Omagh — West Tyrone
Off the main grid of things: solar and storage for Omagh.
Omagh is about an hour and a quarter from Belfast on the A4/A5 — inside our range — and the rural homes, farms and oil-fired heating of West Tyrone are exactly where solar plus storage does its best work.
Local knowledge
How we work in Omagh.
Omagh's housing is a mix of town estates and a large rural hinterland: bungalows and two-storey homes on their own sites, farmhouses with outbuildings, and villages like Fintona, Beragh and Carrickmore strung along the roads out of town. Most of it is oil-heated and most of it has more roof — or a shed roof — than the owners realise. Those are the conditions where a well-sized array, a battery and an eddi diverter for hot water take a real bite out of running costs.
Rural supplies need a little care: single-phase lines can carry an NIE Networks export limit and longer runs want correctly sized cable, so we confirm the grid position at survey and design to it. Power cuts are also more common at the end of a line than in a city, which is why backup power — a battery that keeps the essentials running when the street goes dark — is asked for here more than anywhere else we cover. Farm and business solar are quoted on the same runs.
What we install
Every service, available in Omagh.
Solar panels
Designed for your roof, installed in a day or two, certified by NICEIC electricians. From £4,200, 0% VAT.
Battery storage
Hinen, Sigenergy and EcoFlow systems that bank daylight for the evening. Solar + battery from £6,750.
EV charging
OZEV-approved home charge points from £625 installed, solar-aware where it makes sense.
Backup power
Whole-home or essentials backup that rides through outages.
Hot water diverters
myenergi eddi turns spare generation into hot water.
Electrical & EICRs
Board upgrades, certification and fault-finding from £180 +VAT EICRs.
Commercial solar
Rooftop systems for offices, shops and industrial units — designed on real consumption data.
Commercial EV charging
Workplace bays with billing, load management and the grant paperwork handled.
NICEIC approved
Electricians in Omagh.
Board upgrades come first for a lot of rural homes — a consumer unit replacement bringing a pre-RCD board up to current standards before solar, a battery or a charger is added — and landlords book EICRs from £180 +VAT.
Long rural circuits and weather are behind most of the faults we trace out here; we fix the cause and certify the repair. Smart heating controls suit oil-fired systems that otherwise run on a timer and a guess.
Omagh questions
Asked locally, answered straight.
Can a battery keep my house running in a power cut?
With the right system, yes. Hinen, Sigenergy and EcoFlow systems can all be configured for backup, keeping essentials — or the whole house — on when the grid drops. We design the backup circuits properly and certify them; it's not a plug-in extra.
Is solar worth it for an oil-heated house near Omagh?
Usually. Daytime generation runs the house, the battery carries the evening, and an eddi diverter pushes surplus into the hot-water cylinder so the boiler does less for much of the year. We size everything off your real usage.
My supply is rural single-phase — is that a problem?
Rarely. NIE Networks may set an export limit on rural single-phase lines, and larger systems need a G99 application first. We handle it and design to whatever they allow; you still use everything you generate.
Do I need planning permission for solar in West Tyrone?
Roof-mounted domestic and most farm solar is permitted development in NI within the usual rules. Ground-mounted arrays and listed buildings have extra conditions — we'll tell you where you stand before ordering.
Do you cover Fintona, Beragh and Carrickmore?
Yes — Omagh and the villages around it are covered on planned West Tyrone runs, on the same price basis as Belfast.
Ready when Omagh is.
Free survey, honest numbers, NICEIC certification — and 0% VAT on solar and batteries.