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Britain’s small-energy shift starts here

Power, made
personal.

Plug-in solar becomes possible in Great Britain on 27 August. We make the rules, costs and products easier to judge.

LIVE INPUT0.8 kW
Solar energy flows from two panels through an inverter into a home
HOME LOADLive first
01 · Learn02 · Calculate03 · Check04 · Compare
THE DATE27.08.26

Qualifying plug-in solar becomes lawful in Great Britain. Not every kit qualifies. The inverter, product, connection and registration rules still apply.

See the legal brief →

A new energy category

Less roof project.
More useful appliance.

Small solar is moving from specialist installation towards a regulated household product. That changes who can consider it.

It also creates room for bad claims. Our job is to show the number, the assumption and the primary source.

01 / COST LAB

Solar savings
checker.

Generation, self-use, annual saving and simple payback.

02 / PROPERTY

Home suitability.

Five prompts covering permissions, mounting, shade and the circuit.

03 / NEXT WAVE

Battery planner.

Model tariff shifting while the legal route remains unconfirmed.

One small system · Four important boundaries

Follow the energy.

01Panel

Sunlight becomes direct current.

02Microinverter

Power becomes grid-synchronised AC.

03Connection

Approved equipment meets a suitable circuit.

04Home first

Nearby demand uses generation before export.

See the full system anatomy

The evidence standard

NO. 04

We do not sell
around the question.

Every launch product must clear a traceable compliance gate. Every estimate must expose its assumptions. Every legal claim must point back to a primary source.

01Named product evidence
02Approved connection route
03Mounting and property check
04Registration made explicit
Read our product gate →

Start with your own numbers

Is small solar
worth it for your home?

Seven inputs. A cautious estimate. No email wall.

Run the cost checker

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