Solar panel and battery installers in North East
Get in touch with Mark, whose local team holds the OVO partnership here. Book a free 45 minute video design and you will have your roof layout, your numbers and a written quote, without anyone setting foot in your home.
Meet Mark
Mark runs the established local business that holds the OVO Solar & Battery partnership for North East.
Around 200 installers were assessed and interviewed between 2025 and 2026 before 16 were accepted into the network. Mark's team was one of them, and covers Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Cumbria and Teesside exclusively for OVO.
So the person who designs your system and the team who fit it are local, named, and accountable to the same warranty.
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Covers Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Cumbria and TeessideNE, DH, SR, TS, DL, CA, LA
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Designs done remotelyA free 45 minute video call, evenings included.
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One visit, once you have decidedA short technical survey before install, never before.
What a roof in Tyne and Wear and County Durham actually does
Roofs here average 880 kWh per kWp a year, which is 2.41 peak sun hours a day. These are the two systems most homes around here end up with.
- Benefit a yeararound £1,074
- Paybackaround 9.0 years
- Exported at 20p2,599 kWh
- Over 25 years£25,300
- Benefit a yeararound £1,396
- Paybackaround 7.5 years
- Exported at 20p4,106 kWh
- Over 25 years£32,900
Average pricing, subject to consultation. Your quote is built around your actual roof, so it can land under these figures or over them. Mark's team gives it to you in writing on the call. Based on a home using 3,500 kWh a year.
Four steps, and only one of them happens at your house
- Consult and design, on videoWe look at your roof on screen with you, size the system to how you actually use energy, and answer everything.
- Your quote, in writingA fixed price from Mark's team, on the call. Finance options where they are available.
- Paperwork and grid applicationYou sign a letter of authority, we handle the grid application, and you pay a deposit to hold your slot.
- Technical survey, then installMark's team comes out to check everything we agreed remotely, then fits it. Usually one to two days.
Get your free quote from Mark
Two minutes. We confirm your video slot within one working day.
Worth reading before your North East design call
Straight answers from the OVO Solar and Battery team, sourced and dated.
What a DNO is, and why it gets a say in your solar system
Your supplier sells you power. Your DNO owns the cables, and sets how much you can connect.
Read the guide →Cloudy days and north facing roofs, answered honestly
Cloud reduces output, it does not switch it off. North facing depends on pitch more than compass.
Read the guide →How to read a battery warranty before you sign anything
Four numbers, the conditions underneath them, and a five minute way to compare two quotes.
Read the guide →A home battery without solar panels, honestly assessed
A battery with no panels still earns every night. Here is how much, and where it does not stack up.
Read the guide →The energy price cap, and what it does to your solar payback
The cap sets your unit price. That price is what every unit of your own solar is worth.
Read the guide →Which export rate can you actually qualify for?
The gate behind every headline rate, and the six things to check before you believe one.
Read the guide →Not in North East?
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