Every roof here starts work at sunrise. Since 2011 we’ve wired 1,240 of them across Cork and Munster to panels, home batteries and EV chargers.
09:30
What we fit
Panels, a battery and a car charger
Panels make the power, a battery keeps it for the evening, and a smart charger puts the surplus in your car. Start with one and add the rest when you’re ready.
System plate
Typical Cork home
Panels
Rooftop solar panels
Make the power. All-black 400 W modules on pitched, flat or ground mounts.
Typical size
4–10 kWp
Lead time
3–4 weeks
Warranty
25 years
Battery
Home battery, 5–15 kWh
Store what you don’t use by day and run the evening on it. Add one now or later.
Typical size
5–13.5 kWh
Lead time
2–3 weeks
Warranty
10 years
Wallbox
Wallbox, 7.4 kW
A 7 kW smart charger that waits for surplus solar before it touches the grid.
Typical size
7.4 kW
Lead time
1–2 weeks
Warranty
3 years
12:47
Solar noon
What a roof in Cork saves
Pick the bill closest to yours. We size the array, count the panels and work out the payback using local prices. No forms and no email address.
Step 1 · Your monthly electricity bill
Pick your monthly bill
€80
€150
€250
€400
Recommended system
6.4
kWp
Panels on the roof
16
× 400 W
Saved every year
1,180
€ per year
Pays for itself in
8.2
years
Each block is one 400 W panel. Lit blocks show the array we would size for this bill.
Assumes €0.32/kWh, 950 kWh per kWp a year and 60% self-use. Edit these figures for your region. The roof check gives your real numbers.
14:00
First call to first kWh
Four visits from roof check to switch-on
15:40
Field reports
Roofs we switched on lately
Every finished job gets a nameplate, like the rating label on the back of a panel: system size, yearly yield, payback and CO₂ saved, measured, not promised.
17:20
A year later
They mapped every shadow on our roof before quoting. A year in, we buy 68% less from the grid after five o’clock.
Hannah Okafor
Douglas, Cork
18:40
Questions over tea
Questions from the kitchen table
Cost, grants, batteries and what happens on install day. If yours isn’t here, call the office. A surveyor picks up, not a call centre.
What does a typical home system cost?
Can I spread the cost?
How long does installation take?
Do I need planning permission?
Do I need a battery?
What happens in a power cut?
19:50
Golden hour · Roof check
A surveyor on your roof within ten days
Book a free 40-minute roof check. You’ll get a layout, a nameplate forecast and one fixed price within three working days.
21:40
After sunset
After sunset the battery runs the house
The afternoon’s surplus goes into storage instead of back to the grid for pennies. When the sun drops, the house quietly runs on it until bedtime. In a power cut, essential circuits stay on.
Typical battery
5.2–13.5 kWh
Evening coverage
Until ~23:00
Power-cut backup
Essential circuits
Warranty
10 yrs / 6,000 cycles
