Solar panel deals and offers right now: checked 8 October 2026

These are the solar panel offers and starting prices published by the main UK energy companies and national installers when we checked. “From” prices are for each company’s smallest system, which is usually smaller than a typical home needs. We show what each one buys further down.

For full reviews of each company’s solar deals, see our reviews of E.ON, EDF, Octopus, British Gas, Sunsave, OVO, Heatable, BOXT, Utilita, Tesla and Hive. For a wider list, see solar panel companies in the UK.

Offers still advertised that have ended

A surprising number of offers are still shown online after they’ve finished. These are the ones we found where the company’s own small print gives an end date that has passed. None of this means the company did anything wrong. Pages often lag behind. But it does mean you shouldn’t count on the saving without asking.

If a salesperson quotes one of these, ask them to confirm in writing that it still applies to your order. A genuine offer has an end date in its terms. One that’s always “ending soon” usually isn’t a saving.

The best solar panel deals in the UK, by situation

There isn’t one best deal among the solar panel deals UK homeowners can get right now. The right one depends on whether you want the lowest price, the highest export rate, or nothing to pay upfront. These are our picks from the offers above. They’re our opinion, based on the published figures, and the right answer for your home depends on your roof and how you use electricity.

• Lowest published price per panel: E.ON’s 12-panel system from £6,495, or £6,345 if its £150 discount applies. That works out at about £529 a panel, the lowest of the full-size systems we found. Check it includes scaffolding and bird protection, and ask for the panel wattage in writing (E.ON review).
• Highest export rate: Good Energy’s Solar Savings Exclusive at 25p per kWh, then OVO and So Energy at 20p. All three require you to buy your system from that supplier, and the Good Energy and So Energy rates last 12 months (export deals).
• Battery bundle with the price on the page: Heatable’s 10 panels with a 14.4kWh battery at £9,155, plus £800–£950 for scaffolding. That’s a large battery for the money, and Heatable is open about the scaffolding charge (Heatable review).
• Nothing upfront, spread over 20 years: Sunsave Plus, sold through British Gas, from £69 a month. It’s the only solar subscription we found, but it’s an expensive way to pay (see the sums). BOXT and Heatable also offer buy-now-pay-later finance, which delays the first payment rather than spreading it.
• Lowest total cost for most homes: a written quote from a vetted local MCS installer, compared against one of the national prices above. Local firms don’t usually advertise discounts, but their standard price is often competitive, and most include scaffolding in the quote.

For what consumer champions have said about solar, see Martin Lewis on solar panels.

What a fair price looks like in October 2026

Even the best deals on solar panels only save you money if the price after the discount is lower than you’d pay anyway. These are typical installed prices from MCS installers this year, with 0% VAT and scaffolding included. They’re our estimates, and your price will depend on your roof, access and the equipment you choose.

If a “deal” lands inside these ranges, it’s a normal price with a discount label on it. That’s fine, but it isn’t a reason to rush. If it lands below the range, find out what’s missing. More detail is in our solar panel cost guide, with sizes in 4kW, 5kW and 6kW systems and the battery packages guide. You can test your own roof with the solar panel calculator.

What the headline prices actually buy

“From” prices are almost always for the smallest system a company sells. Scaffolding, the inverter, the electrician and the paperwork cost much the same whether you fit 4 panels or 12, so small systems are expensive per panel. Here’s what each published starting price buys, and what it works out at per panel (our sums):

E.ON’s 12-panel headline sits below our typical range for a system that size, which is worth knowing. Most of the others land inside it. The lesson is to compare the price for the same number of panels and the same battery size, not the lowest number on the page. See how many solar panels you need before you compare.

