Solar Panels Birmingham
No doorstep sales. No inflated savings. Just honest solar.
Solar panels and battery storage for Birmingham homes, fitted by a local MCS certified team based a few miles away in West Bromwich. A real roof survey, a calculation built on your own bills, and a price that stands.
- No pressure, no same-day discounts
- Written workmanship guarantee
- Our own engineers, no subcontractors
- 0% VAT and government-backed loans
Get your free solar quote in Birmingham
Guide prices. Your fixed price follows a free roof survey, and it does not change after.
Government help with the cost of solar in Birmingham
See everything available in BirminghamNo VAT on panels, batteries or fitting until 31 March 2027.
Government-subsidised Warm Homes loans for solar, and the same again for a battery. You need an MCS certified installer, which we are.
The Smart Export Guarantee pays you for electricity you send back to the grid.
Birmingham has about half the solar of the rest of England.
There are around 35 solar installations for every 1,000 homes in Birmingham. Across England the figure is 65. Most of the city’s suitable roofs are still empty, while the bills underneath them keep going up.
It bites harder here than most places. 13.8% of Birmingham households are in fuel poverty, against 9.9% across England. That is roughly 1 home in 7.
Sources: DESNZ regional renewable statistics (installations to end of 2025) and sub-regional fuel poverty data (2024). Figures are for the Birmingham City Council area.
Will solar work on your Birmingham roof?
Birmingham has every kind of house, and they are not equally good for solar. Here is the honest picture by property type, before anyone climbs a ladder.
1930s semis in Hall Green and Erdington
The interwar semis across Hall Green, Acocks Green, Erdington and Kingstanding have generous roofs with at least one clear slope. They are the most straightforward solar homes in the city.
Detached and estate homes
Post-war and modern houses in Northfield, Kings Norton, Longbridge, Quinton and Sheldon tend to have simple, unshaded roofs and easy scaffold access. Quick to survey, quick to fit.
Edwardian villas in Edgbaston and Harborne
Big roofs with room for a larger system and a battery. Dormers, chimneys and mature trees need working around, and many streets sit in conservation areas, so we check planning first.
Victorian terraces in Moseley and Kings Heath
Narrower roofs, chimney shade and rear extensions mean a smaller system. Many face east and west, which still generates well across the day. We measure the usable area and tell you if it stacks up.
Bournville and conservation areas
Bournville, Moseley, Edgbaston and the Jewellery Quarter include conservation areas, and listed buildings always need consent. We check what is allowed on your street before we quote.
City centre and Jewellery Quarter flats
In a block you do not own the roof, so panels need the freeholder and a shared scheme. If that is you, we will say so straight away rather than book a survey that goes nowhere.
Not sure which of these your home is? We’ll check your roof for free.
Get a free quote or call 0121 820 9121
MCS certified solar installers in Birmingham
Plenty of firms advertise solar in Birmingham from an office somewhere else. We are a West Midlands business with a unit in West Bromwich and an 0121 number that we answer ourselves.
- MCS certified for solar PV, which is what lets you claim export payments for the power you sell.
- Our own engineers. Nobody is subcontracted, so the people who survey are the people who fit.
- Fixings go under the tiles, onto the rafters, not drilled through your tiles.
- Written workmanship guarantee for 5 years, on top of the manufacturer warranties.
- Scaffolding included in your fixed price, including on tight terraced streets.
Solar panels and battery storage in Birmingham
Solar panel installation
Roof-mounted panels sized to your roof and your bills, not to a sales target.Solar with battery storage
Store the daytime surplus and run your evening on it. Our most popular system.Battery for existing panels
Had panels fitted years ago? Add a battery with no scaffolding and 0% VAT.Solar and EV charging
Charge the car from your own roof. One survey, one team, one point of contact.Also in Birmingham: air conditioning and air source heat pumps, from the same team.
Your panels work hardest while you’re out.
The most valuable electricity your panels make is the electricity you don’t have to buy. Tap to see what a battery changes.
Most of your power is made in the middle of the day, when most people are at work. Without somewhere to store it, the spare goes to the grid, often for just a few pence.
Typical figures. Your own split depends on your system size, battery size and when you’re home. We model it for your house at the survey.
Honest figures, and the roofs we turn down.
You won’t find a big savings number on this page. Your saving depends on your bills, your roof and your habits, so we work it out for your house and give you the cautious figure in writing.
- North facing only, with no east, west or south roof to use.
- Heavily shaded by trees, chimneys or taller neighbours for most of the day.
- A roof that needs replacing soon. Re-roof first, then fit panels once.
- Structurally unsuitable, where the roof can’t safely take the load.
- Flats without freeholder consent. It is not your roof to fit on.
Grants, loans and 0% VAT for Birmingham homes
What is really available in Birmingham right now, with the catches left in.
0% VAT
Panels, batteries, scaffolding and labour all carry 0% VAT until 31 March 2027. After that the rate is expected to rise to 5%.
Warm Homes Loan Scheme
Government-subsidised loans of up to £15,000 for solar and up to £15,000 for a battery. You apply to a participating lender, and the work must be done by an MCS certified installer, which we are.
