Solar Together

Having your own solar panels and battery storage to power your home, business or community building could help you save money on your energy bills while generating your own clean electricity.
By installing solar panels and producing renewable electricity, you will not only be reducing your own carbon footprint, but you will also play an important part in tackling climate change and supporting Solihull’s ambition to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2041.
Solihull Council has partnered with iChoosr Ltd, who are independent experts in group-buying, to bring Solar Together to Solihull’s homeowners.
Solar Together West Midlands is an innovative scheme offering high-quality solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and battery storage. It is a group-buying scheme, which brings Solihull households, small businesses and community groups together to get high-quality solar panels at a competitive price, helping you through the process and keeping you informed at every stage.
Registrations close on 6 June 2025. To register visit www.solartogether.co.uk/solihull.
Solihull Council has been supported with grant funding from the Midlands Net Zero Hub towards promoting the scheme.
How does it work?
- Registration: you can register for free and without obligation until 6 June 2025 at www.solartogether.co.uk/solihull. To register, you simply provide details about your roof, such as its size and orientation.
- Auction: a reverse ‘auction’ will be held where pre-vetted solar installers will submit bids for the work. The more people that register, the better the deal should be for each household. The installer with the most competitive package will win the auction.
- Personal recommendation: from Tuesday 27 May, you will be emailed your personal recommendation based on your registration details. This includes your costs and specifications of your system.
- You decide: the decision is then yours as to whether you want to accept your recommendation. There is no obligation to continue. Solar Together will let you know how long you have to accept your recommendation and update you before the scheme closes
- Installation: if you accept, the winning installer will contact you to survey your roof and set an installation date. All installations aim to be completed by the end of January 2026.
Find out more
To register for the scheme or to find out more, visit www.solartogether.co.uk/solihull.
This scheme is not run by Solihull Council and all enquiries should be directed to the Solar Together helpdesk by emailing west-midlands@solartogether.co.uk, or calling 0800 014 8851 from Monday to Friday, 8.00am-5.00pm.
There is further information on the scheme below, or you can read Solar Together’s FAQs on their website.
About iChoosr
iChoosr was founded in 2008 and is privately owned by two co-founders. Before it entered the UK energy market in 2012, it focused on group-buying schemes in the Netherlands and Belgium. It now works with community leaders helping households select energy and solar power suppliers. As in the UK, its operations continue to grow across Europe, North America and Japan.