How to tell if a solar panel deal is good

Before you compare solar panel deals, get every quote broken down the same way. Then work through these checks:

1. Compare the total, not the discount. £750 off a £12,000 system is worse than no discount on a £10,000 one. Write down the final price for each quote.
2. Match the specification. Same number of panels, similar wattage, the same type of inverter and the same usable battery capacity. A “5kWh” battery can have 4.6kWh you can actually use (battery sizes).
3. Find out what’s included. Scaffolding, bird mesh, a backup gateway for power cuts, monitoring and the network application. Together these can add well over £1,000 (bird proofing, battery backup).
4. Check the finance total. On any monthly deal, ask for the total amount payable and the APR. 0% deals are usually short, between two and four years (solar panel finance).
5. Ask what happens after year one. Most exclusive export rates and import discounts last 12 months. Ask what rate you move to afterwards.
6. Check the deposit. Ask whether it’s refundable and when. Octopus, for example, says its £500 deposit is non-refundable once you sign. You normally have 14 days to cancel a contract signed at home or online.
7. Check who installs it. Several energy companies use partner firms. Ask who will fit your system, how long their workmanship warranty is, and whether it’s insurance-backed (solar panel warranties).
8. Check the credentials. The installer should be MCS certified and a member of RECC or HIES. Without an MCS certificate you can’t get paid for exported electricity (MCS certification, how to choose an installer).
9. Look for a written end date. A real offer has one in its terms. “Today only” pressure is a reason to walk away.

Energy company solar panel offers compared

Energy companies offering solar panels now include all the big names. Their offers differ more in the extras than in the panels. This is what each one publishes.

Octopus Energy solar panel deals

The Octopus Energy solar panels offer doesn’t include a discount. Its solar page says panel-only installations start from £6,663, and its most popular system, 12 panels with a 10kWh battery, costs £11,115, both “based on April 2026 prices”. It asks for a £500 non-refundable deposit when you sign and offers a fixed-term loan or payment in full after installation, without publishing an APR. Panels come with a 25-year product warranty. Octopus’s main draw is its tariffs: Outgoing Octopus pays 12p per kWh for exports, down from 15p on 1 March 2026, and its Flux and Intelligent Flux tariffs suit homes with a battery. The new Octopus plug-in kits are a separate product, from £450 (Octopus solar review, Intelligent Octopus Go).

E.ON solar panel offer

E.ON Next shows the clearest live discount: £150 off solar panels and £200 off solar with battery storage, with “T&Cs apply” and no end date on the page. Systems start from £4,995 for 6 panels and £6,495 for 12. Batteries start from £3,995 for a 5.12kWh battery (4.6kWh usable). E.ON offers up to three years at 0% APR through HomeServe Finance, subject to status. Customers whose system E.ON installs can get its Next Export Premium tariff at 17.5p per kWh for 12 months (E.ON solar review, E.ON export tariff).

EDF solar panel offers

EDF installs through Contact Solar, which it bought in February 2024. Its page shows solar from £5,775 for a four-panel, 1.92kW system with a Sunsynk inverter and up to £995 of scaffolding included, and batteries from £3,995 including an inverter. There’s no deposit on solar panels. If you buy solar or a battery through EDF, you can get its Export Exclusive tariff at up to 18p per kWh, plus its Empower Fixed Exclusive import tariff, which has no standing charge for a year and a 10p per kWh discount for overnight battery charging. Warranties are 25 years on panels and 10 on batteries and inverters (EDF solar review, Contact Solar review).

British Gas solar panels offer

British Gas shows solar from £5,610 for 8 panels, installed by partner firms, with a 10-year warranty. Hive Solar customers can get up to 25% off any British Gas electricity tariff for 12 months, excluding the standing charge, and the Export Premium tariff pays 12p per kWh. British Gas also introduces customers to Sunsave for its £0-upfront subscription and receives a referral fee for doing so. A plug-in solar kit is listed as “coming soon”. The £750-off sale on its page ended on 27 July (British Gas solar review).

OVO solar panel offer

OVO’s solar arm, OVO Solar & Heating, works through a network of independent franchisee installers and says it isn’t the installer or supplier of the system. It doesn’t list package prices, giving a guide of around £5,000 to £10,000 or more, plus £2,500–£6,000 for a battery. The offer that stands out is its 20p per kWh export rate for customers who buy solar and a battery through OVO. Sunsave’s comparison table lists the rate at 15p without an OVO battery. OVO also offers a 10-year workmanship warranty (OVO solar review).

Tesla solar panel deals and offers

Tesla sells solar and Powerwall batteries in the UK through installers, mainly BOXT. In May 2026, Tesla news sites reported a bundle for existing Tesla car owners: eight solar panels and a Powerwall 3 for £199 a month over four years at 0% interest, after a £1,747 deposit. That’s about £11,299 in total (our sums). We couldn’t find the bundle on the BOXT and Tesla pages we checked, so ask BOXT directly if you own a Tesla. BOXT lists Powerwall installation from £7,345, plus £500 for the Backup Gateway needed for power cuts (Tesla solar review, BOXT review).

