Check if your home qualifies for a free battery
Homeowners with solar panels, or getting them, can apply. It only takes a few minutes.
At the moment the Free Home Battery Scheme is open to homeowners whose home has solar panels, or is getting them.
The solar panels don’t have to come through the scheme. If you’re having solar fitted through another funding scheme or with finance, such as the Warm Homes Plan or a solar panels grant, the battery can be added to that installation.
Renting, or no solar panels and no plans for them? You can still apply and join our waiting list for when the scheme opens more widely, including battery-only installations.
Can I apply?
Homeowner with solar panels, or getting them
- You can apply now
This includes solar paid for with any funding scheme or finance.
Renting, or no solar panels
- You can join the waiting list
We’ll contact you when the scheme opens to homes like yours. Renters would need their landlord’s approval before installation.
Own your home and have solar, or getting it?
You could be eligible for a free home battery. Not there yet? Apply anyway and we’ll add you to the waiting list.
Is my property suitable?
Being able to apply doesn’t necessarily mean every property will be technically suitable for an installation. That is why the programme includes a property survey.
The survey allows the scheme to confirm whether the property and the proposed installation location are suitable. Suitability can depend on:
- The property — its layout and whether there is a suitable place for the battery
- The electrical installation — how the battery would connect to your existing wiring and consumer unit
- Connectivity — the battery needs a connection so it can be managed as part of the programme
- Location and access — getting equipment to the proposed location safely
- Programme requirements — any technical requirements of the programme itself
Book My Free Home Battery Survey
Do I need solar panels or a smart meter?
For now, yes, you need solar panels, or to be getting them. The battery is fitted alongside solar, whichever funding scheme or finance pays for the panels. Our guide to home batteries without solar panels explains your options if you don’t have solar yet. If you already have solar panels, tell us in your application and they’ll be looked at during the survey.
You also need a smart meter. If you don’t have one, ask your energy supplier: they will install one for free. You need to arrange this with your supplier yourself. To find out more, read our guide to smart meters.
What if my property isn’t suitable?
If the survey finds your property isn’t suitable, the installation won’t go ahead. You won’t have paid anything to apply or for the survey. There may be other support available — see the home energy grants you could still get.
Next steps
Read how the scheme works, find out what happens during installation, or browse the free battery scheme FAQs.