Solar and Electrical Contractors in Tenby

Serving Tenby

Tenby is a medieval walled town on the south Pembrokeshire coast, with a town population of approximately 4,700 that swells dramatically through the tourist season. The walls themselves are Grade I listed and among the best-preserved medieval urban defences anywhere in Europe, which is a defining factor for any commercial or domestic installation work in the town.

The economy is hospitality-dominant. Hundreds of independent hotels, guest houses, restaurants and retail operators define the commercial base. Tenby Museum and Art Gallery anchors the cultural infrastructure, and the Caldey Island monastic community just offshore provides a secondary visitor draw.

Landmarks include Tenby harbour itself, the medieval town walls, and Caldey Island with its Cistercian monastery. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park surrounds the town, and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path 50th-anniversary investment is running through 2024 to 2026 alongside Visit Wales dark-sky promotions.

The planning constraint here is unusually tight. The walled conservation area combined with the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park designation means visible rooftop solar is restricted across much of the town. In-roof integrated solar, where the panels sit flush within the roof plane rather than proud of it, is the routine compliant route for Tenby hoteliers. FLD specifies integrated systems as the default for this postcode, and we handle the conservation-area consent process as part of scope where listed-building or article 4 restrictions apply.

At 980 kWh/kWp PVGIS yield (the full Pembrokeshire benefit thanks to coastal exposure), a 50 kWp Tenby hotel rooftop generates 49,000 kWh annually. Summer hospitality self-consumption typically runs above 85% because the guest occupancy and solar generation peaks align almost exactly through July and August. First-year benefit with a blended 28p/kWh tariff is approximately £13,000 on £45,000 capex. Simple payback 3.5 years, post-tax payback 2.5 years under AIA.

Drive time from Swansea is 90 minutes. We schedule Tenby hospitality surveys in shoulder-season periods (May and October) where possible to minimise disruption to peak trading.