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Solar, batteries, EV charging and heat pumps

Solar and batteries, priced before anyone visits.

LONGi panels at £1,000 per kWp installed, Duracell Dura16 at £4,450 with solar and Tesla Powerwall 3 from £6,350, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.

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  • Free 30-minute video design call
  • Named kit at published installed prices
  • Installed by our MCS-certified, fully insured teams

Installed prices

Every system is designed on your call before anything is fitted.

  • Free 30-minute video callYour roof, your usage and the kit that fits, talked through on screen.
  • Survey before any commitmentA home survey confirms the design at your property before your written quote.
  • 10-year Powerwall warranty80 per cent capacity retained at 10 years (Tesla datasheet).
  • Our MCS-certified, fully insured teamsWe design it, and our installation teams fit and commission it.

Installed prices

Five packages, priced on the page

Named kit from LONGi, Duracell and Tesla at published installed prices. Each one has its datasheet and a calculator that starts from what you spend a month.

Compare the batteries

Prices are installed. Both Duracell packages are priced for an installation alongside solar panels. Powerwall prices are from, subject to survey. Solar is £1,000 per kWp using the 530 W LONGi Hi-MO X10.

Which system suits you

Four batteries, compared honestly

Price, price per usable kWh, storage, warranty and backup, side by side. The cheapest box is not always the right one, and the biggest rarely is.

Adding panels at the same time

All four packages fit alongside new LONGi panels. Both Duracell packages share the lowest installed price per usable kWh, £309.

A battery with no panels

The two Powerwall 3 packages are sold with or without solar, from £6,350. Both Duracell packages are priced for an installation alongside solar panels.

Big evenings, an EV or a heat pump

Size the battery to what your home uses between sunset and sunrise. The 27 kWh and 32 kWh packages suit higher use; your design call works it out from your bills.

Battery packages compared: installed price, price per usable kWh, usable storage, warranty and backup
Duracell Dura16One unit, with solar Two Dura1632 kWh, with solar Tesla Powerwall 3One unit Powerwall 3 + ExpansionTwo units, 27 kWh
Installed price£4,450£8,900from £6,350from £10,850
Per usable kWh£309Lowest£309Lowest£470£402
Usable storage14.4 kWh28.8 kWh13.5 kWh27 kWh
Warranty10 years10 years10 years10 years
BackupDiscussed on your callDiscussed on your callRequires a Backup Gateway 2Requires a Backup Gateway 2
SoldWith solarWith solarWith or without solarWith or without solar
See the Dura16 See two units See the Powerwall 3 See the Expansion

Per usable kWh is the installed package price divided by the datasheet usable capacity: arithmetic on the prices above, not a manufacturer figure.

What it could be worth to a typical home

£840a year, panels alone
Pays back in 7.6 years
£1,134a year, panels and a Duracell Dura16
Pays back in 9.5 years
£1,134a year, panels and a Tesla Powerwall 3
Pays back in 11.2 years

Estimated year-one benefit on the model every calculator on this site runs: 12 LONGi panels (6.36 kWp), a home using 2,700 kWh a year, 925 kWh per kWp (the average PVGIS yield across our county pages), a 12p export rate and off-peak charging at 8.5p. A bigger battery earns its keep in a home that uses more, or runs an EV or a heat pump. Run it for your own spend.

How solar and a battery work together

Make it at midday, use it at teatime

Panels generate most around the middle of the day. Most homes use most in the evening. The battery is what moves your own energy across that gap.

It stores your solar. Instead of exporting at a few pence and buying back at the 26.32p capped rate, the battery runs the home after dark.

It buys off-peak. On a smart tariff it tops up overnight at the cheap rate and covers the expensive evening hours.

It can open better export rates. Some of the strongest export rates are reserved for homes with solar and a battery; our export rates page names them and the conditions.

How a home battery works alongside solar Solar panels charge the battery by day. The battery powers the home. On an off-peak tariff the battery can also charge from the grid overnight. Panels Battery Home Grid
Solar charges the battery by day, the battery runs the home in the evening, and on an off-peak tariff it can top up from the grid overnight.

How it works

Four steps to switch-on

You see the design and the price before anyone visits, and nothing is booked until you say so.

  1. 2 minutes

    Tell us about your home

    Your postcode, your first name and a number to call. The rest can wait for the call.

  2. 30 minutes

    Free video design call

    Niall or Vince, our residential energy consultants, look at your roof and your usage with you.

  3. When you are ready

    Survey and written quote

    A home survey confirms the design at your property and your written quote follows.