Other suppliers

Good Energy, So Energy and ScottishPower all pay higher export rates if you buy your system from them: 25p, 20p and 15p per kWh respectively, according to Sunsave’s comparison table updated on 16 September 2026. Utilita sells packages from £5,599. For more, see our reviews of So Energy, ScottishPower, SSE and Egg.

Best energy deals for homes with solar panels

The best electricity deal with solar panels has two halves: what you’re paid for exports, and what you pay for the power you still buy. On exports, the highest rates are tied to buying your system from that supplier:

Rates are from Sunsave’s export comparison updated on 16 September 2026, checked against the supplier pages where available. They change often. Ofgem publishes the full list of Smart Export Guarantee suppliers, and you don’t have to buy your electricity and sell your exports through the same company unless a tariff says so.

How much is a higher export rate worth? A typical 4kW system makes about 3,400kWh a year. Without a battery, around half is exported, so 20p instead of 12p adds about £136 a year (our sums: 1,700kWh × 8p). With a battery, you use about 80% yourself and export only about 680kWh, so the same higher rate adds about £54. A 12-month export deal is worth having, but it isn’t worth paying hundreds of pounds more for the system to get it.

On the import side, British Gas’s Hive Solar Saver takes up to 25% off its electricity tariffs for 12 months. EDF’s Empower Fixed Exclusive drops the standing charge for a year. Octopus’s Flux tariffs pay more for exports in the early evening, which suits a battery. With a battery and an EV, a cheap overnight tariff often matters more than the export rate (off-peak battery charging, your electricity bill with solar, smart meters and solar).

Solar panel and battery deals

Most of the best solar panel and battery deals bundle a battery with a smaller-than-usual panel system, or price the battery alone. These are the battery prices published when we checked:

• E.ON: from £3,995 for a 5.12kWh battery with 4.6kWh usable, and £200 off solar with storage.
• EDF: from £3,995 including an inverter.
• OVO: a guide of £2,500–£6,000.
• Heatable: 10 panels with a 14.4kWh Alpha battery for £9,155, a 9.1kWh Sigenergy for £9,560, or a 13.5kWh Tesla Powerwall 3 for £11,815, all before scaffolding.
• BOXT: Tesla Powerwall installation from £7,345, plus £500 for the Backup Gateway.
• Octopus: 12 panels with a 10kWh battery for £11,115.

Battery size makes a big difference to value. Compare the price per usable kWh, not the price per battery, and make sure the battery is big enough to cover your evening use. A battery deal is worth most if you’re out in the day or have an EV. Our guides cover whether batteries are worth it, the best solar batteries and adding a battery to existing panels. In council group-buying schemes, more than 90% of households added a battery in 2025, according to the scheme operator iChoosr.

0% finance and £0 upfront deals

Finance is where a deal can look much cheaper than it is. These are the published terms:

Sunsave’s representative example is a loan of £8,063 at a fixed 5.9% a year. The £69 monthly payment is £57 of loan repayment and £12 for monitoring and maintenance. Over 20 years you’d pay £16,560, including £5,734 of interest and £2,763 of fees, which is roughly twice the loan amount. The subscription includes extras such as a battery replacement guarantee, which some people will value. But if you can pay upfront or borrow more cheaply, you’ll pay much less overall (Sunsave review).

Finance is always subject to status and a credit check. Going Solar UK isn’t a lender or a credit broker and doesn’t arrange finance. For other ways to pay, see solar panel finance, salary sacrifice solar and solar panel payback.

Is the government offering free solar panels?

Not for most homeowners. There’s no national scheme giving free solar panels to everyone. What’s on offer from the government right now:

• 0% VAT for everyone. Installed solar panels and batteries have no VAT until 31 March 2027. On a £7,000 system that’s worth about £1,400 compared with paying 20% (VAT on solar panels).
• ECO4, for low-income households. Energy companies fund insulation, heating and sometimes solar for eligible homes. Work must be completed by 31 December 2026, so time is short (ECO4 solar panels).
• Warm Homes: Local Grant, in England. Councils run this for lower-income households in homes rated EPC D to G. You apply through your council, not directly.
• Warm Homes loans, not open yet. The government plans cheaper loans for solar and batteries, up to £15,000 each, through approved lenders. Launch was aimed at September 2026, but households couldn’t apply when we checked in early October and no rates had been published.

