For electricity offtakers
Renewable electricity, day and night, without using the grid.
We build solar and battery storage next door to your site and run a private cable straight to it. You buy local power first, at a fixed price, for 10 to 15 years — with no capital cost.
- 10–12p
- Indicative fixed tariff per kWh on private wire power
- £0
- CapEx — Dahu funds, builds, owns and operates everything
- 10–15 yrs
- Fixed price, set once for the life of the agreement
- 300MW+
- Delivered across wind, solar and storage in the last 10 years
The setup
Solar farm, private wire, your site.
A direct cable runs from the solar farm to your site. Your grid connection stays in place and simply tops up the difference.
How it works
Generation next door, wired straight into your site.
Your existing grid connection stays exactly as it is. It simply tops up the shortfall when local generation and storage don't cover demand.
The numbers
Why private wire costs less.
- Wholesale energy
- 7.5p
- 7.5p
- Network charges
- 6.5p
- 2.0p
- Levies & obligations
- 4.0p
- 1.5p
- Supplier margin
- 2.0p
- —
- Delivered cost
- 20.0p
- 11.0p
Illustrative
What you could actually save.
- Current annual spend
- £1m
- With Dahu private wire
- £550,000
- Potential annual saving
- £450,000
- Over 15 years
- £6.75m
Illustrative, based on 20p/kWh grid supply against an indicative 11p/kWh private wire tariff held flat for the agreement. Refined during site assessment.
Battery storage
How supply is balanced.
Storage captures surplus solar during the day and discharges it after dark, extending renewable supply into the evening, reducing peak imports and improving resilience.
- Solar
- 80%
- Grid
- 20%
- Solar
- 35%
- Grid
- 65%
- Battery
- 55%
- Grid
- 45%
Side by side
Grid supply vs Dahu private wire.
- Price
- 18–22p/kWh
- 10–12p/kWh
- Pricing basis
- Variable
- Fixed, 10–15 years
- Network charges
- Full
- Reduced
- Wholesale exposure
- Full
- Limited
- Night-time supply
- Grid only
- Battery storage
Who it suits
Is this a fit for your site?
- Sites consuming more than 1 GWh a year
- Land available near your site, or on a viable cable route
- Extended, multi-shift or 24-hour operations
- A need for long-term price certainty
- ESG or Net Zero commitments to evidence
Where ground-mounted land isn't available, rooftop solar can feed your site first instead — same structure, same zero capital cost.
Partnering with Dahu
A simple structure, built to last.
- 01
Development
Dahu develops the nearby ground-mounted solar farm and battery storage, including planning and grid work.
- 02
Funding & build
Fully funded in partnership with a major global infrastructure investor and constructed by our delivery team. No capital from you.
- 03
Private cable
A private cable connects generation directly to your site. Your existing grid connection stays unchanged.
- 04
Supply
Electricity flows to you first, day and night, with battery storage covering evenings and overnight.
- 05
Partnership
You pay the agreed £/kWh; grid tops up any shortfall. One point of contact for the project lifecycle.
What we need from you
- Annual electricity consumption
- Site postcode
- Half-hourly data (optional)
- A 30-minute discussion
Included annually
- Renewable electricity generated
- CO₂ emissions avoided
- Renewable Energy Certificates, where applicable
- ESG reporting support
Dahu funds, owns, operates and maintains the solar farm and battery storage. You host the private wire connection and buy the electricity at an agreed, fixed rate. Funded in partnership with a major global infrastructure investor.