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Indicative only. Real figures depend on your roof pitch, orientation, shading and usage pattern, all of which we check on your free video design. Assumes 26.11p import, 57.19p standing charge, ~13p off-peak, and a 20p export rate with battery / 15p without.1,4
Taken straight from our regional partner pricing matrix. Your final quote comes from your local partner after your design, but this is the shape of it.
Average pricing, subject to consultation. Your quote is built around your actual roof, so it can land under these figures or over them. You get it in writing on the call, before you commit to anything.
Installed cost per kWp ranges from £1,268 at the large end to £2,374 at the small end, averaging £1,748 per kWp across the three standard sizes.
The spread is almost entirely fixed costs. Labour alone is £2,051 on every job regardless of size, which is why the big system is the value buy.
A 5.2 kWh usable battery adds £2,444 to any installation, about £470 per usable kWh, fitted and commissioned.
It's flat across all three system sizes, and it's what unlocks the 20p export rate rather than 15p, so it partly pays for itself through the tariff alone.
Full breakdown of what drives the price →
Prices from the OVO regional partner pricing matrix. Excludes non-standard scaffolding, roof repairs and unusual electrical work. Finance is available through selected partners.
You will still own this system in 2051. It is worth knowing who you are buying it from.
OVO has supplied energy to British homes since 2009 and serves around 4 million UK customers.3 Your warranty is worth exactly as much as the company behind it.
Around 200 installers were assessed and interviewed; 16 made it.2 One partner per region, working exclusively with OVO, an established local business with a name to protect, backed by a national brand.
Being the supplier and the installer is what makes the 20p export rate possible.1 Standalone installers can't offer it, because they don't own the tariff.
A proven operation delivering at scale across England, Wales and Scotland, with the process refined over thousands of roofs.
Ten years on our workmanship, on top of the manufacturer warranties on the panels, inverter and battery.
Supply, solar, battery and export all under one roof, one app, one bill, one number to ring if something needs sorting.
Nine out of ten of our designs are completed entirely online. We use satellite and aerial roof imagery, your smart meter data and a shared screen, so you see exactly what we see, and you can close the laptop whenever you like.
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Your roof, your usage, your numbers, designed live on screen with a local expert.
A written quote from your regional partner, with finance options where available.
Typically a one to two day install, backed by a 10-year workmanship warranty.
Your install is carried out by an established regional business that holds the exclusive OVO partnership for your area. They live where you live.
Each partner was assessed and interviewed before being accepted, 16 selected from around 200 considered between 2025 and 2026.2 They carry the OVO name, work to OVO's standards, and are backed by OVO's warranty.
Free, no obligation. We match you to the OVO partner for your postcode.
Free, no obligation. We match you to the partner for your area.
Solar & battery installers in Bristol
See your local installers →Most people buy solar panels and hope for the best. There's a smarter sequence, and it starts before you've fitted a single panel.
A typical UK home uses 8 to 12 kWh of electricity a day. Match your battery to that, fill it overnight when power is cheapest, and run the evening peak off it. That works in January just as well as July.
Scaffolding, labour, the inverter and the paperwork cost the same whether you fit 6 panels or 14. Going from 6 panels to 14 costs about 25% more and generates 133% more electricity, so half-covering a roof is the most expensive way to buy solar.
Standard SEG rates elsewhere start around 4p. At 20p, surplus generation stops being waste and starts being income.
We size all three moves around your actual usage, on the call.
It sounds backwards. It isn't. Using a unit of your own solar saves you the 26.11p you'd have paid to import it, but you give up the 20p you'd have earned exporting it. Net gain: just 6.11p.
Fill that same battery overnight at the off-peak rate instead, and you save 13.11p on every unit, while your solar goes out to the grid at the full 20p. Better than twice the benefit, from the same kit.
Our design tool models both dispatch strategies for your specific home and usage, then sets your system up to run whichever one actually pays you more. For most homes with a battery, it's the second.
Solar panels run on daylight, not heat. The UK averages 998 kWh per kWp per year, about 2.7 peak sun hours a day. Even Aberdeen beats a lot of Germany, which has more installed solar than anywhere in Europe.
Figures assume a south-facing roof at optimal pitch with no significant shading. Your free design accounts for your actual orientation, pitch and shading. Export income assumes roughly 55% of generation is exported on a typical system with battery.
A typical installation runs from about £6,411 for a 6-panel (2.7 kWp) system to £7,990 for a 14-panel (6.3 kWp) system. Adding battery storage costs around £2,444 more.
