"I recently had the pleasure of working with Matt and his team at Glow Electrics for the installation of solar panels and an EV charger at our home. Their professionalism and attention to detail were truly impressive.…"
Solar · Batteries · EV — Belfast & NI
Your roof can pay your electricity bill.
Solar panels and battery storage, designed and installed properly by NICEIC-approved electricians. Belfast-based, installing across all of Northern Ireland. Installed from £4,200 — 0% VAT.
Simpson & Partners
Why Glow
Make your own electricity. Run your whole life on it.
Glow is a Belfast electrical contractor that saw where home energy was going and built for it properly. The house of the next twenty years makes its own power — and uses it for everything: the lights, the car, the shower, the heat.
That takes more than panels on a roof. It takes one system designed as a whole — generation, storage, charging and heat working together — and it takes electricians who treat solar as what it is: electrical work. Tested to BS 7671, certified once, supported long after the scaffolding comes down.
How the system fits together
0% VAT on solar & batteries · Installing since 2005
The Glow journey
Twenty years of electrical work. Now aimed at the sun.
Glow started in 2005 as an electrical contractor and spent two decades building the trade across London and Belfast — commercial sites, domestic installations, and every kind of certification in between.
That's the foundation the renewables work stands on. Solar, storage and EV charging are electrical engineering first — design, protection, certification — and we're scaling that expertise into one of Northern Ireland's most capable renewable installers.
20years in the trade
5.0★90 Google reviews
What we do
Everything between the roof and the road.
From £4,200 installed · 0% VAT
Solar panels
Designed for your roof, installed in a day or two, certified by NICEIC electricians.
Solar panels Hinen · Sigenergy · EcoFlowBattery storage
Store your solar, dodge peak rates, keep the lights on.
Batteries From £625 installedEV charging
OZEV-approved home and workplace charge points.
EV charging Switchover in millisecondsBackup power
When the street goes dark, your house doesn't.
Backup power myenergi eddiHot water diverters
Heat the tank with sunshine you'd otherwise sell for pence.
Hot water
Offices & industrial units
Commercial solar
Daytime load meets rooftop generation — modelled on real usage.
Commercial solar Farms, sheds & dairiesAgricultural solar
Shed roofs with the fastest payback we install — G99 and three-phase handled.
Farm solar NICEIC electriciansNeed an electrician?
Boards, fault-finding and certification by the same NICEIC team.
Electrical servicesThe kit we fit
We pick the hardware like we're buying it for our own house.
Three battery platforms, chosen for build quality and warranties — not whoever's running a rep promotion this month.
New to the UK · 2026
Hinen A Series
All-in-one hybrid systems from a manufacturer with 20+ years behind it — we're among the first installers fitting Hinen in Northern Ireland.
DesignAll-in-one · 18 cm slim
Expandable to86.4 kWh
Backup switchover≤10 ms
Flagship
Sigenergy SigenStor
The five-in-one tower — inverter, battery and EV DC charging in modular stacks that grow with you.
DesignModular tower
Battery warranty10 years
EV DC chargingOptional module
Longest warranty
EcoFlow PowerOcean
Clean, quiet home storage with the longest battery warranty we install — fifteen years, in writing.
DesignWall or floor mount
Battery warranty15 years
ChemistryLiFePO₄
One of ours — Antrim, NI.All-black array, designed, fitted and certified by Glow — no stock photos here.
How it works
Survey to switched-on, in four steps.
Survey
A proper look at your roof, board and usage — not a guess over the phone.
Design & quote
A fixed price with modelled generation and payback for your actual roof.
Install
Typically one to two days on site. Tidy work, tested and NICEIC certified.
Handover
App set up, export payments sorted, paperwork filed. Then we answer the phone when you call.
Our actual work
Not stock photos. Our installs.
Inverters, batteries and the wiring between them — photographed on real jobs before we left the driveway.
Tidy is not optional.Straight runs, labelled circuits, and kit sited where it suits the house — garage wall, plant room or the press under the stairs.
Reviews
Rated 5.0 across 90 reviews by the people who've had us on the roof.
Straight answers
The questions everyone asks.
No jargon, no sales patter — the same answers we give face to face on survey day.
Can't see yours? Ring 028 9691 8755 or send it over — you'll get an electrician, not a call centre.
Does solar actually work in Northern Ireland?
Yes. Panels generate from daylight, not heat, and they generate on cloudy days too. Output drops in winter — which is exactly what battery storage and paid export smooth out. We model your figures from your own roof and bills before you spend anything.
What does a solar installation cost in Belfast?
Essential Solar starts from £4,200 installed. The Smart Energy System — solar with battery storage — starts from £6,750. The Premium Home Energy System is sized to the house and priced at survey. Every price includes installation, certification and the connection paperwork, and solar and battery work is currently 0% VAT.
Is there VAT on solar panels and batteries?
No — energy-saving materials, including solar panels and battery storage, are currently 0% VAT in the UK. The prices we quote are the prices you pay.
Can I sell electricity back to the grid in NI?
Yes. Northern Ireland suppliers pay for the units you export. We handle the NIE Networks connection paperwork and set up export as part of the job, so you start getting paid without chasing anyone.
Do I need planning permission for solar panels?
Usually not. Most domestic roof installations in Northern Ireland fall under permitted development. Listed buildings and conservation areas are the exception — we flag that at survey before anything is ordered.
Is a battery worth it without solar panels?
Often, yes. A battery can charge on cheap overnight electricity and run your home at peak rates. If you're thinking about an EV tariff it gets better again. We'll tell you straight if the numbers don't work for your usage — see battery storage.
Where we work
Belfast-based. NI-wide.
If it's within an hour and twenty of Belfast, we cover it — and that's most of Northern Ireland. Same crew, same standard, wherever the roof is.
Belfast
Lisburn
Holywood
Newtownards
Carrickfergus
Newtownabbey
Hillsborough
Whitehead
Castlereagh
Antrim
…and everywhere in between. See all areas we cover
Get a straight answer on solar.
Free survey, fixed quote, no salesman in your living room. Tell us about your roof and your bills — we'll tell you what's worth doing.