Companies offering free solar panels to everyone are almost always selling something else, usually a loan or a long contract. What’s the deal with free solar panels? Our free solar panels guide explains who really qualifies, and solar panel grants and battery grants list the rest. If you’re thinking of waiting for the government loans, see buy now or wait? In Scotland, see solar panels in Scotland.

Council group-buying deals: Switch Together

Switch Together, called Solar Together until early 2026, is a group-buying scheme run by the company iChoosr with local councils. Households register for free, pre-vetted installers bid in an auction for the group’s work, and everyone gets the winning price. There’s no obligation to accept. In 2025, schemes ran in 15 regions and more than 8,000 households had solar fitted, according to iChoosr’s annual report.

The catch is timing. Each area runs a round every year or so, and registration windows are short. When we checked, recent rounds had closed in Dorset (25 September 2026), Wiltshire (7 August 2026) and Berkshire (24 July 2026). If your council has a round open, it’s worth registering. It costs nothing, and the offer gives you a benchmark. If it isn’t open, there’s no point waiting a year for it while the 0% VAT window runs down. A local quote now gives you the same benchmark. Our Wiltshire, Dorset, Reading and Surrey pages have local scheme details.

Green Deal solar panels: does it still exist?

The Green Deal scheme was a government plan that let households pay for energy improvements, including solar panels, through their electricity bill. It launched in January 2013, and the government stopped funding it in July 2015 after low take-up. There’s no government Green Deal scheme for solar panels today.

How it worked matters if you’re buying a house that has one. The loan was attached to the property, not the person, and repaid through the electricity bill, so whoever lives there pays it. The “Golden Rule” said repayments shouldn’t be more than the expected savings, though that wasn’t guaranteed. Plans could run for up to 25 years at fixed interest rates of around 7%, and the Green Deal cost was the loan plus that interest, spread across the bills. Citizens Advice says some private companies have continued to offer Green Deal finance since 2015.

• Buying a home with panels? Ask the seller and your conveyancer whether there’s a Green Deal plan, and how much is left to repay (moving house with solar panels).
• Already have a Green Deal? Your electricity supplier can tell you what you owe. You can repay it early, though a charge may apply. If you think it was mis-sold, complain to the company that sold it first.
• Offered a “new Green Deal”? It isn’t a government scheme. Treat it as a loan, and compare the rate and total cost like any other finance.

The nearest thing to the Green Deal now is the planned Warm Homes loans (see above), which would be ordinary loans from approved lenders rather than charges on your bill.

Black Friday solar panel deals

Black Friday deals on solar panels do happen, but they’re smaller and less common than in electronics. Last year, EDF ran an autumn discount from 13 to 23 November 2025: £500 off 2–4kW systems, £750 off 5–6kW and £1,000 off systems of 7kW and above, against list prices from £7,395. Contact Solar, now part of EDF, advertised up to £1,000 off in November 2023. The very large percentage discounts you’ll see in November are mostly on portable power stations and camping panels, not roof systems.

If you’re thinking of waiting for Black Friday:

• Get a quote now. Then you’ll know whether a November discount is real, or a discount off a higher price.
• Watch the queue. Discounted offers can mean longer waits for a survey and installation, and 0% VAT ends on 31 March 2027.
• Winter installs are fine. Panels can be fitted in any month, and they’ll be ready for spring (best time to install, solar panels in winter).

We’ll add any Black Friday solar panel deals to this page when they’re announced.

Which solar panel brands offer the best deals?

Brands don’t really set solar deals. Installers do. Mainstream panels from makers like LONGi, JA Solar, Jinko, Trina and Aiko cost installers roughly £70–£120 each, so on a 10-panel system the panels are around £700–£1,200 of a £6,000–£7,500 job. Switching brand rarely moves the total price by more than a few hundred pounds. Premium panels are different: Maxeon panels cost about £280–£380 each. The best value usually comes from a Tier 1 panel with a 25 or 30-year warranty, fitted by a good installer. Our best solar panels guide compares them, with full reviews of LONGi, JA Solar, Jinko, Aiko and SunPower Maxeon. If you’re after cheap solar panel deals, see the cheapest solar panels in the UK, which compares low-cost panels and brands.

