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Solar Battery Storage in Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury sits where the Severn and the Avon meet, so where your battery goes matters as much as how big it is. We check your flood risk, mount the battery and inverter sensibly, and size it to the spare your panels make.

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Flood risk

Planning a battery around flood risk

Many Tewkesbury homes are nowhere near the water, but some are, and a battery is an expensive thing to have underwater.

Batteries can’t simply go upstairs: the fire safety guidance for home batteries, BSI PAS 63100, rules out lofts, bedrooms, landings and stairs. So in a home at risk of flooding, we look for an outside wall or garage wall where the battery and inverter can sit higher up, with the isolation switches easy to reach.

How we site batteries in Tewkesbury

  • Check your postcode’s long-term flood risk first
  • Battery and inverter mounted as high as is safe and practical
  • Isolation switches easy to reach
  • If the risk is high, we’ll tell you a battery may not be wise
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Newer homes

New-build home with a few panels already?

Some newer homes around Tewkesbury came with a small solar system. On a sunny weekday, much of what it makes goes to the grid while you’re out. A battery keeps it for the evening.

Midday

Your panels make the most electricity while you’re using the least. Without a battery, the spare goes to the grid.

Afternoon

With a battery, the spare charges it first. Only once it’s full does anything go to the grid.

Evening

You come home to stored solar instead of buying it back from the grid, until the battery runs low.

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Tewkesbury at a glance

Solar and batteries in Tewkesbury Borough

4,030 kWha year from 4 kWp facing south
489 kWhin June, against 128 kWh in December
36%of homes in the borough are detached
14conservation areas, from Tewkesbury to Winchcombe

Sources: PVGIS (EU JRC); Census 2021 (ONS), Tewkesbury Borough, accommodation type; Tewkesbury Borough Council, conservation areas.

Areas we cover

Battery storage across Tewkesbury

We fit batteries across Tewkesbury and the villages along the Severn and Avon, including:

  • Tewkesbury
  • Northway
  • Ashchurch
  • Walton Cardiff
  • Wheatpieces
  • Mitton
  • Twyning
  • Bredon
  • Kemerton
  • Deerhurst
  • Apperley
  • Tirley
  • Ashleworth
  • Forthampton
  • Gotherington
  • Winchcombe
Tewkesbury FAQs

Battery storage in Tewkesbury: your questions

Flood risk, garages, new builds and how much there is to store: here’s what Tewkesbury homeowners ask us.

Worried about flooding?Call 01452 471031 and we’ll talk it through before any survey.

Is it safe to have a home battery if my area floods?

It can be, with the right siting. Floodwater and electrics don’t mix, so in a flood-prone home we mount the battery and inverter as high as is safe and practical, on an outside wall or a garage wall, and keep the isolation switches easy to reach. If your home is at high risk, we’ll tell you if a battery isn’t a good idea.

How do I check the flood risk for my home?

Use the government’s check your long-term flood risk service. Enter your postcode to see the risk from rivers, surface water and other sources. We look at it before every Tewkesbury survey.

My new build came with a few solar panels. Is a battery worth adding?

It can be. A small system still makes more than you use on a sunny day when you’re out, and a battery keeps that for the evening. Batteries added to homes have 0% VAT until 31 March 2027. We check your inverter and the spare your panels make before recommending a size, and if it isn’t worth it, we’ll say so.

Can a battery go in my garage?

Usually, yes. A garage is one of the better spots, as long as it’s not used as an escape route from the house. The fire safety guidance for home batteries, BSI PAS 63100, prefers outdoors where practical and rules out lofts, bedrooms, hallways and stairs. In Tewkesbury, we also think about how high the battery sits if the garage could flood.

How much solar will a battery have to store in Tewkesbury?

A 4 kWp south-facing system in Tewkesbury makes about 4,030 kWh a year: around 489 kWh in June and 128 kWh in December. From spring to autumn there’s usually spare to fill a battery; in winter, most is used as it’s made.

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