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A Flintshire community club that plays in the evening but generates its power during the day. Here is how a Sigenergy solar and battery system squares that circle, and what the same thinking could do for your bills.
Community clubs feel rising electricity prices more than most. Every pound spent on energy is a pound that cannot go into the green, the clubhouse or keeping membership fees affordable. And unlike a family home, a club cannot simply switch the heating off and put a jumper on - the bar, the kitchen, the lights and the changing rooms all have to run when members are in.
Connah’s Quay Bowling Club wanted to take control of those running costs for the long term rather than absorb price rise after price rise. In February 2026 our team fitted a Sigenergy solar PV and battery storage system at the club, a short drive from our Deeside base in Shotton.
The install was planned around the club’s calendar, so there was no disruption to matches or social events. The battery sits indoors, the cabling is tidy, and from the green you would never know anything had changed - except the roof now earns its keep.
Daytime generation, evening use: the battery is what turns solar from a nice idea into genuinely lower bills for a building that is busiest after dark.
The panels generate clean power all day, whether anyone is in the building or not. Without a battery, most of that energy would be sold back to the grid for pennies, then bought back at full price in the evening. The SigenStor stores it instead. That stored power then covers evening matches, social nights and weekend fixtures, when the clubhouse is at its busiest but the sun has gone in.
The result is a club that buys noticeably less electricity from the grid, is far better protected against future price rises, and has turned a roof full of nothing into an asset that works for its members every single day.
You might not run a bowling club, but the same problem probably applies to you: your building uses most of its electricity when the sun is not shining. Homes are quiet all day and busy from 5pm. Pubs, clubs and restaurants trade in the evening. Workshops and farms have heavy loads at both ends of the day. Solar on its own only solves half of that - pairing it with storage is what makes the numbers work.
Lower running costs mean lower fees, better facilities and less fundraising pressure. Committees also tend to like that the payback maths is simple and verifiable.
Energy is one of the few overheads you can permanently reduce rather than just shop around on. A correctly sized system shields a large share of your usage from future price rises.
A solar and battery setup typically covers 50 to 70% of a household’s annual electricity use, depending on your lifestyle and how the system is sized.
We will always give you honest, ranged numbers based on your actual usage - not brochure figures. If the payback does not stack up for your building, we will tell you that too.
We visit, look at your roof, your usage and your meter, and listen to what you actually want to achieve.
A clear, itemised quote with honest payback estimates. No pressure, no follow-up calls every other day.
Our own team fits the system, planned around your schedule - as we did around this club’s fixture list.
We commission everything, show you the app and the numbers, and stay on the end of the phone afterwards.
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