MCS-certified · Security-cleared engineers · CISSP-qualified · 10-yr warranty
Renewables that don't compromise your security posture
MCS-certified installation. CISSP-qualified design. Security-cleared delivery. For organisations where the inverter on the roof can't be the weakest link on the network.
Request a cyber-aware design review · Talk to a CISSP-qualified engineer
The problem nobody's talking about
Most solar, battery, and EV charger installations in the UK ship with cloud-connected monitoring as standard. The inverter phones home to a manufacturer in [country]. The battery management system pulls firmware updates over the internet. The EV charger opens an outbound connection to a load-balancing service. The installer plugs it into your network, hands over a customer portal login, and leaves.
For a domestic install, this is fine. For a commercial site, it's a question worth asking. For a data centre, secure facility, CNI site, or any organisation with a meaningful threat model, it's a problem — and most installers don't have the qualifications to even discuss it, let alone solve it.
What cyber-aware installation actually means
We design and install renewable energy systems the way a competent IT security team would design any other industrial control system on the network. That means:
Threat modelling before specification.
Before we recommend an inverter, battery, or charger, we assess what the device exposes — outbound connections, listening services, mandatory cloud dependencies, firmware update paths, telemetry destinations, and known CVEs against the model.
Vendor and supply chain review.
Component-of-origin documentation, identification of components subject to export or use restrictions in your sector, and avoidance of equipment that can't pass your procurement security review. We can produce a hardware bill of materials suitable for security sign-off.
Network architecture designed in, not bolted on.
Air-gapped operation where required. VLAN segregation for monitoring traffic. Outbound-only firewall rules. Local-only dashboards with no cloud dependency. We design the network posture before the kit is on the wall — not after your security team objects. Our team has years of experience in the solar industry. We are experts in designing and installing solar systems for homes and businesses.
Cyber-aware commissioning.
Default credentials removed. Unused services disabled. Firmware locked to a known-good version with a documented update process. Logging and monitoring routed to your SIEM, not just the manufacturer's portal.
Documentation your security team can actually use
Network diagrams, ingress and egress points, data flows, retention policies for telemetry, incident response contacts. Everything a CISO needs to add the system to the asset register and risk treatment plan without a fight.
Who this is for
Data centres
Financial services, legal, and professional firms
Financial services, legal, and professional firms
adding rooftop or carpark PV without expanding the attack surface.
Financial services, legal, and professional firms
Financial services, legal, and professional firms
Financial services, legal, and professional firms
subject to operational resilience requirements (PRA SS1/21, FCA, DORA).
Healthcare providers
Financial services, legal, and professional firms
Healthcare providers
under NHS DSPT or Cyber Assessment Framework obligations.
CNI operators
Universities and research institutes
Healthcare providers
in energy, water, transport, communications, and government.
Defence supply chain
Universities and research institutes
Universities and research institutes
working under DEFCON 658 or equivalent.
Universities and research institutes
Universities and research institutes
Universities and research institutes
with controlled-export or dual-use research.
How we're qualified to do this
CISSP is the globally recognised standard for information security professionals — held by fewer than 200,000 practitioners worldwide and used as a baseline by GCHQ, NCSC, the US DoD, and most major financial institutions. Combining it with active MCS certification is, to our knowledge, rare in the UK installer market.
What cyber-aware installation looks like
Take a typical 100kW commercial rooftop solar + 200kWh battery install for a financial services HQ.
Standard installer: Inverter connects via the customer's office WiFi to manufacturer cloud. Battery BMS uses the same. EV chargers (if added) phone home to a third-party load balancer. Customer gets a portal login. No documentation of network ingress, no firewall rules, no asset entry, no incident response path. If the manufacturer is breached, the customer's network is in scope.
Our approach: Inverter and BMS placed on an isolated monitoring VLAN with outbound firewall rules permitting only the necessary telemetry endpoints. Where the customer's security policy demands it, monitoring runs entirely on-premises with no cloud connectivity. EV chargers use a load-balancing controller hosted on-site rather than a cloud service. Default credentials removed at commissioning. Firmware versions documented and locked. All telemetry mirrored to the customer's SIEM. Network diagram, data flow map, and asset documentation handed over as part of commissioning. Annual cyber posture review included for the first three years.
The kit is the same. The way it lives on the network is fundamentally different.
Engagement options
Cyber-aware design review (existing or planned install).
Cyber-aware design review (existing or planned install).
Cyber-aware design review (existing or planned install).
We review what's been specified — or what you already have — against your security policy and threat model, and produce a written report with prioritised recommendations. Fixed fee. Suitable as a second opinion on another installer's proposal.
Full design and installation.
Cyber-aware design review (existing or planned install).
Cyber-aware design review (existing or planned install).
End-to-end: cyber-aware specification, MCS-certified install, secure commissioning, documentation pack. Quoted per project.
Retrofit hardening.
Cyber-aware design review (existing or planned install).
Retrofit hardening.
If you already have a renewable system installed and want it brought up to a defensible security posture, we can audit, harden, and re-document. Typically a few days on site plus reporting.
contact us
Request a cyber-aware design review by a CISSP-qualified engineer by filling out the form.
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