Check if your home qualifies for a free battery
Homeowners with solar panels, or getting them, can apply. It only takes a few minutes.
Not yet. The Free Home Battery Scheme is currently open to homeowners only. If you rent, privately or from a council or housing association, you can still apply and join our waiting list for when the scheme opens more widely.
How the waiting list works
You apply
Start the application and tell us you rent. If you know your landlord’s details, you can add them.
You join the waiting list
Your application is kept on our waiting list. Nothing is installed and nothing is asked of your landlord yet.
We contact you when it opens
If the scheme opens to rented homes, we’ll get in touch about the next steps.
Why would landlord permission be needed?
A battery is fixed equipment installed at the property and connected to its electrical installation. Your landlord owns the property, so they would need to agree to the installation before it happened.
Who would own the battery?
The battery stays owned by the scheme owner, who is responsible for maintaining, servicing and insuring it, replacing it where required and arranging safe disposal or recycling at the end of its life. Neither a tenant nor a landlord becomes the owner of the battery. Read more about who owns and maintains the battery.
Renting? Join the waiting list
Apply now and we’ll contact you if the scheme opens to rented homes.
Landlords: energy rules for rented homes
If you’re a landlord, you may also find our guide to EPC rules for landlords useful.
More questions? See the home battery programme FAQs or check who is eligible.