Battery storage in Gateshead, Newcastle and across the North East.
Keep the afternoon's solar for the evening, charge up on cheap overnight rates, and keep the essentials running if the power goes off.
Is a battery right for your house?
If you've got solar and you're out all day
Your panels are sending most of what they make to the grid for a few pence a unit while nobody's home. A battery keeps it for the evening, when you'd otherwise be buying it back at full price.
Add a battery to my solarIf you're on a time-of-use tariff
Some tariffs sell electricity cheaply overnight. A battery charges up on the cheap rate and runs the house on it through the day. That works with or without panels on the roof.
Ask about a standalone batteryIf a power cut is a real problem
Medical equipment, a home office, a freezer full of food. An EPS switch lets the battery keep a chosen circuit running when the grid goes down, automatically.
About EPS switchesIf you're getting solar now
Panels and a battery fitted together is the simplest install and the one most North East homes end up with. We quote them separately so you can see what each one is worth to you.
Solar panelsHow it works
The evening half of the journey on the home page.
- 01Spare solar charges the batteryDuring the day, anything the house isn't using goes into the battery first. Only when it's full does electricity go to the grid.
- 02The house runs on it after darkLights, telly, kettle, the lot. The battery feeds the fuse board through the inverter, and you buy less from the grid.
- 03Overnight, it tops up if that's cheaperOn a time-of-use tariff the battery charges from the grid at the low rate, ready for the morning. The system works it out itself.
What's in a Scope battery install
Usage check
We look at your bills, your tariff and when you're home, and size the battery to that rather than selling you the biggest box.
Battery and inverter
Fox ESS, EcoFlow and Duracell equipment. If you already have solar, we check whether your inverter can take a battery or needs swapping.
Fitting and wiring
Usually in the garage, utility or loft. Connected into your fuse board by our engineers and approved installers.
Electrical sign-off
Certified under NAPIT or NICEIC and notified to your network operator where that's required.
App and tariff set-up
We set the charge and discharge times to suit your tariff and show you the app before we leave.
EPS switch, if you want one
Back-up power for a chosen circuit in a power cut. Priced as an option so you can decide.
Draft: battery sizes offered, warranty lengths and typical prices go in here once agreed with Scope.
Fitted by our engineers
Inverters and battery storage, in garages, utility rooms and on outside walls. See more of our work.
When the street goes dark, your house doesn't have to.
A standard battery system switches off in a power cut, for the safety of the engineers fixing the line. An EPS switch (emergency power supply) isolates your house from the grid and keeps a chosen circuit running from the battery: the fridge-freezer, the router, a few lights, medical kit. It switches over on its own and switches back when the grid returns.
Accredited, registered and properly signed off.
- MCSMicrogeneration Certification Scheme
- RECCRenewable Energy Consumer Code
- NAPITRegistered electrical competent person scheme
- NICEICRegistered electrical competent person scheme
Equipment we fit
Fox ESS, EcoFlow and Duracell.
Spread the cost
Finance through Propensio or Selina.
Who fits it
Our engineers and approved installers.
Draft: logos and membership numbers go in once each is checked on its public register.
Battery storage for business
Shift your cheapest electricity to the hours you actually use it, flatten peak demand charges, and keep tills, servers and cold storage running through a power cut.
Commercial solar and storage
Questions people ask us
Can I have a battery without solar panels?
Yes. A standalone battery charges from the grid on a cheap overnight rate and runs the house on it during the day. Whether that pays depends on your tariff, which we'll go through with you before quoting.
Can you add a battery to solar someone else fitted?
Usually. We check what inverter is on the wall and whether it can take a battery. If not, we quote for a hybrid inverter and a battery together.
Where does the battery go?
Garage, utility room, under the stairs or in the loft, depending on the model and the house. It needs to be somewhere dry, reasonably cool and accessible. We agree the spot at the survey.
Will the battery keep the power on in a cut?
Only if an EPS switch is fitted. Without one, the system shuts down in a power cut to protect the people working on the line. With one, a chosen circuit keeps running from the battery.
How long does a battery last?
Batteries are rated by cycles and by years, and come with a manufacturer warranty. We'll give you the warranty terms for the specific battery in your quote rather than a general figure here.
How long does the install take?
A battery added to an existing system is normally a day. Panels and a battery fitted together is usually one to two days on site.
Tell us how you use electricity.
Pick what you're interested in. Your enquiry goes straight to the right engineer.