CASE STUDY · COMMUNITY / FAITH-BASED ORGANISATIONS
Solar PV and Battery Storage Across Four Mosques, South Wales
Turnkey design and installation of Solar PV, battery storage and immersion-diverter systems across four South Wales mosques, including roof and electrical safety remediation — delivered with full respect for prayer schedules and community use.
CLIENT
YnNi Teg Cymru with Bengal Dragons Foundation
PROJECT TYPE
Solar PV, battery storage and immersion diverters across four mosques
FORM OF CONTRACT
Turnkey design-and-install, single bundled programme across four sites
VALUE
£147,000 across the four sites, delivered within budget
SCHEME SIZE
Four mosques — Iqra, Shahporan, Dar-ul-Isra, Madni Masjid
TIMELINE
Contracts signed Feb 2025; handover across all four sites 11 June 2025
Project highlights
First phase of the Gwyrdd Bangla Project, delivering renewable energy across four South Wales mosques
More than 52kW of Solar PV and 81.6kWh of battery storage installed across the portfolio
Significant electrical safety issues identified and rectified before installation
Works delivered around active places of worship with no disruption to daily prayers
Programme completed within budget and within the planned delivery period
Outcomes and KPIs achieved
Four South Wales mosques successfully completed
More than 52kW of Solar PV installed
81.6kWh of battery storage installed
Electrical safety issues identified and fully remediated before commissioning
Approximately 95% of generated solar electricity consumed on-site
Programme delivered within budget, with no disruption to daily prayer services
Challenges, solutions and lessons learned
Challenge
Existing electrical installations varied significantly between the four mosques, including dual supplies, undersized fuses and legacy wiring.
Solution
Each site underwent detailed pre-installation surveys, with electrical infrastructure upgraded before renewable technologies were installed.
Challenge
Delivering works within live places of worship.
Solution
Activities were carefully programmed around the five daily prayer times, Friday Jumu’ah services and community events, with high-impact works paused before the Adhan and safe access maintained throughout.
Compliance and certifications
Overview
CEN delivered a turnkey programme across four South Wales mosques for YnNi Teg Cymru with the Bengal Dragons Foundation, installing Solar PV and battery storage engineered to reduce operational costs and carbon footprints for community-focused organisations.
Each site is a live place of worship, with its own schedule, community activity and legacy electrical condition — see Project challenges below for how CEN planned around each.
Measures and technologies
- Solar PV — roof-mounted across four sites, total >52kW installed capacity
- Battery Storage — lithium-ion, total 81kWh across the portfolio
- Immersion diverters — divert excess solar to hot water cylinders for ablution (Wudu) and cleaning facilities
- Roof inspection and remediation (structural integrity prior to installation)
- Electrical safety upgrades where dual supplies, undersized fuses or unsafe legacy wiring were identified
- G99/DNO applications managed by CEN
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