Logistics & Distribution Centres Solar Carport Buyer's Guide and Checklist

The Logistics & Distribution Centres Solar Carport Checklist

This checklist is for logistics & distribution centres buyers — typically finance directors, sustainability heads, estate managers or procurement leads — and sets out what to check, ask and budget for before a carport project goes to tender.

What to check

• Fleet electrification: pair depot solar with LCV DC rapids and size the AC infrastructure from the start
• AIA and OZEV WCS: check how they stack at logistics scale
• G100 export-limited DNO connections and battery storage: ask the network operator what export is available
• FORS Gold and SECR Scope 2 reporting: check what evidence the project must produce
• TMS integration for fleet charge scheduling
• ESOS Phase 4: check the evidence requirements
• Worked example: see the modelled 1.6 MWp parcel operator carport on the logistics sector page

How to use the checklist

• Run an internal feasibility estimate for your site profile
• Identify the right funding route (capital allowances / PPA / asset finance / nation-specific public-sector programmes)
• Build the business case for board/committee approval
• Know what to ask installers when running a competitive tender

Before you appoint an installer

• Check the installer's MCS certificate on the MCS register where the scheme applies, and OZEV authorisation if EV chargers are included
• Ask who holds the principal designer and principal contractor roles under CDM 2015
• Ask for a RIDDOR record and a current CHAS, SafeContractor or Constructionline certificate
• Ask who submits the planning and G99 grid applications, and what the quote includes
• Ask what the O&M agreement and the manufacturer warranties cover

Related on solarcarparks.co.uk

• Full Logistics & Distribution Centres sector guide
• Grants & funding routes
• Compare PPA, AIA, asset finance, Salix