langar hall. We plan around prayers, langar service and weekend congregations, isolate only what we must and only when agreed, and keep the gurdwara running. Zero disruption to seva is the target we plan to hit.

Will it keep essentials on in a power cut?

Paired with battery storage, yes, for essential load. Lighting, kitchen essentials and the PA can carry a service through a grid event on stored solar. We design the system around what your gurdwara cannot afford to lose.

Do you handle the DNO and grid application?

Yes. A larger system needs approval from your Distribution Network Operator, and we manage that application and all certification for you, so you get a signed-off, compliant system without the paperwork.

Rated 4.9/5 from 1,000+ verified reviews on Trustpilot, TrustATrader and Google

“George the sales chap was straightforward and honest, and the whole installation team were awesome, courteous and professional throughout.”

Jamie Wilson · Verified Trustpilot review

“From start to finish the whole job has been seamless. The install guys were polite, knowledgeable and efficient.”

Timothy Clarke · Verified Trustpilot review

“I wholeheartedly recommend this company for solar and battery storage installation.”

Soham Acharya · Verified Trustpilot review
Get your gurdwara numbers

See what solar does to your energy bill

Tell us about your site and we'll model it properly: the right system for your roof, how much of your load it covers, the cut to your bill and the payback. Real numbers, before you commit to anything.

Get a quote