60%
TAMS grant rate on eligible solar — standard rate, before any enhanced rates
Solar for agriculture
Your busiest hours are daylight hours.
Milking, cooling, drying and washing all run when the sun is up — exactly when your panels generate most. With TAMS behind it, farm solar is one of the soundest investments on the yard.
- SEAI Registered
- Safe Electric (RECI)
- 0% VAT on home solar
- Cork family firm, serving all Ireland
What the farm grant covers
TAMS, in plain figures.
The Solar Capital Investment Scheme (TAMS) is ring-fenced for solar — a separate ceiling from your other TAMS items.
€54,000
Maximum grant back, on the ring-fenced solar ceiling
€90,000
Ring-fenced investment ceiling for solar, separate from other TAMS items
15–25c
per kWh for power you export — first €400/yr tax-free to end-2028
We file the TAMS paperwork
Application, documentation and certs — we prepare and submit the lot as part of the job. Enhanced rates may apply for qualifying young or woman farmers; we'll confirm your rate.
Grant figures correct as of June 2026. We confirm your exact entitlement and rate at your free survey.
Why farms choose CTS
Built for the way the yard uses power.
We size the system to your real daytime load — parlour, tanks, dryers — not a brochure figure. Our own crew, Safe Electric certified, scoped at survey.
Sized to daytime loads
Milking, cooling and washing are exactly what solar does best.
Planning-exempt in most cases
Rooftop solar on farm buildings is generally exempt — we check at survey.
Grants handled start to finish
TAMS application and documentation prepared and filed for you.
Scoped, not guessed
Farm and commercial timelines are scoped on site, with a clear schedule.
Featured installs
Our work
Real installations. No stock photos.
Panels against a big Irish sky — the view we never get tired of.
A working shed roof, earning twice.
Dusk on a finished farm install.
Ground-mount going in — house powered by the garden.
The quiet end of the system: inverters and storage, wired clean.
Panels heading up the easy way.
A garden array, quietly powering the house.
The part you never see — cabling done right.
We handle everything
You sign once. We file the rest.
Solar comes with paperwork — grant applications, certs, forms with names like NC6. Most installers say they'll “help”. We just do it, start to finish.
- 01
Free site survey
We walk the roof, check the board, and listen to how you actually use power. No hard sell — if solar doesn't stack up for you, we'll say so.
- 02
Design & quote
A system sized to your usage, with the grant already worked into the price. One page, plain numbers.
- 03
Install & certify
Our own crew, Safe Electric (RECI) certified. Most home installs take a day or two; farm and commercial jobs are scoped at survey.
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Grants & paperwork — done for you
SEAI application, BER cert, NC6 form, TAMS documentation for farms. You sign where we point. That's the whole job.
Questions
Farm solar — straight answers
What grant can a farm get for solar?
The Solar Capital Investment Scheme (TAMS) pays 60% on up to €90,000 of solar — a ring-fenced ceiling, separate from your other TAMS items — so up to €54,000 back. Enhanced rates may apply for qualifying young or woman farmers; we confirm your rate at survey.
How fast does farm solar pay back?
Farms with big daytime loads and a TAMS grant are often among the fastest paybacks — typically a few years, depending on usage. Panels are warrantied for decades beyond that, so the rest is profit.
Do I need planning permission for solar on farm buildings?
In most cases, no. Since 2022, rooftop solar on farm buildings is exempt from planning permission, with limited exceptions. We check this for you at survey.
Will it work for milking and cooling loads?
Yes — those are daytime loads, exactly when panels generate most. We size the system to your parlour, tanks and dryers so you use as much of your own generation as possible.
Can I sell surplus power back to the grid?
Yes. The Clean Export Guarantee pays roughly 15–25c per kWh for electricity you export, and the first €400 a year is tax-free. We set up the export registration with your supplier.
Get started
Start with a free survey.
No pressure, no hard sell, no “offer ends Friday”. We look at your roof and your bills, then tell you honestly what solar would do for you — and what it won't.
- 085 856 1048
- info@ctssolar.ie
- Killountain, Innishannon, Co. Cork
Many customers find the bill saving covers most of the cost of financing the system from day one — ask us to run your numbers both ways.