The important number is cost per kWp, and it drops sharply as the system grows, from £2,374 per kWp on a small system to £1,268 per kWp on a large one. That's because scaffolding, labour, the inverter and certification cost the same regardless of how many panels you fit.
Battery storage adds around £2,444 for roughly 5.2 kWh of usable capacity, about £470 per usable kWh, fitted and commissioned. That price is flat across all our system sizes.
It also lifts your export rate from 15p to 20p per kWh, so on a system exporting 3,500 kWh a year the tariff uplift alone is worth about £175 a year before you count any storage savings.
About 998 kWh per kWp installed per year as a UK average, roughly 2.7 peak sun hours a day. A 6.3 kWp system (14 panels) generates around 6,300 kWh a year.
It varies by region: Devon and Cornwall reach about 1,060 kWh per kWp, London and the Thames Valley about 1,000, Yorkshire about 910, and north east Scotland about 850. Even at the lowest end, a full roof generates more than most households use.
Typically 7 to 14 years, depending on size. A 14-panel system with battery pays back in around 7 years; 10 panels in around 9; 6 panels in around 14.
Bigger systems pay back faster, because the fixed costs are spread across more generating capacity. Panels are warranted to keep performing for 25 years, so a 7-year payback means roughly 18 years of pure return.
No, around 9 in 10 of our designs are completed entirely online. We use satellite and aerial roof imagery alongside your meter data to design your system live on a 45-minute video call.
You see the panel layout on your own roof, the generation forecast and the price, all on screen. A short technical visit happens only after you've decided to go ahead, not before.
One of 16 regional partner businesses, selected from around 200 installers assessed and interviewed between 2025 and 2026. Each holds the exclusive OVO partnership for its region.
They're established local companies, not subcontractors picked off a list, working to OVO's standards and backed by a 10-year workmanship warranty. OVO Solar & Battery connects you with the partner for your area; the partner carries out the installation.
OVO's SEG Install Exclusive tariff pays 20p per kWh when OVO installs both your solar panels and your battery, or 15p per kWh for solar only.
For context, OVO's standard SEG rate, which is open to customers of any supplier, is 4p per kWh. On a system exporting 3,500 kWh a year, that's roughly £700 versus £140.
Get them together if you can, but if you're sequencing, think about the battery first. A battery sized to your daily usage saves money from day one by shifting your consumption to cheap off-peak hours. It works in December as well as June, with no dependence on sunshine.
Then fill the roof with as much solar as it will take. The marginal cost of each extra panel is low, and with a 20p export rate you're paid properly for everything you don't use.
With a 20p export rate, they're much closer than people assume. Using a unit of your own solar saves the 26.11p you'd have paid to import, but costs you the 20p you'd have earned exporting it. Net benefit: about 6p.
Charging your battery off-peak instead saves around 13p per unit while your solar goes to the grid at the full 20p. For most homes with a battery that's the better strategy, and it's what we'll configure for you.
Match it to your daily electricity use, not your roof. Most UK homes use 8 to 12 kWh a day, and a large share of that lands in the evening peak, which is exactly what a 5.2 kWh usable battery is sized to cover.
Oversizing wastes money: a battery you only half-cycle earns half as much. On your design call we'll look at your actual consumption before recommending anything.
North-facing roofs generate roughly 60 to 70% of what a south-facing roof would, which often still works, particularly on east/west split arrays, which spread generation across the morning and evening rather than peaking at noon.
Shading is more of a problem than orientation, but optimisers or micro-inverters usually solve it. We assess both from aerial imagery on your design call and tell you straight if it isn't worth doing.
You need to own the property, so we can only install for homeowners. We install on detached, semi-detached and terraced houses.
We're not currently able to install on flats and apartments, because of shared roof ownership and communal wiring. If you own a leasehold house with a roof of your own, get in touch and we'll check.
Domestic solar panels and battery storage installed in residential property in Great Britain currently attract 0% VAT. All prices shown here are what you'd pay.
The relief is set by HMRC and is currently due to run until 31 March 2027, after which the rate is scheduled to return to 5%.
Most installations are completed in one to two days. Solar-only jobs are often a single day; adding a battery usually means a second.
Scaffolding typically goes up the day before and comes down a day or two after. Your partner will confirm the schedule before booking anything in.
Takes about two minutes. We match you to your local installer and confirm your free video design within one working day.
Find out what it could be worth, in 45 minutes, from your sofa, with a local expert and no obligation whatsoever.
