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What Does An Octopus Energy Solar Installation Include?

You'll receive a free solar panel consultation and cost estimate tailored to your specific property and energy requirements. The home survey uses state-of-the-art software and will provide you with a range of installation options (including battery storage) plus estimated savings, with no upfront payments.

What Are The Main Benefits?

You'll gain energy independence by generating your own green solar power. Octopus estimate you can reduce your energy bills by 90%, saving over £1,000 p.a. with home solar and battery. That's in comparison to what the average home would pay annually on the current Energy Price Guarantee, based upon a 4kW solar array and battery system, assuming 80% of generation is used and 20% is exported on the Agile Octopus tariff. 

How Much Does It Cost To Install Solar And Storage Batteries?

The average price of a solar and battery storage installation is £10,000 but it'll depend on how many panels you require and whether or not you choose to have storage batteries.

What's The Installation Process?

Register your interest first of all. When Octopus are installing in your area the solar specialists at Octopus will be in touch to help plan the perfect solar panel setup for your property, followed by a home survey to measure up and chat about where to fit the tech devices that go along with your panels. At this stage you'll also receive a quote, including an estimate of the return on investment period. If you're happy to proceed Octopus will request 10% payment upfront and arrange a suitable installation date. Depending on the size of your system, installation should take around 2-4 days, excluding the erecting and dismantling of the scaffolding. When installation is complete Octopus will then request the final payment of 90% of the total cost.       

What Are The Best Tariffs For Solar And Battery?

Outgoing Octopus comes in two variants: Fixed or Agile. Outgoing Fixed guarantees 15p for every unit you export whereas Outgoing Agile varies every 30 minutes depending on how much green energy is on the national grid. If you're not with Octopus already you can still sign up to the Octopus Smart Export Guarantee Tariff and earn 4.1p/kWh exported. There's also the Octopus Flux Solar & Battery Tariff which has been designed exclusively for home solar and battery owners and is a smart, optimised, 3-rate import and export tariff, so you get the best rates for consuming and selling your electricity whilst also supporting the grid during peak usage periods. Intelligent Octopus Flux is a smart, variable, 2-rate combined import and export tariff whose import rates are even cheaper than those of Octopus Flux. 

Octopus customers with both solar panels and an Aira heat pump installed can opt for the Aira Solar Export tariff, which could save up to 44% on energy bills per year. The tariff comes in two versions, Fixed and Flex:

• Fixed - surplus electricity is automatically sold back to the grid at a fixed rate of 15p/kWh
• Flex - customers can sell their surplus electricity when wholesale prices are high, in order to make even greater savings

For further details about Octopus Solar Panels & Storage Battery installation and to get an estimate, please visit the Octopus Energy website. There's also a solar and battery installation FAQ page where you'll find answers to more of your questions.

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