Watch & Read: Solar, Sheep & Slippery Roads 🐑❄️ | KMM Energy’s Wild First Week On the Road

What this video covers

This is one of KMM's full-length case study videos. The 60-second teaser above shows the headline; this article walks through the full numbers and the engineering decisions behind them.

Join Kieren from KMM Energy Solutions on a wild ride through North Lincolnshire in week one of their solar myth-busting tour. ❄️ Black ice, sliding cars & snow tires 🐓 14 peacocks, 30 cats, 20 chickens, 10 sheep 🏡 3…

The poultry farm economics

• Typical UK poultry farm electricity: 80,000–250,000 kWh/year per layer or broiler unit
• Self-consumption ratio: the highest in UK agriculture — typically 80–90% on broiler farms because ventilation, lighting and feed automation runs daytime
• Typical KMM system size: 30–150kWp per shed
• Payback: 4–6 years pre-grant on broiler operations; slightly longer on layer farms due to evening lighting cycles
• Biosecurity: roof access procedures need to comply with AI/avian flu zoning rules — KMM works to defra-style biosecurity standards

How this applies to your project

If you're researching solar for your own home, farm, factory or commercial building, the principles in this video apply directly — but the specific numbers will vary based on your roof orientation, your import tariff, your half-hourly load profile and your tax position.

KMM's fully funded survey is the fastest way to translate this video into specific advice for your site. We:

1. Run a desktop assessment from your MPAN and roof satellite imagery — inside 5 working days, no site visit needed at this stage
2. Schedule a drone survey if the desktop assessment shows the project is viable — 3D model of your roof inside 48 hours
3. Deliver a bound proposal with full ROI cash model, three finance routes side-by-side, and every commission disclosed
4. Decide together — no hard sell, no time-pressured discounts, no deposit required to keep the quote open for 30 days

Related KMM pages

Commercial Solar · Farms · Commercial Solar · Sectors · Poultry Farms · Ev Chargers · Cost · Drone Surveys

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Steve and Kieren publish a new video on the KMM YouTube channel — Solar Made Simple every couple of weeks. Topics typically rotate through real customer install case studies, technical explainers, finance route walk-throughs, and tariff comparisons.