For your home · Est. 2015

Solar panels for your home.

State-of-the-art solar power systems for homes across Birmingham and the Midlands. Cut your electricity bills, earn export payments and take control of your energy: designed, installed and looked after by a technically-minded team, never a sales pitch.

40–50%
typical bill reduction
5.0★
44 Google reviews
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Why homeowners switch

Three reasons your roof pays for itself.

Solar isn't only good for the planet, for most Midlands homes it's a straightforward piece of household maths. Here's where the value comes from.

Save Money

Bills can drop 40–50%

A well-sized home system cuts what you draw from the grid every day the sun is up. Households typically see electricity bills fall by 40–50% once panels are generating.

Clean & Renewable

Power straight from the sun

Solar generates clean, renewable electricity on your own roof — no fuel, no fumes and a smaller carbon footprint for your home, while it quietly improves your EPC rating too.

Price Protection

Beat rising energy prices

UK energy prices roughly doubled between 2010 and 2020. Generating your own power insulates your household from the next round of tariff hikes — you own the electricity you make.

Solar + battery

Store the sun for after dark.

Panels generate most during the day, but that's often when nobody's home. Pair your solar with a home battery and you store the surplus instead of exporting it cheaply, then draw on it in the evening when your household actually uses power.

The result is far more of your own free electricity used at home, less bought from the grid, and even more protection against rising prices. We design every system battery-ready, so you can add storage now or later.

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Use more of what you make

Surplus daytime generation is banked instead of sold on, ready for the evening peak.

Be your own supplier

Generate, store and consume your own power, a household producer and consumer in one.

Daylight is enough

Panels need daylight, not direct summer sun. They generate right through cooler, cloudier UK days.

Ready when you are

Every install is designed battery-ready, so adding storage later is straightforward.

Giving back

Get paid for the power you export.

When your panels generate more than your home needs, that surplus doesn't go to waste. Under the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), your energy supplier pays you for every unit you send back to the grid, turning spare sunshine into money off your bill.

As an MCS-certified installer (MCS NIC-600049), our installations qualify you for SEG export payments, the certification that makes those payments possible.

Built for our climate

Monocrystalline panels, chosen on purpose.

We fit high-efficiency monocrystalline panels, the technology that performs best in the cooler Northern-European climate, generating strongly in daylight rather than needing blazing sun.

More generation per square metre means a smaller, tidier array on your roof and a better return over the system's life. And a solar-equipped home tends to earn a better EPC rating too.

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The numbers, sourced

What a West Midlands roof actually does.

Every figure here has a named public source, the same standard we hold our quotes to.

  • A 4 kWp south-facing array at 35 degrees is modelled at 3,839 kWh a year in Oldbury, 3,864 in Birmingham, 3,891 in Sutton Coldfield and 4,002 in Worcester, long-term averages for an unshaded roof.

    Source: European Commission JRC, PVGIS 5.3 (SARAH3), 4 kWp, south, 35 degrees, 14% system loss

  • The mean installed cost of a 0 to 4 kW solar system in the West Midlands was £1,778 per kW in 2025/26 (£1,628 per kW for 4 to 10 kW), across 21,961 installations, a regional average, not a quote.

    Source: DESNZ, Solar PV cost data 2025/26, Regional costs (TIC), published 28 May 2026

  • Birmingham had 14,926 solar PV installations at the end of 2025 (up 70% since 2020), Solihull 3,590 (up 87%), and the four Black Country boroughs 17,701 between them.

    Source: DESNZ, Renewable electricity by local authority 2014 to 2025, published 29 September 2026

  • VAT was removed from household electricity bills in England, Scotland and Wales from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027; the Ofgem price cap for 1 October to 31 December 2026 is 26.32p per kWh for electricity with a 54.83p daily standing charge (Direct Debit, GB average).

    Source: Ofgem price cap, 1 October to 31 December 2026

  • Octopus Outgoing (Fixed) pays 12p per kWh exported (cut from 15p on 1 March 2026); Outgoing Prime pays 16p at the 4pm to 7pm peak and 9p off-peak. SEG suppliers ask for an MCS-certified installation on systems up to 50 kW.

    Source: Octopus Energy Outgoing tariffs; Ofgem SEG guidance

  • The 0% VAT rate on installing solar panels and batteries in homes runs to 31 March 2027, after which it reverts to the 5% reduced rate.

    Source: HMRC VAT Notice 708/6

Long-warranty panels

The panels we fit, and why.

We fit a short list of panels we know, led by the warranty terms rather than the headline wattage. The exact model and its warranty document are on your quote.

Aiko Neostar

N-type ABC (all-back-contact) modules with no front-side busbars, the Neostar 2P54 running 450 to 485 W, with a 15-year product warranty and a 30-year performance warranty.

