Hampshire · PO10
Solar Panel Installers in Emsworth
Solar, battery storage and EV charging in Emsworth — designed and installed by a local, MCS-certified team based in Portsmouth.
Quick answer
Emsworth (PO10) is in the SSEN distribution area, and we file the G98/G99 application for you. We design discreet systems suited to the town's harbour-side conservation area; a 4kW array on this sunny coastal strip typically generates around 4,000–4,400 kWh a year.
Emsworth is a picturesque Hampshire harbour town at the head of Chichester Harbour, right on the West Sussex border, with a historic conservation-protected centre of Georgian and Victorian cottages, a working millpond and quay, and quieter residential streets spreading north toward Westbourne and Southbourne. It is one of our closest markets, and a place where sympathetic, low-profile solar design is valued.
Just 9 miles east of our Portsmouth base — practically on our doorstep — Emsworth connects through Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), the Hampshire distribution operator (note the harbour-side boundary with UKPN-served Sussex just to the east). Its coastal position gives strong irradiance, and we manage the full SSEN connection paperwork for every install.
Solar in Emsworth: the local detail
Grid connection (DNO)
Emsworth is in the SSEN area (Hampshire's distribution operator, with the UKPN boundary just east across the Sussex border). G98 for smaller systems up to 3.68kW per phase (notify-after); G99 (applied for in advance) for batteries and larger arrays. SCSS files the application.
Local planning authority
Havant Borough Council
Heritage & conservation
Significant in the centre — the Emsworth conservation area, one of fourteen in Havant Borough, protects the Georgian and Victorian streets around the Square, millpond and quay; discreet, all-black, rear-slope designs are standard, with Chichester Harbour SSSI/SPA nearby.
Local housing stock
Georgian and Victorian cottages around the Square and quay, interwar and postwar housing along the Havant Road, and modern homes spreading toward Westbourne, Southbourne and Hermitage.
Typical roofs
Heritage slate and clay needing discreet fixings in the harbour-side conservation core; larger, simpler pitches on the 20th-century and modern housing inland.
Sunlight & generation
~1,090 kWh/kWp per year; a 4kW array ≈ 4,000–4,400 kWh annually
Areas we cover in & around Emsworth
Westbourne · Southbourne · Hermitage · Warblington · Nutbourne · Thorney Island
~9 miles east of HQ — one of our closest catchments, with near-daily presence on the PO corridor.
A nearby installation
Compact System, Strong Performance
South Coast · 4.05kWp · 83% bill reduction
Our Emsworth services
Solar Only
Generate clean energy, reduce your bills, and take the first step towards energy independence.
Solar & Battery
Maximise your energy, reduce costs and increase independence with a combined solar and battery system.
Battery Only
Flexible, efficient battery storage for every home — even without solar panels.
EV Charging
Charge at home, efficiently and cost-effectively with smart EV charging solutions.
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