A Horton household that wanted its own power
The Chohan family in Horton wanted their home to stand on its own two feet, making its own power, storing it, and leaning on the grid as little as possible. Not just a smaller bill, but real independence and predictable costs, whatever happens to energy prices.
Powering a family home, morning to night
Family homes use their power at the edges of the day, breakfast and the evening rush, when the sun is low. Panels alone would have made plenty of midday energy the household wasn’t there to use. The job was to capture that daytime surplus and hold it for the hours the family is actually home.
Solar with FoxESS battery storage
We designed a system built around the family’s routine, Jinko panels to make the most of the roof, paired with FoxESS battery storage to hold the daytime surplus for the evening. Solar4Good delivered a turnkey package covering feasibility, design, installation and commissioning.
- Jinko panels (~18 kWp total), picked for efficiency and reliability
- FoxESS battery storage, holds daytime surplus for the evening
- Sized so the home runs on its own power across day and night
- Turnkey: feasibility, design, install and commissioning, with zero fuss for the family
~19,500 kWh a year, generated at home
The system now generates around 19,500 kWh a year, delivering real energy independence and long‑term financial benefits for the household. With the battery storing daytime surplus for the evening, the family leans far less on the grid, and avoids an estimated ~4 tonnes of CO₂ a year (estimated from generation). Over the system’s 25-year life that is roughly £65,000 to £87,000, on an install that typically pays for itself in five to six years.
Generation and saving figures on this page are estimates, modelled from the system size and a typical UK yield. They are not meter readings. Your own figures depend on your roof, your usage and the weather in any given year, and we confirm them from a real assessment rather than a model.