  4. Install day

    Install and switch-on

    Our MCS-certified, fully insured installation teams fit and commission it, and your MCS certificate follows.

Every installation is carried out by our teams, who hold:

  • MCS certified
  • TrustMark registered
  • NAPIT registered
  • NICEIC registered
  • RECC member
  • Which? Trusted Trader

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Real installations

What good looks like

Neat rows, clean cable runs and finished roofs on UK homes. Tap any photo to see it full size.

  • Aerial view of a row of red-brick heritage cottages with solar panels spaced along the roof ridge
    Solar panels spaced neatly along a row of red-brick heritage cottages.
  • A stone-built UK bungalow with a full all-black solar panel array across the roof pitch
    An all-black panel array fitted flush across a stone bungalow's roof.
  • Aerial view of a modern chalet-style house with black solar panels on two roof faces and a flat-roof array
    Black panels across two roof faces and a flat-roof array on a modern chalet-style home.
  • Aerial view of a red-brick new-build home with a dark solar panel array on the front roof pitch
    A dense panel array fitted to a new-build home's front roof pitch.
  • Aerial view of a flat-roof garden building with a black solar panel array, on a residential street
    A flat-roof garden building fitted with its own solar array.
  • Three Tesla Powerwall battery units mounted side by side on a rendered exterior wall
    Three Tesla Powerwall units, wall-mounted and ready to go.

Installed and commissioned by our MCS-certified, fully insured installation teams.

Instant estimate

See a number before you speak to anyone

Answer a few questions about your roof and usage and see an instant solar and battery estimate. No email needed to see the result.

Prices and deadlines

Two dates to watch this winter

The January price cap and the 31 March VAT deadline both change the sums. Forecasts are shown as forecasts, each with its own date.

26.32pElectricity unit rate under the price cap, October to December 2026. Ofgem, announced 26 August 2026.
+21.8% to +23.9%January rises forecast by British Gas, E.ON Next and EDF (forecasts dated 21 to 23 September 2026). Cornwall Insight's last forecast was 9%. Ofgem confirms the January cap in late November.
31 March 20270% VAT on installing solar panels and batteries ends. It reverts to 5% after that under current legislation.

What the cap is worth on your roof depends on where you live. See solar payback in every county, the same 12-panel system ranked across all 85.

FAQs

The things everyone asks

What does the free design call involve?

A 30-minute video call with Niall or Vince, our residential energy consultants, or a phone call if you prefer. Your roof on screen, your usage talked through, and the kit and the price that fit. Nobody visits your home, and nothing is booked until you say so.

What do the packages cost?

Solar is £1,000 per kWp installed, so ten 530 W LONGi panels (5.30 kWp) come to £5,300. A Duracell Dura16 is £4,450 and two Dura16 units £8,900 when installed with solar. A Tesla Powerwall 3 is from £6,350 and a Powerwall 3 with an Expansion unit from £10,850, subject to survey. The design call, the survey and your written quote are free.

Who carries out the installation?

We do. Our MCS-certified, fully insured installation teams install and commission every system to the design agreed on your call, backed by our workmanship warranty and the manufacturer's product warranty. Your written quote sets out the terms before you commit to anything.

Is there VAT on solar panels and batteries?

Not at the moment. Installing solar panels and batteries on a home in Great Britain is zero-rated for VAT until 31 March 2027, and reverts to 5% after that under current legislation. Our VAT deadline guide sets out how long a job takes from first call to switch-on.

Do I have to be with a particular energy supplier?

No. We explain how tariffs from suppliers such as OVO, Octopus Energy and E.ON Next work with solar, batteries, EVs and heat pumps, and you choose. Some of the strongest export and smart rates are reserved for the supplier's own customers, and we always tell you when that is the case.

What is MCS certification?

MCS is the Microgeneration Certification Scheme, the UK standard for small-scale renewable installations and the people who fit them. It matters for one practical reason: most export tariffs require your installation to be MCS-certified before they pay you for exported energy, and every system we install is commissioned by our MCS-certified teams, so the certificate comes as part of the job.

Which areas do you cover?

England, Scotland and Wales: our teams install nationwide. Every county has its own page with local solar figures, and the coverage map takes you straight to yours.

Free, no obligation

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Takes about two minutes. We call or text within one working day to book your free 30-minute video design call at a time that suits you. We design it around your roof and your numbers, and our MCS-certified, fully insured installation teams install it.

Installations can only go ahead for homeowners, as the system is fixed to the property. Do carry on if you own it, or you are about to.
Flats and apartments usually share a roof, which rules most installations out. Send your details anyway and we will tell you honestly what is possible.
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