Funding

Grants & support worth knowing about

There's more help available than most households realise. We'll tell you straight which of these you're likely to qualify for — and which you're not.

VAT

0% VAT on installations

Solar panels, battery storage and other qualifying energy-saving materials fitted in residential property currently carry zero-rated VAT, rather than the standard rate.

Boiler Upgrade Scheme

Heat pump grants

Government grants toward replacing fossil-fuel heating with an air source or ground source heat pump, available in England and Wales.

ECO4

Energy Company Obligation

Support for eligible households toward insulation and heating upgrades, funded through the larger energy suppliers rather than by government directly.

SEG

Smart Export Guarantee

Get paid for the surplus you export. The rate is well below what you pay to import, though, so using your generation yourself pays considerably better.

Worth being realistic about

Scheme names, eligibility rules and grant amounts change regularly, and several are means-tested or tied to your property's EPC rating. Treat this page as a starting point rather than a guarantee — we'll confirm what actually applies to you during the survey.

The bigger lever

Using your own power beats any tariff

Grants help with the up-front cost, but the thing that actually changes your bill year after year is how much of your own generation you consume at home rather than export.

That's why we look at storage, hot water diversion and EV charging together rather than selling panels on their own — each one moves more of your generation out of the low-value export column and into the full-price column.

See what that's worth for you

What we'll tell you

Straight answers at survey

When our assessor visits, they'll go through which schemes you actually qualify for based on your property, your EPC and your circumstances — including the ones you don't.

We'd rather size a system properly than promise funding that never arrives.

Free design and survey

Tell us about your property and we'll come back with a system design and an honest set of numbers.