Guides
Plain-English guides for Kent homeowners who are thinking about solar panels, a home battery or both. They cover what really drives the price, whether a battery suits your household, how to tell if your roof is suitable, and how to choose an MCS-certified installer and get paid for the electricity you export. Read them before you ask for quotes, then check the details of your own property with your installer, your council and your energy supplier.
Typical UK price ranges for solar panels and home batteries, the extras that change a quote, the 0% VAT rate until March 2027, and how to test the savings figures an installer gives you.
Read the guideHow a battery works with solar panels, how to size one, how tariffs change the picture, AC and DC coupling, adding a battery to an existing system, Feed-in Tariff rules, power cuts and where a battery can safely go.
Read the guideWhich way your roof faces, pitch and space, shading, the condition and structure of the roof, flat roofs, the permitted development rules updated in August 2026, listed buildings and flats, Building Regulations and grid notification.
Read the guideHow to check an installer's MCS certification and consumer protection, what a proper survey and quote should include, how to read the MCS generation estimate, the paperwork you should get, how export payments work and how to look after the system.
Read the guideA survey and quote before you commit
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