Residential Battery Storage
Generate, store and manage your own electricity with solar battery storage – reducing your reliance on the grid and protecting your home from rising energy costs.
Book your free home energy assessment to discover how much you could save with solar battery storage.
Residential Battery Storage
Generate, store and manage your own electricity with solar battery storage – reducing your reliance on the grid and protecting your home from rising energy costs.
Book your free home energy assessment to discover how much you could save with solar battery storage.
Battery Storage for Homes
Increase your savings with solar battery storage.
Home battery storage can help you increase energy independence, unlock greater savings and reduce your environmental impact. However, with a wide range of technologies, features and performance levels available, choosing the right system is key to maximising performance, savings and long-term value.
Whether you’re looking to add battery storage to existing solar panels or install a complete system from scratch, our energy experts take the time to understand your home, your energy usage and your future plans, then recommend a system tailored to deliver the best possible performance and return on investment.
Take Control of Your Energy and Maximise Your Savings
Home battery storage allows you to capture and store excess solar energy, so you can use it when you need it most.
Instead of exporting electricity back to the grid at low rates, you can power your home in the evening, overnight and during peak pricing periods.
Power Your Home from Morning to Night
Store energy during the day and use it in the evening, overnight and during peak pricing periods to power your home and EV.
Take Greater Control of Your Energy at Home
Monitor and manage your home’s energy usage in real time through a smart app and optimise your energy use to reduce costs.
Reduce Your Reliance on Grid Electricity
Use more of your low-cost solar energy, helping to protect your home from rising and unpredictable energy costs.
Keep Your Home Powered during Outages
With the right system design, battery storage can provide backup power to keep essential appliances running during a power cut.
Take Control of Your Energy and Maximise Your Savings
Home battery storage allows you to capture and store excess solar energy, so you can use it when you need it most. Instead of exporting electricity back to the grid at low rates, you can power your home in the evening, overnight and during peak pricing periods.
With grid electricity costing up to five times more than solar energy, a battery helps to maximise your savings and protect your home from rising energy costs.
With intelligent monitoring and control, you can optimise how and when energy is used, lowering your bills while reducing your carbon footprint.
Power Your Home from Morning to Night
Store energy during the day and use it in the evening, overnight and during peak pricing periods to power your home and EV.
Take Greater Control of Your Energy at Home
Monitor and manage your home’s energy usage in real time through a smart app and optimise your energy use to reduce costs.
Reduce Your Reliance on expensive Grid Electricity
Use more of your low-cost solar energy, helping to protect your home from rising and unpredictable energy costs.
Keep Your Home Powered during Outages
With the right system design, battery storage can provide backup power to keep essential appliances running during a power cut.
Take Control of Your Energy
Power Your Home from Morning to Night
Store energy during the day and use it in the evening, overnight and during peak pricing periods to power your home and EV.
Take Greater Control of Your Energy at Home
Monitor and manage your home’s energy usage in real time through a smart app and optimise your energy use to reduce costs.
Reduce Your Reliance on expensive Grid Electricity
Use more of your low-cost solar energy , helping to protect your home from rising and unpredictable energy costs.
Keep Your Home Powered during Outages
With the right system design, battery storage can provide backup power to keep essential appliances running during a power cut.
Choosing the Right Battery for Your Home
Choosing the right battery for your home depends on how you use energy today and how you want to use it in the future. From simple, all-in-one systems to flexible, future-ready solutions, there are a range of options available to suit different homes, budgets and energy goals.
SigEnergy
SigenStor
Fox ESS
Evo Series
Tesla
Powerwall 3
Power Your Home with Cleaner and Cheaper Energy
Solar panels and battery storage systems allow homeowners to generate and store electricity at a fraction of the cost of grid energy. Typical electricity costs today:
Grid electricity: 25-30p per kWh 
Solar electricity: 4-7p per kWh
That means every unit of solar electricity you generate, store and use could cost up to five times less than energy purchased from the grid. Over the lifetime of your renewable energy system, this can represent tens of thousands of pounds in energy savings.
Book your free home energy assessment to discover how much you could save with solar PV, battery storage and EV charging.
Frequently Asked Questions
Thinking about solar and battery storage for your home? Here are answers to some of the most common questions homeowners ask.
What is a home battery system?
A home battery storage system allows you to capture your solar energy during the day and use it to power your home and electric vehicle in the evening, overnight, or during peak prices.
With intelligent battery design and installation you can:
- Maximise the use of your solar energy
- Reduce exposure to rising grid prices
- Store energy to charge your EV
- Power your home during a power cut
- Monitor and control your home’s energy through a smart app
- Make use of off-peak energy tariffs
- Increase your return on investment
What is the first step to installing a home battery?
The first step is to arrange a your free home energy assessment. Our team will review your property, roof suitability, and electricity usage to design a system tailored to your home. You will receive clear guidance on system size, expected performance, and potential savings.
How much money can you save with solar panels and battery storage?
Savings will vary depending on your property, energy usage and system design, but the principle is simple: with grid electricity typically costing 25-30p per kWh and solar energy as low as 4-7p per kWh, generating your own electricity can significantly reduce your energy bills and provide long-term protection against rising energy prices.
Adding battery storage allows you to maximise the use of your solar energy, while charging an electric vehicle with solar power can further increase savings by reducing reliance on grid electricity and petrol or diesel.
