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Solar export rates run from 1p to 25p. Which one are you on?

Same panels, same electricity, twenty five times the difference in what somebody pays you for it. And every rate above 15p has one thing in common.

Plug in solar arrives on Thursday. Six things to check before you buy one.

From 27 August you can buy a solar kit off a shelf and plug it into a socket. What the rules actually require, and the paperwork nobody is mentioning.

Adding a battery to an existing solar system

Fitted between 2011 and 2019 with no storage? Your roof has been giving most of it away. Whether you can add a battery is a narrower question than people assume.

The other league table: which clubs are turning the electricity bill into squad money

The EFL grades its clubs on sustainability. But the interesting story is financial: one Lancashire club has just taken £84,000 a year off its running costs.

Battery storage in Lancashire: how to size one properly

Almost everyone sizes a battery against their roof. It should be sized against their evenings. How to work out the figure that actually matters.

Will solar work on my house?

Six Lancashire house types, six different solar answers. Stone terraces, interwar semis, estate houses, new builds, bungalows and farmhouses.

Solar panels in Lancashire: the complete guide

Solar in Lancashire is not the same job as solar in Surrey. Housing stock, shading, batteries, planning and the process, from a Clitheroe installer.

Chimneys, hills and shade: why panel choice matters on a Lancashire roof

Shading costs more output than orientation or panel brand. What shades a Lancashire roof, and the three ways to deal with it.

Plug in solar is legal from 27 August

New rules let you buy a solar kit off a shelf and plug it into a socket. What it will do, what it will not, and the paperwork nobody is mentioning.