Cut your electricity bills
A well-sized solar array generates most of what a typical home uses during daylight hours. The more of that power you use yourself, the less you buy from your supplier — and the bigger the monthly saving.
Energy savings guide
What solar really does for your bills.
A plain-English guide to how solar panels and a battery cut your electricity costs, pay back over time, and can even earn you an income from the grid.
Store the surplus
A battery lets you hold on to the power your panels make during the day and use it in the evening, when grid electricity is most expensive. It turns daytime generation into night-time savings.
Earn from what you export
Any electricity you don’t use can be sold back to the grid through an export tariff. The rate varies by supplier, but it’s a steady second income stream on top of the money you save.
Long-term financial returns
A system that keeps paying.
Solar is an upfront cost that turns into decades of savings. Here’s what the numbers tend to look like.
Typical payback
7–10 years
The point at which cumulative savings and earnings have repaid the system cost.
System lifespan
25+ years
of generation
Panels are warrantied for around 25 years and keep producing well beyond that.
Annual return
£600–£1,000+
A combination of bill savings and export payments, before any grid-trading income.
Property value
Rises
Buyers increasingly value homes with a working solar and battery system already installed.
Figures are typical ranges for UK homes and vary with system size, usage, tariff and orientation. We’ll give you a realistic estimate based on your property during your survey.
Turn your battery into income
Get paid to support the grid.
If you add a battery, it can do more than store your solar. During short periods when the grid needs extra support, your battery can export power back to the network — and you’re paid for every unit you send.
When we survey your home, we’ll help you choose a battery that’s ready to take part, so your system can earn from day one.
Earn from grid services
When your battery helps balance the grid during short stress periods, you can earn around £1 per kWh exported — with a guaranteed minimum of roughly £10 a month.
Keep full control
You manage your battery schedule however you like. Your battery only responds during brief grid events; the rest of the time it operates entirely on your terms.
Compatible with everything
Grid trading works alongside any energy supplier, tariff, or feed-in arrangement, and with third-party scheduling tools like Home Assistant.
How it works
Your battery, your rules.
You keep complete control while earning around £1 per kWh during grid stress periods — with a guaranteed minimum of roughly £10 a month.
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You control your schedule
Manage your battery manually, with Home Assistant, or any other system. It runs on your rules throughout the day.
02
Your battery responds
During brief grid stress periods, your battery is dispatched to export power to the grid. Outside those events, control stays with you.
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You get paid
Earn around £1 for every kWh exported during grid events, with a guaranteed minimum of roughly £10 a month. Your account is credited automatically.
What you’ll need to take part
A compatible battery and a smart meter.
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A compatible battery
You’ll need a battery from one of the major brands supported by grid-trading schemes. We’ll help you choose one during your survey.
AlphaESSSigenergyFOX ESSGivEnergySolaXSolisSolarEdge
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A smart meter
Most homes already have one. If you don’t, your energy supplier can usually install one for free — and we’ll confirm your meter is compatible before you commit to anything.