Home Battery Storage in Bristol & South Wales
Store excess solar, use more of your own electricity and make the most of smarter tariffs with a professionally designed home battery.
- Use more of your solar energy
- Charge during cheaper off-peak periods
- Local installation and support
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Make every unit count
Solar panels often produce more electricity during the middle of the day than a household is actually using at the time. Without storage, that surplus generation is usually exported to the grid.
Solar battery storage lets you retain more of that electricity instead. Stored energy can then help cover evening household consumption, when panels are no longer generating and grid electricity tends to cost more.
Suitable systems can also charge during cheaper off-peak tariff periods, and smart optimisation can potentially add further value on top. Actual results depend on your usage, tariff and system design.
Get My Free Battery Assessment →What a home battery changes
- More self-consumptionDaytime generation you would otherwise export is kept for your own use.
- Evening coverStored electricity can supply lighting, cooking and appliances after dark.
- Off-peak chargingWhere supported, the battery charges when grid electricity is cheapest.
- Tariff flexibilityStorage makes smart time-of-use tariffs far more practical to use.
- Works with existing solarRetrofit battery storage is possible on many existing installations.
What changes when you add battery storage?
Solar generation is most valuable when you can use more of it yourself.
Surplus goes to the grid
Energy flow
- Solar panels
- Home
- Excess exported
- Grid electricity later
- Lower solar self-consumption
- More evening grid usage
- Surplus electricity exported
- Less flexibility around energy tariffs
Surplus stays in your home
Energy flow
- Solar panels
- Home
- Battery
- Evening usage
Optional, with a smart tariff
- Cheap overnight electricity
- Battery
- Peak-time usage
- Store more of your solar generation
- Use stored electricity in the evening
- Reduce reliance on peak-rate grid electricity
- Greater flexibility with smart tariffs
What our customers say on Google
Tom and his team did a fantastic solar installation for us in Rural Herefordshire. Tom’s design made the most of our small electric connection because we are rural. Putting on the most solar panels and matched a suitable inverter and batteries to get our bills near to £0 year round using an octopus tariff. The install took 4 days, 1 less than planned and they were very clean and tidy. I’ve got them back to look at changing my EV charger and heat pump. Thanks boys.
Tom and his team have just completed our solar panal installation and I can honestly say how impressed I have been. Very professional, polite and respectful at all time. They clear up each day and left nothing behind, all boxes taken away when they left. Thanks guys you did an amazing job even when the temp hit 34°c plus in our south facing garden.
The whole process was managed exceptionally by the team. They were receptive to discussing options for the installation to minimise the visual signature and seek to ensure that the finished installation was as well integrated as was possible, which was much appreciated. The professional attitude and willingness of the team to keep us fully apprised was also most appreciated. All in all an excellent experience with the team, and the company completed the installation in a timely fashion which was refreshing.
Tom and his team turned up exactly when they said and got right to work. Tom kept me informed the entire time they were here from the initial discussion on routing and placement to the final commission. Tom explained how they had set the system up so I could get the best out of it and spent time going through all the various settings so I was sure what I was doing. We had some issues with the software, (Sunsynk issue, not the installers fault), that needed lots of research and Tom spent ages talking to the manufacturer before finally fixing it himself. I got some good advice about further purchases of car chargers and Tom invited me to get in touch about any issues. I've had terrible experiences with electricians in the past and these guys have shown the exact opposite. A brilliant, honest and hard working company I feel I can completely trust.
The Bambridge Renewables team did a fabulous job fitting a 16kWh battery for us. They were really fast and responsive and the workmanship is really tidy. Its going to be great for helping us with lower bills over the winter. No PV yet, but we have the option to add it in the future if we need to as we've been given a hybrid inverter.
Make your battery work harder
Compatible smart battery storage systems can potentially respond to tariff and energy-market conditions, charging and discharging intelligently rather than following a fixed schedule.
Simtricity Flux is an optional layer on top of a suitable battery system. Where a system supports it, the battery can shift more of its charging into cheaper periods and hold energy back for more expensive ones. It is an advanced optional benefit rather than something every battery automatically delivers, and results vary by system, tariff and usage.
Discover Simtricity Flux →What battery storage gives you
Evening Power
Use stored solar generation through the evening instead of buying more electricity from the grid at peak rates.
Backup Power
Backup capability available on suitable system configurations, keeping selected circuits live during a grid outage.
Smart Tariffs
Pair with a smart time-of-use tariff so the battery charges during cheaper off-peak windows and supplies your home at peak times.
Retrofit Friendly
Battery storage can often be added to an existing solar system — we assess compatibility and design around what you already have.
Local battery expertise
We specify battery storage for homes across Bristol, the South West and South Wales around the property — not a standard package.
Sized to your home
Based on your electricity usage and any existing solar PV.
Compatibility and tariffs
Checked against your inverter and grid connection, and set up for your tariff.
Future needs
Planned with EVs, heat pumps and changing requirements in mind.
Battery storage designed around your home
A suitable battery system depends on when the household uses electricity, its tariff and whether solar panels are already installed. Bambridge assesses these factors before recommending the system.
Usage-led system design
Household consumption and usage patterns are considered before an appropriate battery system is recommended.
Solar and tariff compatibility
The design accounts for existing solar equipment, inverter compatibility and available off-peak electricity tariffs.
Safe, tidy installation
The battery, inverter, protection equipment and monitoring system are installed, commissioned and tested.
Configuration and handover
Charging schedules and monitoring are configured, with a clear explanation of how to use the system.
- MCS-certified installation
- NICEIC Approved Contractor
- RECC member
- Grid-connection paperwork handled
- System monitoring and customer handover
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Battery storage questions, answered
What size home battery do I need?
Battery sizing depends on your electricity consumption, how much solar you generate, the tariff you are on and how you want to use stored energy. A larger battery stores more, but the right size is the one matched to your usage pattern — we confirm this at survey.
Can I add a battery to my existing solar panels?
In many cases yes. Battery storage can often be retrofitted to an existing solar PV system, subject to inverter compatibility, available space and a property survey. Where the existing inverter is not compatible, an AC-coupled battery is usually an option.
Can I install a battery without solar panels?
Yes. A battery can also charge from the grid, which means it can be used alongside a suitable smart or time-of-use tariff to store cheaper off-peak electricity for use later in the day.
Can batteries charge from the grid?
Where the system and tariff support it, yes. Off-peak charging lets the battery fill up during cheaper overnight periods and discharge during more expensive peak periods.
Can a battery provide backup power during an outage?
Backup capability depends on system design and equipment configuration. Some batteries and hybrid inverters support backup circuits, others do not. If backup matters to you, tell us at survey and we will design for it where suitable.
How long do home batteries last?
Home batteries are typically supplied with a manufacturer warranty covering a set number of years or charge cycles, along with a stated end-of-warranty capacity. Real-world life depends on how the battery is used, cycled and maintained.
What is a smart electricity tariff?
A smart or time-of-use tariff charges different rates at different times of day, with cheaper periods usually overnight. A battery can charge during those cheaper windows and supply your home when rates are higher.
What is Simtricity Flux?
Simtricity Flux is a smart-energy optimisation service for compatible battery systems. It can respond automatically to tariff and energy-market conditions to decide when to charge and discharge. Performance varies and no particular saving or return is guaranteed.
Ready to take control of your energy?
We'll design the right battery system around your property, usage and existing setup.