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Solar Battery Storage in Hereford and Herefordshire

Four in ten Herefordshire homes are detached, and many have room for a bigger solar system. Bigger systems and bigger batteries mean more paperwork with the grid. We size the battery to your home or farm and deal with National Grid for you.

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Through the year

When a battery earns its keep in Hereford

From April to September, a typical system makes far more than a home uses in the day, so a battery fills most days and carries you through the evening.

From November to February there’s less spare. A tariff with a cheaper overnight rate lets the battery top up at night, so it’s still doing a job in winter.

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Monthly solar in Hereford

4 kWp system facing south, kWh per month

Generation figures from PVGIS (European Commission JRC) for a 4 kWp system at a 35° pitch with 14% system losses, using 2005–2023 weather data. Your instant quote and survey give figures for your own roof.

The grid

Bigger systems: G98 or G99?

Herefordshire’s network is run by National Grid Electricity Distribution. Whether we tell them after the install or ask them first depends on how much your panels and battery could export together.

Bigger homes and farms are more likely to need an application. It can take longer on rural lines, so we start it early. Sometimes a bigger system can go ahead by limiting how much it sends to the grid.

NGED: connecting solar
Your system can exportWhat happens
Up to 16A per phase
about 3.68 kW on a normal home supply		G98: we install, then notify National Grid
More than 16A per phaseG99: we apply first and wait for approval
More, but limited by settingsExport limiting can sometimes avoid a bigger upgrade

Your panels and battery inverter count together. We work out which applies at your survey.

Herefordshire properties

Batteries for city homes, farmhouses and rural businesses

Detached homes

More roof often means more spare solar in summer, and a garage or outbuilding gives the battery a safe home outside the living space.

Farms and rural businesses

Big barn roofs, and power used early and late, suit a battery well. Bigger systems need National Grid’s approval first, which we apply for.

Homes leaving oil

With 16% of homes on oil, many are looking at heat pumps. A battery can store solar or cheaper overnight power to run one. Heat pumps in Hereford.

Areas we cover

Battery storage across Hereford and Herefordshire

We fit batteries in Hereford, the villages around it and Herefordshire’s market towns, including:

  • Hereford
  • Tupsley
  • Hampton Park
  • Belmont
  • Holmer
  • Bobblestock
  • Bartestree
  • Lugwardine
  • Kingstone
  • Clehonger
  • Credenhill
  • Withington
  • Ledbury
  • Leominster
  • Ross-on-Wye
  • Bromyard
  • Kington
  • Weobley
Hereford FAQs

Battery storage in Herefordshire: your questions

Grid approval, farms, winter and heat pumps: here’s what Herefordshire homeowners ask us.

Planning a bigger system?Call 01452 471031 and we’ll check what National Grid will need.

Does a bigger battery need approval from National Grid?

It can. What counts is how much your panels and battery could export together. Up to 16 amps per phase, about 3.68 kW on a normal single-phase supply, we install and then notify National Grid Electricity Distribution. Above that, we apply first and wait for approval, which can take longer on rural lines. Sometimes a bigger system can go ahead by limiting how much it exports. We handle all of it.

Can a farm in Herefordshire have battery storage?

Farm buildings often make a lot of solar power in the day and use power early and late, for milking, lighting, ventilation or cold stores, which is when a battery helps. Bigger systems need the network operator’s approval first.

How much solar will my battery store in a Hereford winter?

Not much in the darkest months. A 4 kWp south-facing system in Hereford makes about 131 kWh in December, against about 496 kWh in May, and most winter solar is used as it’s made. Many people charge the battery on a cheaper overnight rate from November to February, then let the sun do the work again from spring.

Will a battery help if I switch from oil to a heat pump?

It can. A heat pump runs on electricity, so storing solar, or cheaper overnight power, to run it later in the day can cut what you pay for heating. See air source heat pumps in Hereford, and ask us to plan the battery and heat pump together.

Which parts of Herefordshire do you cover?

We fit batteries in and around Hereford, including the villages and market towns listed on this page.

Battery storage for your Herefordshire home or farm

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