Solar battery storage for your home

Smart tariffs sell electricity cheaply overnight, often at a quarter of the peak rate. Your battery fills up in the small hours, then runs the house through the expensive daytime and evening windows. Because this works regardless of sunshine, the saving continues all year round, even in December when the panels are quiet.

Most installations fall between £7,000 and £14,000 depending on panel count and battery size, and home installations carry 0% VAT until March 2027. Battery-only installs for homes that already have panels, or just want cheap overnight charging, start well below that. Every quote is free, surveyed and itemised.

Panels generate from daylight rather than heat, so they produce in winter, just less of it. This is exactly why we design most home systems around a battery: overnight smart-tariff charging keeps cutting your bills through the darkest months, and the panels take over as the days lengthen.

Yes. A battery-only installation lets you buy cheap overnight electricity and use it at peak times, which stacks up well for many homes even before panels enter the picture. It also carries 0% VAT until March 2027, and panels can be added later without rework.

Yes, under the Smart Export Guarantee your energy supplier pays for what you export. Rates vary a lot between suppliers, so it pays to choose carefully. That said, using your own power, especially via a battery, is usually worth more per unit than exporting it.

A typical home installs 10 to 16 panels, but the right number depends on your roof space, orientation and how much electricity you use. We size systems from your actual usage rather than a one-size template, and the free survey confirms what your roof can take.

Usually not. Domestic rooftop solar is normally permitted development, with exceptions for listed buildings and some conservation areas. We check this for you before anything is ordered.

Yes, if the roof faces south, east or west. South, east or west-facing roofs all work, and modern panels perform well even with some shading. The free survey looks at orientation, pitch, shading and your consumption pattern, and we will tell you honestly if solar does not stack up for your property.

The best tariffs for solar-and-battery homes pair a cheap overnight window for charging with a decent export rate, and several suppliers now offer tariffs designed exactly for this. The right one depends on your battery size and usage pattern; we set up every installation with a tariff recommendation and show you the maths behind it.

Yes. An installed, owned solar-and-battery system lowers running costs and improves the EPC rating, both of which buyers and mortgage lenders look at. The effect is strongest when the system is owned outright rather than leased, which is how we install.