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Solar Panels Bath

Effective Home has become the leading solar panel installation company in the UK, offering robust 25-year warranties and products from top solar panel companies such as JA Solar and Tesla Powerwall, offering both a high-quality installation and a solar panel system of the latest technology.

Find Solar Panels For Your home In Bath

In today’s world, solar panels have advanced technologically as a renewable energy source, leaving behind their old reputation as being inefficient and too heavily reliant on direct sunlight. Modern solar panels can generate solar power by pulling daylight from the clouds themselves.

Bath and North-East Somerset receives around 1,250 hours of daylight. The typical 3.5kWp solar panel system can generate an amount of 4,375 kWh of energy a year from this amount of daylight, which translates into being worth around £328.13 in solar power, and £1,078 in national grid energy. This means you save hundreds in savings, with much higher potential if you use a solar battery.

Typical solar panel installation prices

2 Bedroom Home

£6,200

3 Bedroom Home

£7,100

4 Bedroom Home

£9,800

The typical battery installation price is £2,500.

The challenges of installing solar panels in Bath

Bath is a world heritage site, meaning it is a place recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. It is lauded not only for its distinct Georgian architecture, natural hot springs and its namesake – the well-preserved Roman baths that date back to their lesser-known occupation of Britain.

Solar panel installers, then, have to make sure that they abide by the increased rules and regulations that exist within the area to protect the integrity of the history and culture. Effectively, both planning permission and listed building consent will be required for many areas, regardless of whether they are roof or ground-mounted installations.

The many benefits of Solar Panels in Bath

Solar panel systems have a wide range of benefits that can grace your Bath home. The following is a rundown.

Slashed energy bills

The monthly energy bill in Bath is between £100 and £120, and the average solar panel installation has the capability of slashing this bill in half. This means that you can easily save around £650 a year on energy bills with this installation. Of course, buying and installing solar panels in Bath comes with an upfront cost. If you pay the average cost for solar panels, you can expect to make the money back through savings, between 11 – 16 years to break even. Considering that Solar Panels last for over 25 years, and Effective Homes grants a 25-year warranty, you could find yourself making back the costs in savings before the lifespan of the solar panels is halfway up.

That being said, it’s entirely possible for a basic setup to afford you 100% of your electricity free if you utilise solar batteries. Solar batteries either funnel all of their generated electricity into the home for use, or to the national grid through a SEG agreement.

Lowered carbon footprint

The use of fossil fuels to generate electricity since industrialisation has led to climate change, which has already shown a negative environmental impact, with worse to come if the course is not corrected. Many countries, including Britain, have come together during the Paris Climate Accord to come to a consensus about how we should generate energy moving forward, concerning climate change. This has resulted in many countries pledging to reduce their carbon footprint to a certain level, with Britain aiming to achieve net zero by 2050.

Solar PV panels generate the cheapest energy in the world, and better yet, their generation doesn’t result in carbon emissions. This sets them up as being the future of energy generation worldwide.

Full Independence from the National Grid

Being independent from the national grid is more than simply feeling in control of your home. By being able to generate electricity of your own, you are protected from the following:

Energy cuts - Losing electricity to your home is disastrous, as so much of your machinery is now unusable, and some can be ruined - such as appliances requiring freezing or cooling.
Rising energy bills - In 2021, Russia invaded Ukraine, something that not only captured worldwide attention but managed to affect the everyday lives of working-class people through energy price hikes. The geopolitical disaster incurred a trade embargo and sanctions that resulted in Britons paying over 50% for electricity from the national grid, as well as over 80% for gas. But when you install solar panels on your property, that's where you draw your energy from, not the national grid - saving you from energy price hikes.

Boost To Property Value

High energy efficiency in a property is one of the most attractive aspects you can ask for. Ever since energy bills skyrocketed in 2021, homeowners have been looking for ways to reduce their energy bills. One of these ways is through installing measures that either increase how long you keep the heat you generate inside your house via insulation or boast cheaper and cleaner heat/electricity generation. This is called energy efficiency, and it’s graded by an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).

EPC ratings go from A – G, with A being the most efficient, and they increase by a certain amount depending on what improvement you make to your home. One of those improvements is, of course, solar panels. Whilst it depends on the size of the solar panels, this can boost your rank by a rank or two.

Battery Management

Solar panels are great inventions in and of themselves – but their versatility and possible energy savings skyrocket when a battery is added to the setup. Normally, when a solar panel generates electricity it cannot be stored or used, it either wastes it or sells it to the national grid if you have a “smart export guarantee”. With a battery, however, you can store this energy for later – something that is much more economical.

To prove the point, take a look at the table below:

Energy source

Price

Battery storage

Free

National Grid

£25 to £30 per 100kWh

SEG Rates

£3 to £15 per 100kWh

Whilst many have made a side income from generating electricity and selling it back to the national grid, it is more economical for people to simply store the electricity and use it later, as you can see from the table above. Effective Home has battery-integrated solar panels, meaning our setups come all-in-one without a need for separate battery installation jobs.

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How Much Do Solar PV Installations Cost?

The average cost for a 3-bed house including installation is £88.73 a month with finance (subject to status) – check out our affordable ways to pay

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Typical 3-bed house

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Solar Panel Cost Reductions

Effective home supports various means by which the government is helping push the adoption of renewable energy solutions listed below.

Energy Company Obligation

The energy company obligation, also known as ECO, is a scheme made by the government that places the responsibility of funding and applying energy efficiency measures to homes that are in need on the big energy companies.

People who align with the following are eligible:

Income

Your household income must be below £31,000 a year

Means-tested benefits

Many common means-tested benefits apply:

Low EPC

Your home must have an EPC rating of E, F, or G to qualify, as the scheme targets homes with poor energy efficiency

Property status

You must either be a homeowner or a private tenant.

Zero VAT on Solar Panels

Solar panels are just like any other good in the UK and they can be taxed VAT. VAT is a tax applied to any good or service belonging to a company above a certain income level, and it is used to fund public services, infrastructure, defence, security, social services and more.

Typically, VAT is 20% as a standard, only lowering for goods or services that the government wants to incentivise. In the case of solar panels, the government views this renewable energy source as a fantastic alternative to fossil fuels and therefore has dropped VAT to 0. This means that all prices you pay for solar panels are 20% cheaper, as a rule, due to waiving VAT.

Why Choose Effective Home

With a commitment to efficient and affordable solar solutions, we make it easy for homeowners across the country to improve their home’s efficiency and enjoy all the benefits that come along with it.

Talk to one of our advisors on 0333 003 0703

Local solar panel installers

From our offices near Bath, we offer a national solution with local customer service.

Peace of mind

We’re a certified member of the Energy Performance Validation Scheme (EPVS). All our estimates are independently verified by EPVS and they will provide you with a validation certificate to say that we have given you accurate savings and running costs.

Solar Panels

Our solar panel systems in Bath are all top quality operating at incredible efficiency meaning you will save money and enjoy solar power throughout the day