Solar panel deals near me: local installers

Local solar panel installers rarely advertise a deal, but their standard prices are often competitive with national offers. They don’t carry the marketing costs of a national brand, they usually include scaffolding in the price, and you deal with the people who fit the system. The trade-off is that quality varies, so the checks in how to judge a deal matter more. Use solar panel installers near me to find out what to look for. Roofing companies that deal with solar panels can be useful if you need a new roof, since panels should go on after the roof work, not before (removing and refitting panels).

For our area guides, see London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Nottingham, Cornwall and Kent.

Offers that are too good to be true

Most solar companies are honest, but the deals market attracts some that aren’t. Be careful if you see any of these:

• A cold call, text or doorstep visit offering “free” panels or a “free solar panel check”. Councils and energy companies don’t usually sell this way.
• Claims that a deal is “government-approved” or “government-backed”, or that a scheme is about to close today.
• A price that’s only good if you sign on the day, or a large deposit before anyone has surveyed your roof.
• A “was £X, now £Y” price you can’t find anywhere else, or a discount with no written terms or end date.
• Savings promised as fact rather than an estimate, or claims that your bills will disappear for good.
• A finance agreement where the total amount payable isn’t shown clearly, or a loan attached to your home.

Our solar panel scams guide covers what to do if you’ve been approached. If in doubt, hang up and call the company back on the number on its own website.

Commercial solar deals and export payments

Commercial solar panel “buy back” deals usually mean being paid for the electricity a business exports. Businesses with systems up to 5MW can use a Smart Export Guarantee tariff in the same way as homes, as long as the system is MCS certified or has the right certification for its size. Larger sites more often sign a power purchase agreement, where a buyer pays an agreed price for the exported power. For most businesses, the bigger saving is using the power on site during the working day, which is why commercial payback is often faster than domestic. Commercial installed prices typically run at about £450–£1,000 per kW. See our guides to commercial solar panels, solar for farms and solar for schools.

Plug-in kits, pallet deals and Ring solar panels

• Plug-in solar kits. Plug-in solar of up to 800W has been allowed in the UK since August 2026. Octopus sells kits from £450, and British Gas lists one as coming soon. They’re small, cheap and easy to fit, but they produce a fraction of a roof system (plug-in solar panels, balcony solar).
• Solar panel pallet deals. A pallet of 30 or more panels can look cheap per panel, but it’s sold for trade or DIY off-grid use. Panels bought without installation pay 20% VAT, and a system without an MCS installer and certificate can’t earn export payments (ground-mounted solar).
• Ring solar panel deals. Ring sells small solar panels that keep its doorbells and cameras charged. They’re a gadget accessory, not home solar. If that’s what you’re after, Ring’s own store and the big retailers carry them.

Solar panel deals: frequently asked questions

Offers, prices and tariffs are as published by each company on its own website and checked on 8 October 2026, unless another date is given. Offers can change or end without notice, so confirm the price and terms in writing before you sign. Export rates for Good Energy, So Energy, ScottishPower, Ecotricity, Fuse Energy and the OVO rate without a battery are from Sunsave’s comparison table updated 16 September 2026. Tesla bundle terms are as reported by Tesla news sites in May 2026 and weren’t confirmed on the Tesla or BOXT pages we checked. Ended offers are based on dates in each company’s own terms. Per-panel and total-cost figures marked as our sums are our own calculations from published prices. Typical prices are our 2026 estimates for guidance only, with 0% VAT and scaffolding included, and vary with roof type, access and specification. Savings examples use the Ofgem price cap for 1 October to 31 December 2026 (26.32p/kWh) and assume about 3,400kWh a year from a 4kW system. Switch Together figures are from iChoosr and council websites. Green Deal details are from public records and Citizens Advice. Warm Homes loan details are from published scheme rules and may change. Finance is subject to status, and Going Solar UK is not a lender or credit broker. Nothing on this page is financial advice. Our picks and value judgements are our opinion. Always obtain quotes from MCS-certified installers.