Commercial Solar and Battery Storage
Commercial solar systems sized, designed and installed for your facility.
ThreeCo designs and installs commercial solar and battery storage: systems sized to how your building actually uses power, tied into its electrical service, and paired with storage where it makes sense for outages or peak demand.
Solar is electrical work before it is anything else. The panels are the visible part; the part that decides whether a system is safe and worth having is the wiring, the inverters, the connection to the building's service and the agreement with the utility. That is the part an electrical contractor is built for.
What this covers
- Consultation and design — we assess your usage and design a system that fits the operation.
- Commercial solar installation — roof or ground, sized for the facility.
- Battery storage that holds solar power for outages and for shaving peak demand.
- Interconnection with the building service and the utility.
- Help navigating federal, state and utility incentives.
- Solar built into new construction from the start, rather than added later.
Is solar a fit for your building?
The answer starts with your electric bills. A building that uses a lot of power during daylight hours — offices, warehouses, retail, schools — matches what solar produces. Roof age matters too: putting panels on a roof that needs replacing in a few years means taking them off again. Shading, roof structure and how much open roof or ground there is set the upper limit on system size.
Battery storage answers a different question. It keeps critical loads running in an outage, and on rate plans that charge for peak demand it can lower the bill by covering the peaks. Not every building needs it; we say so when it does not.
How ThreeCo does it
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Look at the usage
We start from your utility bills and how the building runs, and size the system to that rather than to the roof.
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Design
Panel layout, inverters, storage if it fits, and the connection to your electrical service. Bob DeFries, our CEO, brings a background in electrical engineering and architectural design to it.
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Incentives
We help you navigate the federal, state and utility incentives that apply, and plan for the utility approval needed to connect.
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Install and commission
A crew led by Master Electrician Jason Strange installs and wires the system; it is tested and inspected before it is switched on.
What affects the cost
System size first; then roof or ground mounting and what the structure needs; inverter type; whether the building's electrical service can take the connection or needs an upgrade first; storage; and the distance between the array and the panel it feeds. Incentives change the net number, and they change over time, so we work from the ones available when you decide, not from a brochure.
Permits, inspection and the utility
A commercial solar system needs an electrical permit and an inspection from the city, and usually a building or structural review for the mounting. It also needs the utility's approval before it is connected to the grid, which is a separate application with its own timeline. Nothing is switched on until both are done.
FAQ
Questions about commercial solar and battery storage
Do you install solar for businesses?
Yes — commercial solar and battery storage, from design through installation, plus help navigating the incentives.
Does a solar system keep working in a power outage?
Not on its own. A grid-tied system shuts down in an outage for the safety of utility crews. With battery storage set up for backup, it can keep chosen loads running.
What incentives are there?
There are federal, state and utility incentives, and they change. We work out which apply to your project when you are ready to decide, rather than quoting a figure that may be out of date.
Can solar be built into a new building?
Yes, and it is the cheapest time to do it. Renewable integration is part of our new construction work, so the service, the conduit and the roof are planned for it from the start.
How do I get started?
Start with Watt, the chat button on this page. Tell it the building and, if you have it, a recent electric bill. You can also call (816) 730-9100.
Wondering whether solar pencils out for your building?
Tell Watt the address and roughly what you spend on power. We will run the numbers.
New customers: start with Watt and get 10% off your first job.