Our expert design team uses industry-leading software to accurately forecast how much energy your home can generate, your expected energy bill savings, system payback and overall return on investment.
Book your free home energy assessment to discover how much you could save with solar panels, battery storage and EV charging.
What battery size and capacity do I need for my home?
The right battery size depends on your energy usage, lifestyle and whether you already have solar panels installed.
As a guide, most UK homes benefit from a battery system between 5 kWh and 15 kWh, but the optimal size is determined by how much electricity you use during the evening and overnight, when solar generation is lower.
At SolarSense, we design every system based on your actual energy consumption data, ensuring your battery delivers maximum savings, performance and long-term value without overspending on unnecessary capacity.
What is 'usable capacity' in a home battery?
Usable capacity refers to the amount of energy you can actually access from a battery.
While a battery may be advertised with a total (or nominal) capacity, a small portion is typically reserved to protect the battery’s lifespan and performance.
For example, a 10 kWh battery may offer around 9 kWh of usable capacity. This is the figure that really matters when comparing systems, as it determines how much stored energy is available to power your home.
Can a battery power my home during a power cut?
Yes, but only if the system is designed with backup functionality. Certain battery systems can automatically supply power to essential circuits during an outage, helping to keep lights, refrigeration and key appliances running.
SolarSense can design your home battery system with backup capability if this is important for your property.
Can I add a battery to an existing solar PV system?
Yes, in most cases a battery can be retrofitted to an existing solar PV system.
SolarSense will assess your current system, inverter compatibility and energy usage to ensure the battery integrates seamlessly and performs efficiently.
Can I charge my home battery from the grid?
Yes, in most cases a battery can be retrofitted to an existing solar PV system.
SolarSense will assess your current system, inverter compatibility and energy usage to ensure the battery integrates seamlessly and performs efficiently.
Can you sell solar energy back to the grid?
Yes. Through the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), you can receive payments for any surplus electricity your system exports to the grid.
However, export tariffs are typically lower than the cost of purchasing electricity, meaning the greatest value comes from using your solar energy within your home. Battery storage plays a key role in this. By storing excess energy generated during the day, you can use it later when demand is higher, such as in the evening. This increases self-consumption, reduces reliance on the grid and enhances overall system performance.
At SolarSense, we design systems to maximise the use of your on-site generation, helping you achieve the best possible return from your renewable energy system.
What is the Smart Export Guarantee?
The Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) is a UK government-backed scheme that allows homeowners with solar panels to earn money by exporting excess electricity back to the grid.
When your solar PV system generates more energy than your home needs, the surplus can be exported, and your energy supplier will pay you for each unit (kWh) of electricity you send back. This is tracked using a smart meter.
Export tariffs vary between suppliers, but the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) provides an additional financial benefit alongside the savings you make by using your own solar energy.
At SolarSense, we design systems to maximise your on-site energy use first, helping you achieve the greatest savings by reducing reliance on grid electricity. When paired with battery storage, you can store excess energy for use in the evening or during peak times, and export any remaining surplus to further improve your return on investment.
Can I charge my electric vehicle with solar energy?
Yes. Solar panels can be used to charge your electric vehicle either directly during the day or by using stored energy from a battery.
This allows you to power your vehicle with low-cost, self-generated electricity, reducing reliance on grid energy and significantly lowering the cost of charging.
Typical charging costs:
Charging from the grid: around 7p – 9p per mile
Charging with solar electricity: around 1p – 3p per mile
Over the lifetime of an electric vehicle, this difference can represent thousands of pounds in savings, while also reducing your carbon footprint.
At SolarSense, we design integrated systems that combine solar panels, battery storage and EV charging to maximise your energy savings and return on investment.
Do solar panels and household batteries require maintenance after they are installed?
Domestic solar panels require very little routine maintenance. In most cases, an inspection is recommended every few years to ensure the system is operating safely and efficiently, although rainfall is usually sufficient to keep solar panels clean.
Battery systems are designed for low-maintenance operation, with built-in monitoring to track performance. These typically require periodic checks, often aligned with an annual system service.
For optimal performance and long-term reliability, many homeowners choose a planned maintenance schedule, ensuring any issues are identified early and system performance is maintained over time.
How long do solar panels and home batteries last?
Solar panels are built for long-term performance, typically lasting 25-30 years or more, while battery storage systems generally last 10-15 years and can be replaced or upgraded as technology evolves. Both are supported by robust product warranties, with solar panels also benefiting from long-term performance guarantees, ensuring reliability and peace of mind.
Contact Us
Speak to our team about renewable energy and find out how much you could save with solar PV, battery storage and EV Charging.
SolarSense,
Unit 1A,
Tweed Road Industrial Estate,
Bristol,
BS21 6RR
SolarSense,
Sophia House,
33-35 Cathedral Rd,
Cardiff,
CF11 9HB
Powering Rainforest Conservation with Clean Energy
Every SolarSense installation delivers more than clean energy. Through our partnership with Rainforest Concern, your system helps protect some of the world’s most threatened ecosystems.
For every square metre of solar panels installed, we sponsor the protection of ten times that area of rainforest, supporting vital conservation projects that restore natural habitats and protect endangered species around the globe.
