Plugin Solar Expert is an independent UK guide to plug-in, balcony, and off-grid solar — covering everything from the legal status of self-install kits to real cost and payback numbers, and specialist guides for caravans, narrowboats, beach huts, horseboxes, and more.
Our approach
Content on this site is researched and written under the editorial name Rob Ellison. Our guides are built from published UK regulations (legislation.gov.uk), manufacturer specifications, independent solar generation data (PVGIS), and current UK retail pricing — rather than first-hand product testing. Where a figure or claim is uncertain, we say so rather than present it as more precise than it is.
We aim to give straight, useful answers to the questions UK homeowners, renters, and hobbyists actually have about solar power — not to oversell any particular product or system.
How we make money
This site earns a small commission when readers buy products through some of our links, at no extra cost to you. Full details are on our Affiliate Disclosure page. Our recommendations are based on research, not commission rates.
Get in touch
Questions, corrections, or something you think we've got wrong? We'd genuinely like to hear it — accuracy matters more to us than defending what we've already published.
Email: hello@pluginsolarexpert.com
(Richard — update this email address to whichever inbox you actually want enquiries to land in before this goes live.)