Editorial policy

minisolar has a single editor, who is responsible for everything published on the site.

How content is written

We use AI to help draft guides, glossary entries, news posts and page templates. Nothing an AI drafts is published as it is. Every piece is rewritten and checked by the editor before it goes live:

1. An AI tool produces a first draft from our research notes and primary sources.
2. The editor rewrites it, checks every fact, number and link against its source, and removes anything that can’t be backed up.
3. Only then is it marked as reviewed and published. Drafts never appear on the live site.

Each reviewed page shows a line such as “Reviewed by the editor · 29 September 2026”. The date is the last time the page was checked in full. If we change a page in a way that affects its advice or facts, we review it again and update the date.

Data pages

Most pages on minisolar, such as kit, in-stock, region and town pages, are built from data rather than written by hand: stock and prices from retailers, compliance from the ENA register, and yield from PVGIS. How that data is collected and calculated is explained in our methodology. Each data point shows when it was last checked. Pages without enough real data are kept out of search engines until they have it.

Sources for rules and regulations

Claims about the law, regulations and official guidance cite primary sources only:

• legislation.gov.uk (the law itself)
• the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and other gov.uk publications
• Ofgem
• the Energy Networks Association (ENA) and the network operators (DNOs)
• the standards bodies and professional institutions that publish the relevant standards (such as the IET and BSI)

We don’t rely on news articles, blogs or other secondary sources for regulatory claims. When the rules change, we update the relevant pages first and record the change in our public changelog.

We don’t give electrical advice beyond official guidance. For anything involving your wiring, follow the manufacturer’s instructions and official guidance, and use a qualified electrician if you’re unsure.

Product testing

We haven’t tested any plug-in solar kits ourselves yet. Kit pages say so. What we publish about kits comes from the ENA register, manufacturers’ and retailers’ published specifications, and our yield model. We won’t describe a product as “tested” or “reviewed” unless we have used it. If we start hands-on testing, we’ll explain how here.

Money and independence

We earn money from some links to retailers (see our affiliate disclosure). This never changes our rankings, which kits we show, or what we say about them. Rankings follow the published method in our methodology.

We don’t publish sponsored content at launch. If we ever do, it will be clearly labelled as sponsored and will not affect rankings or which kits appear in our lists.

Corrections

If you spot a mistake, email [email protected] (to be set up). Please include the page address and what you think is wrong. If you can, include a source.

When we get a correction:

• We check it against the source and fix the page if we got it wrong.
• For errors of fact that could affect a buying or safety decision (for example a compliance status, a regulatory claim or a price), we add a short note to the page saying what changed and when.
• Minor fixes, such as typos or broken links, are corrected without a note.
• Data errors, such as a wrong stock status, are usually fixed at the source (the retailer check or the register match), and the page updates itself.

Significant corrections and rule changes are also listed in the changelog.