  • Neostar 2P54 Mono-Glass modules are rated 450 W to 485 W; the Neostar 2P+ 54 Dual-Glass 455 W to 475 W. Source: aikosolar.com/en/products/neostar-2p54-mono-glass/
  • Aiko's Neostar 2P rooftop modules reach up to 24.3% efficiency using n-type ABC cell technology. Source: www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/07/aiko-launches-new-rooftop-solar-panels-with-24-3-efficiency/
  • Warranty: 15-year product warranty and a 30-year performance warranty with at least 88.8% of rated output guaranteed at year 30; degradation no more than 1% in year one and 0.35% a year after that. Source: www.pscenergy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Neostar-Aiko-Datasheet.pdf

JA Solar

A tier-one manufacturer we have fitted for years; the current residential line is the 54-cell DeepBlue 4.0 Pro, n-type TOPCon, around 440 to 475 W. The exact model and warranty document are on your quote.

  • The DeepBlue 4.0 Pro 475 W residential module is rated at 22.7% module efficiency and uses n-type TOPCon cells (figures as published in JA Solar's datasheet, read via an independent review because jasolar.com blocks automated reading). Source: www.ohmsnap.com/solar-panels/ja-solar-deepblue-4-pro-475
  • The DeepBlue 4.0 Pro carries a 25-year product warranty and a linear performance warranty that limits degradation to 0.4% a year and guarantees at least 87.4% of rated output at the end of the term. Source: www.ohmsnap.com/solar-panels/ja-solar-deepblue-4-pro-475

Eurener

A Spanish manufacturer whose current MEPV Nexa series is n-type TOPCon, bifacial double-glass and made in Spain. The exact model and warranty document are on your quote.

  • Eurener's MEPV Nexa series is offered in 475 W, 500 W, 515 W and 600 W models using n-type TOPCon bifacial double-glass cells, and is made in Spain. Source: www.windandsun.co.uk/products/eurener-mepv-nexa
  • Eurener gives a 25-year product warranty and a 30-year performance warranty on the MEPV Nexa series. Source: www.windandsun.co.uk/products/eurener-mepv-nexa

For your home

Batteries, chargers and where we install

Where we install: homes across the Black Country, Worcestershire homes, solar panels in Staffordshire, and solar panels in Telford, Coventry home solar, solar panels in Worcester, Shrewsbury home solar and solar panels in Wolverhampton.

Homeowners, in their own words

5.0 on Google from 44 reviews

  • ★★★★★
    “Solar panels and battery does as it says on the tin. Harj looked after us from start to finish and was always on hand to explain or help us with anything with the product, even a year later. Panels and the equipment look good. I would recommend this company.”
    Ken Tamorama · Google
  • ★★★★★
    “I had solar panels installed with Green Tech Hub, and they were highly professional throughout the process. Their operative was always contactable. I'd highly recommend them for solar panel installation.”
    Andrew · Google
  • ★★★★★
    “Very impressed with the director's knowledge. No high pressure sales pitch, just a clear explanation of the best system for us. The fitting was arranged quickly and the engineers were very efficient and tidy.”
    Michael Foster · Google

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Home solar questions, answered straight

How much do solar panels cost in Birmingham and the West Midlands?

The government's own cost data puts the 2025/26 West Midlands mean at £1,778 per kW installed for systems up to 4 kW and £1,628 per kW for 4 to 10 kW, a regional average across 21,961 installations that includes VAT where it applied, not a quote. A typical 4 kW home array therefore lands around £7,000 before any battery, and the 0% VAT rate on home solar runs to 31 March 2027. We give a fixed price for your roof rather than a range.

Is it worth buying solar panels in the UK?

For a roof that faces somewhere between east and west with limited shading, usually yes. A 4 kW south-facing array in the West Midlands is modelled at roughly 3,800 to 4,000 kWh a year by the European Commission's PVGIS tool, against a typical household use of around 2,700 kWh. Every unit you use yourself replaces electricity at the 26.32p price cap rate; every unit you export earns 12p on Octopus Outgoing. The honest variables are your roof, your daytime usage and whether you add a battery, which is why we model your house rather than quote an average.

Can you still get free solar panels?

Not as a homeowner in the West Midlands. The feed-in tariff that once funded free-panel schemes closed in 2019, and current support is the 0% VAT rate on installation until 31 March 2027 plus export payments under the Smart Export Guarantee. Anyone offering free panels today is either a rent-a-roof arrangement or a grant scheme with specific eligibility (low income, certain benefits). We will tell you straight if you qualify for anything.

Do I need planning permission for solar panels on my house?

Almost never. Under Part 14 of the General Permitted Development Order, as amended from 27 August 2026, panels on a house roof are permitted development provided they project no more than 0.2 metres from the roof slope and sit no higher than the highest part of the roof excluding chimneys. In a conservation area only a wall, balcony or roof enclosure fronting a highway is restricted; roof slopes are not. Listed buildings need consent, and flat-roof arrays in conservation areas need prior approval.

What do I get paid for exporting?

Export is paid through the Smart Export Guarantee. Octopus Outgoing Fixed pays 12p per kWh at the time of writing and Outgoing Prime 16p at the 4pm to 7pm peak and 9p off-peak; suppliers ask for an MCS-certified installation on systems up to 50 kW, which ours are (NIC-600049). We act as your free broker and point you to whoever pays most, even if it is not a supplier we work with.

How far do you travel?

We are based in Oldbury and install across Birmingham, the Black Country, Worcestershire and Staffordshire, regularly travelling 30 to 40 miles: Telford, Coventry, Worcester, Stafford and Shrewsbury included. The engineer who surveys your house designs the system and installs it.

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