by Karl Dyson | Jul 1, 2026 | DIY Solar News, Weekly Roundup
June was the busiest month UK plug-in solar has ever had. A government consultation, a major safety warning, seven major retailers in a room with an Energy Minister, and a draft product specification that will eventually decide what you can legally buy in a shop. A...
by Karl Dyson | Jun 12, 2026 | DIY Solar News
Most plug-in solar guides assume you have a balcony or a south-facing garden fence. But there is a setup that barely gets mentioned and that suits a huge number of UK homes: the shed, the garage, the workshop, the summerhouse. If you have a south-facing roof or wall...
by Karl Dyson | Jun 11, 2026 | DIY Solar News
Three companies. Two never replied. One told me the job was too small. All I wanted was someone to fix a couple of brackets to a fence and lift two panels into position. Not wire anything. Not touch the consumer unit. Just mount the panels. My EcoFlow inverter had...
by Karl Dyson | Jun 11, 2026 | DIY Solar News
You bought the panels, got them up, checked the app and the numbers look nothing like what you were expecting. It happens to almost everyone. The good news is that in the vast majority of cases the reason is something completely normal, or something fixable. Here is...
by Karl Dyson | Jun 11, 2026 | DIY Solar News, Weekly Roundup
This week’s big story was not a product launch or a price drop. It was a warning shot from the people who wire British homes for a living — and it is worth taking seriously. Five electrical bodies tell the government to slow down On 8 June, five of the...
by Karl Dyson | May 31, 2026 | DIY Solar News, Weekly Roundup
Another busy week in UK plug-in solar. The BSI product standard clock is ticking, retail launches are getting closer, and the summer solar window is wide open. Here is everything that matters this week. The BSI standard: seven weeks and counting The single biggest...