Warm Homes: Local Grant
Free upgrades for lower-income homes, run by the council. In Birmingham it is limited to Balsall Heath, Bromford, Castle Vale, Sparkbrook, Sparkhill, and Tyseley and Hay Mills. If you might qualify, we will tell you before we quote.
Export payments
Sell your spare power back to the grid. Rates run from about 3p to 27p per kWh depending on the supplier and its conditions. See our plain comparison.
We do not offer or arrange Warm Homes loans ourselves, and we will only ever point you to genuine participating lenders. Scheme details checked October 2026 and can change.
Get your price fixed while solar and batteries are still 0% VAT.
Get a free quote or call 0121 820 9121Birmingham homes we fit solar panels on
Got a roof like one of these? Find out what it could generate.
Get a free quote or call 0121 820 9121A simple five-step process. No salesman.
- 1
Free roof survey
We check your roof, your fuse board and your bills.
- 2
Written calculation
Generation, self-use and payback, with the cautious figure.
- 3
A price that stands
Fixed in writing. No same-day discount games.
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Fitted by our own team
Local MCS certified installers, not subcontractors.
- 5
Certified and registered
Your MCS certificate, so you can claim export payments.
How much solar panels generate in Birmingham
A typical 4kW solar panel system on a south-facing roof in Birmingham generates around 3,850 kWh of electricity a year. For comparison, Ofgem puts a typical home’s electricity use at about 2,700 kWh a year.
That does not mean no bills. Most of that power is made in the daytime and in summer, so what you save depends on how much of it you use yourself. That is the part we work out for your house at the survey.
Source: European Commission PVGIS solar model for Birmingham, rounded to the nearest 50 kWh. Assumes a 4kW system facing south at a 35 degree pitch, 14% system losses and no shading. East and west roofs generate less. Your own roof is modelled individually.
0% VAT ends 31 March 2027. Birmingham surveys booking now.
After that, VAT on solar and batteries is expected to rise to 5%. Surveys and installs take a few weeks, so the sooner we see your roof, the safer your 0% is.
Areas we cover in and around Birmingham
We fit solar panels and batteries across every Birmingham postcode from B1 to B48, plus Sutton Coldfield (B72 to B76) and the wider West Midlands.
- Edgbaston
- Harborne
- Moseley
- Kings Heath
- Hall Green
- Acocks Green
- Selly Oak
- Bournville
- Kings Norton
- Northfield
- Longbridge
- Quinton
- Erdington
- Kingstanding
- Handsworth Wood
- Perry Barr
- Yardley
- Sheldon
- Stechford
- Hodge Hill
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Solar panels nearby: Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, West Bromwich, Halesowen, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton. See all the areas we cover.
Solar panels Birmingham: your questions answered
Usually not. Roof-mounted solar panels on a house are normally permitted development, as long as they sit close to the roof and no higher than the ridge. Listed buildings need consent, and parts of Birmingham such as Bournville, Moseley, Edgbaston and the Jewellery Quarter are conservation areas where extra limits can apply. We check the rules for your street before we quote.
Often, yes, but with a smaller system. Terraced roofs are narrower and tend to have chimneys and rear extensions that cast shade, and many face east and west rather than south. East and west roofs still generate well across the day. We measure the usable roof at the survey and tell you plainly if it is not worth doing.
In most cases, no. In a block of flats you do not own the roof, so panels need the freeholder's agreement and a shared scheme for the building. We would rather tell you that now than take a survey booking we cannot follow through on.
There is no general solar grant for homeowners. Solar and batteries carry 0% VAT until 31 March 2027. The government's Warm Homes Loan Scheme offers subsidised loans for solar and batteries fitted by an MCS certified installer. The council-run Warm Homes: Local Grant offers free upgrades to lower-income homes, and in Birmingham it is limited to Balsall Heath, Bromford, Castle Vale, Sparkbrook, Sparkhill, and Tyseley and Hay Mills.
Yes. A typical 4kW system on a south-facing roof in Birmingham generates around 3,850 kWh a year, according to the European Commission PVGIS solar model. Panels generate from daylight, not just direct sunshine. Output is higher in summer and lower in winter, so we model your system across the whole year using your own roof direction, pitch and shading.
Not always. Panels alone usually let you use 30 to 40 percent of what they make, because most is generated while you are out. A battery typically takes that to 70 to 80 percent. We show you the arithmetic for your house so you can decide.
It depends on the size of your roof, how many panels fit, and whether you add a battery. You get a fixed written price after a free roof survey, with scaffolding included and 0% VAT until 31 March 2027. The price does not change afterwards.
All Birmingham postcodes from B1 to B48, including Edgbaston, Harborne, Moseley, Kings Heath, Hall Green, Selly Oak, Bournville, Northfield, Erdington and Yardley, plus Sutton Coldfield (B72 to B76) and Solihull. We are based in West Bromwich, a few miles from the city centre.
Find out what your Birmingham roof can really do.
A free survey, a written calculation and a fixed price. If solar is not right for your roof, we will tell you.