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Solar Panels in Portsmouth — Free Local Quotes and System Design
Solar panels, battery storage and EV charging for Portsmouth homes. Tell us about your roof and your electricity use, and get a free, no-obligation quote and system design from a trusted MCS-certified installer covering Portsmouth and the surrounding area.
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- MCS-certified installers
- Response within 24 hours
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The people behind Solar Panels Portsmouth
We spend our days talking to Portsmouth homeowners about roofs, electricity bills and whether solar is actually worth it for them. We do not fit the systems ourselves — we know the installers who do, and we know which ones turn up.
You tell us about your property. We match you with a trusted MCS-certified installer covering Portsmouth and the surrounding area. They give you a free design and quotation, and you decide from there. That is the whole arrangement, and there is nothing to pay us at any point.
What we can get you quoted for
Nine things, all of them quoted free by installers who actually cover Portsmouth and the surrounding area.
Solar Panel Installation
What a full solar PV installation involves on a Portsmouth home, from roof survey and system design through to commissioning, grid notification and your MCS certificate.
Battery Storage
How solar battery storage works, what usable capacity really means, and when a battery makes sense for a Portsmouth home.
EV Charger Installation
Home EV charger installation in Portsmouth, including solar-linked charging, load management and what the electrician checks before quoting.
Battery Retrofit
Retrofitting battery storage to solar panels you already own — what can be reused, what has to change, and what the installer checks first.
Inverter Replacement
Signs your inverter is failing, what replacement involves, and whether to switch to a hybrid at the same time.
Solar Panel Repairs
Diagnosing and repairing solar faults on Portsmouth homes — dropped generation, inverter errors, isolator failures and bird damage.
The kit, explained without the sales pitch
Monocrystalline Panels
How monocrystalline panels work, what efficiency means in practice, and how the two warranties on a panel differ.
All-Black Panels
All-black panels for Portsmouth homes — how they differ from silver-framed panels, and when the aesthetic trade-off is worth it.
Solar Batteries
Battery chemistry, usable capacity, hybrid versus AC-coupled, backup, and how battery warranties are actually written.
Will it work on a Portsmouth roof?
Portsmouth housing is mostly dense Victorian terraces, interwar semis, and post-war housing across Portsea Island, with slate and clay tile on the older terraces, concrete tile on later housing. Portsmouth is unusually densely built, so shading from neighbouring roofs is common and coastal wind loading affects the mounting specification.
Pitched Tile Roofs
Concrete and clay tile roofs are the most common solar substrate in Portsmouth. What the installer checks and where it gets complicated.
Slate Roofs
Natural slate is common across Portsmouth's older housing. It works well for solar, but it is less forgiving than tile.
Flat Roofs
Ballasted and tilted frames on flat roofs — how they work, and the two things that decide whether it is viable.
What solar actually does for your bills
Solar reduces the electricity you buy from the grid, and the Smart Export Guarantee pays you something for the surplus you send back. Pair it with a battery and more of what you generate gets used in the evening instead of exported.
What we will not do is put a payback period or an annual saving on this page. Those numbers depend on your roof, your consumption, your tariff and the price of electricity years from now. The installer's quotation will include an MCS performance estimate for your actual property, and that is the figure worth having.
Actual generation, savings and export income depend on the system size, roof orientation and shading, your electricity use and tariff, battery usage, weather and future energy prices. Figures are estimates, not guarantees.
How it works
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You tell us about your roof
A couple of minutes on the form: where you are, what the roof is like, roughly what you spend on electricity.
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We match you locally
We pass your details to a trusted MCS-certified installer covering Portsmouth and the surrounding area.
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You get a free design and quote
Including an MCS performance estimate for your actual roof, and a survey where one is needed.
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You decide
You deal directly with the installer for the work, the price, the grid application, the MCS certificate and the warranties.
Our Work
An illustrative example of a solar installation on housing typical of Portsmouth — before, during and after.
Customer Reviews
Feedback from homeowners who used our free quote service.
The quote came through the next morning and the installer actually explained why an east-west split made more sense than waiting for a south-facing roof I don't have.
Straightforward. I filled the form in on my phone, got a call, and had a proper design a few days later. No pressure at any point.
I'd had two quotes already that were basically a panel count and a price. This one actually looked at the shading from next door's chimney.
Used it for a battery retrofit rather than a new system. Sensible advice about my existing inverter instead of just selling me a new one.
Common questions
Do you install the panels yourselves?
What does it cost to get a quote?
How quickly will I hear back?
How many companies will contact me?
Which areas do you cover?
Will solar work on my roof?
Do I need planning permission?
How long does an installation take?
Can I add a battery later?
Do you offer discounts?
Areas we cover
Portsmouth and the surrounding area — Southsea, Cosham, Havant, Fareham, Gosport, Waterlooville, Hayling Island, Emsworth, Petersfield and the surrounding area.
Not sure whether you're in range? Put your postcode in and we'll tell you straight away.