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Availability and Price Index
How easy it is to actually buy a compliant plug-in solar kit in the UK, and what it costs, from every stock and price change we record.
65 listings at 15 retailers · · Download CSV
- of the time listings were in stock, September 2026 so far
- 55%
- compliant kits you can buy today
- 0 of 28
- median price per watt
- –
- median kit price
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Right now
0 of 65 listings ship today
Every listing for an ENA-registered kit at every retailer we track. Anything we haven't confirmed recently counts as unknown, never as in stock.
- 65Not checked recently (100%)
September 2026 so far
- restocks
- 0
- price drops
- 0
- new ENA register entries
- 1
- lead time: retailers rarely say
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Prices
What a watt costs
Cheapest in-stock price for each compliant kit, divided by its panel wattage. Bigger kits usually cost less per watt.
Price per watt, cheapest first
No compliant kit with a known wattage is in stock right now.
How much kits cost
Number of in-stock compliant kits in each price band.
No compliant kit is in stock right now.
Brands and retailers
Who actually has stock
Hardest brands to get
Share of time their listings were in stock, September 2026 so far.
| Brand | Time in stock |
|---|---|
| City Plumbing6 listings · never in stock | 0% |
| EcoFlow13 listings · never in stock | 0% |
| Octopus Energy1 listing · never in stock | 0% |
| Modular Solar Technologies4 listings · never in stock | 0% |
| PowerXpress1 listing · never in stock | 0% |
| UKSOL24 listings | 75% |
| Thunder Energy8 listings | 100% |
| Perlight Solar4 listings | 100% |
| PatioSun4 listings | 100% |
Retailers with stock now
Share of each retailer's compliant kit listings in stock at the last check.
No retailer has a compliant kit in stock right now.
Nothing in stock at: Plug In Solar Ltd (14), EcoFlow UK (13), City Plumbing (8), Argos (6), EcoWizard (4), PatioSun (4), iHelios Living (3), Thunder Energy (2), Electricals Online (2), Harvey Norman UK (2), Amazon UK (2), Modular Solar (2), Octopus Energy (1), Crampton & Moore (1), Screwfix (1).
Over time
Availability, day by day
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