Guides

• Solar panel payback in the UK

  How long solar panels take to pay for themselves, by region, using MCS output figures and today's tariffs.

• Which way solar panels should face

  How much output you lose on an east, west or shallow roof, from the MCS yield tables.

• Home batteries: what they save

  What a battery saves with and without solar or an electric car, including a replacement after ten years.

• Heat pump running costs against gas

  What a heat pump costs to run compared with a gas boiler, on the price cap and on heat pump tariffs.

• Cheapest EV charging tariffs

  Overnight rates for charging an electric car at home, and what a year of driving costs on each.

• Boiler Upgrade Scheme: what you get and who qualifies

  Grant amounts, who can apply, and what a heat pump costs after the grant.