The desk work, done. You install.
Built for MCS-certified teams delivering commercial solar. Site assessment, system design, DNO paperwork and handover documentation are prepared on one record, before you commit a day on site.
The problem
The constraint is not capability
You do not need convincing that solar works, and you do not need hand-holding through an install. What eats the margin is the unpaid work around it: surveying sites that go nowhere, redrawing designs, completing connection applications, chasing network operators and compiling handover packs at ten at night.
Measuring roofs by hand
Site visits, tape measures and rough sketches before a single panel is planned.
Rebuilding models in spreadsheets
Generation and payback figures rebuilt from scratch for every quote that goes out.
Filling out forms region by region
Every licence area has its own forms, its own portal and its own appetite for supporting information, so the same design gets repackaged for each DNO.
See it working
From application to handover pack
Grid connections
G99 application
G99 Type CG99-2419-EX
Plot 7, Sample Trading Estate, Swindon · South West licence area
165 kWp
Approved export capacity
Prepared
Submitted
Under review
Offer received
Offer accepted
Accepted terms
Readiness pack
Grid and protection settings
Connection route
Illustrative demonstration with fictional data
How it helps
The preparation, automated
Assessment from aerial imagery, a complete system design, energy and financial modelling, and grid compliance, prepared for you.
Assessment from aerial imagery
Roof geometry, orientation and pitch from aerial imagery, so the survey data exists before the van leaves the yard.
A complete system design
A full system design prepared for the property, ready for you to review, refine and stand behind.
Energy and financial modelling
Generation, self-consumption and export figures worked out for the site, without rebuilding a spreadsheet for every quote.
Grid compliance, prepared
The DNO application prepared for the licence area the job sits in, ready for you to submit.
What stays yours
Connection routes
G98 or G99, the right route first time
The route is set by the design: aggregate capacity, phase configuration and any generation already on site. SOLR AI reads the design and prepares the right application, so a job does not stall because it went in on the wrong form.
G98: connect and notify
Type-tested equipment up to and including 16 A per phase, 3.68 kW on a single phase, connects under the G98 connect-and-notify route. You commission first, then notify the DNO within 28 days. The notification is prepared and ready to send.
G99: apply, then energise
Anything above 16 A per phase goes application-first under G99: application in, approval back, then energisation. Nothing connects before the DNO approves, so the application has to be complete and right the first time.
DNO submissions
G98 and G99, across all fourteen licence areas
Grid compliance is where UK installs slow down. SOLR AI prepares G98 and G99 applications across all fourteen GB distribution licence areas, with the documentation MCS requires, so the regulatory path is ready when the customer is.
Fourteen licence areas
Fourteen GB licence areas, fourteen sets of forms and expectations. The application is prepared to match the one your job sits in, not a generic template.
A complete application pack
Site plan, single line diagram, inverter type-test evidence, protection settings and export capacity: the detail the reviewing engineer expects to find, first time.
Ready for you to submit
Prepared and consistent, ready for you to submit, with the documentation MCS requires compiled alongside it. You stay the applicant; the drudge work is done.
Commissioning and handover
Close the job with nothing missing
The last week of a job produces more paperwork than the first. SOLR AI compiles it as the job closes, so sign-off does not drag past the install.
Where the DNO witnesses commissioning
On larger G99 connections the DNO can elect to witness commissioning. You run the tests; SOLR AI makes sure the paperwork is complete and consistent before their engineer arrives: commissioning test schedules, protection settings and the installation confirmation the DNO expects. Nothing is missing when their engineer is standing next to yours.
The handover pack, compiled as the job closes
System schematic, component datasheets, the performance estimate, the DNO evidence, whether that is a G98 notification or a G99 approval, warranty documentation and what the customer needs to register for the Smart Export Guarantee. The electrical installation certificate to BS 7671 and the MCS certificate stay yours to issue; the record behind them is already in order.
After handover
The record does not stop at sign-off
Every install stays on the platform after commissioning. Generation is tracked against the modelled estimate, and your installs sit in one view, so an underperforming system is caught before the customer's phone call, not after it.
FAQ
Questions installers ask
Do you submit the DNO application for us?
No. The application is prepared to the relevant network operator's requirements and handed to you ready to submit, whether that is a G98 notification or a G99 application. You stay the applicant, you review every document before it goes anywhere, and you keep the relationship with your customer.
How do you decide whether a job goes G98 or G99?
The route is read from the design. Type-tested equipment up to and including 16 A per phase, 3.68 kW on a single phase, connects under G98 connect-and-notify. Anything above that goes application-first under G99, so nothing energises before the network operator approves. The prepared paperwork matches the route, so a job does not stall because it went in on the wrong form.
Which DNO licence areas do you cover?
All fourteen GB distribution licence areas. Each has its own forms and its own appetite for supporting information, so the application is prepared to match the licence area the job sits in rather than a generic template. Your team submits it as normal; nothing changes about who the network operator deals with.
What goes into the handover pack?
The system schematic, component datasheets, the performance estimate, commissioning records, warranty documentation, the DNO evidence, whether that is a G98 notification or a G99 approval, and what the customer needs to register for the Smart Export Guarantee. The electrical installation certificate to BS 7671 and the MCS certificate stay yours to issue; the record behind them is compiled as the job closes.
What happens when the DNO wants to witness commissioning?
On larger G99 connections the network operator can elect to witness commissioning. Where that applies, the requirement is flagged on the record from the start, and the test schedules, protection settings and installation confirmation are compiled before their engineer arrives. Your engineers run the tests; the paperwork holds no surprises.
Do we lose control of the quote or the customer?
No. The quote is yours, the customer is yours and the certificates are yours to issue. AI agents run the workflow. People make the decisions: your team reviews the design, the application and the handover pack before anything is sent, and your name stays on the job throughout.
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