Electric vehicle owners are finding a cleaner and cheaper way to charge at home: connect the car to rooftop solar, add battery storage, and let the system do the work. That setup is getting more attention after Tesla owner Ryan Jay Cowan shared a short TikTok video showing how his home solar system, Tesla
Home batteries are a significant investment, but price is not always the biggest hurdle. Price is usually not the biggest barrier for home battery buyers Batteries can boost home value, even if you're planning to move Outage frequency and power usage are key factors to consider Sticker shock is real when it comes to
Figures published by the government today also show that nine of the ten best-performing months for solar additions were in the last year. Figures from the UK government show that April this year saw 22,733 new solar PV installations, bringing the total solar capacity to 22.3GW. April 2026’s added 107MW contributed to an 11.2%
Energy price cap has increased to £1,862 but home solar panels with batteries could knock 44% off annual energy bills As Ofgem announces higher energy bills from July, households could save £823 a year by installing solar panels and batteries on their homes, according to analysis from the New Economics Foundation (NEF), out today.
If you think the temperature uncomfortable today, let me take you to the last day of July 2052, the rays of the climbing sun reveal a city still sweltering in the residual heat of the day before. From the air, London resembles a colossal refugee camp. Streets, gardens and parks are teeming with tents
Installing solar panels may have seemed like an expensive luxury to most of us some time ago. But now it seems like a way out of the fuel crisis hitting the UK. I had made the switch to EVs in 2021, and although it wasn’t part of a master plan, suddenly the idea of turning
"It's all about saving money now, not just sustainability." Those are the words of the founder of a solar power firm who sums up the shift in the industry neatly. Ben Harrison's Gloucestershire company has installed 65% more solar panels for businesses since the Iran war started, and energy bills soared. Across the UK,
Geopolitical uncertainty, supply shortages and China’s recent tax reform are threatening to send the prices of solar panels soaring. But, is it really that severe? Once an extortionate investment reserved for the ‘eco-elite’, solar has rapidly become one of the cheapest electricity sources in the world. But, are the tables about to turn? Solar
Greg Jackson argues against costly investments in UK’s power grid that are adding to household bills The boss of the UK’s biggest energy supplier has suggested that some households would accept an occasional electricity blackout in exchange for much lower energy bills. A year on from Europe’s largest power outage – which left tens
Home batteries are getting a lot of attention lately, but are people really looking for a full “whole home” setup, or are they just interested in keeping their phones alive for some post-hurricane doom scrolling? We asked you, our brilliant Electrek readers, what you were looking for in your home battery. Here’s what you