What would it
actually cost you?

Straight calculators for UK home energy — heat pumps, solar, batteries and electric cars. Current Ofgem prices, your region, your house. No installer paying us to say yes.

Prices used: 26.11p per kWh electricity, 7.33p gas — Ofgem cap, 1 July – 30 September 2026.

Heat pump vs gas boiler

What it would actually cost to run, given your radiators. The answer is not always yes.

Heat pump price and grant

What one costs to fit, and what you pay after the £7,500 grant.

Solar panel payback

Generation and payback for your region and roof direction, not a national average.

Battery storage payback

Whether a battery pays for itself on a cheap-overnight tariff.

EV charging cost

Home versus public charging versus petrol, per year and per mile.

We will tell you when the answer is no

Most heat pump calculators are run by people who fit heat pumps, so they always say yes. At current prices, a heat pump on small existing radiators can genuinely cost more to run than the gas boiler it replaced. That depends almost entirely on your radiators, and ours says so.

What is changing

The £7,500 heat pump grant
£9,000 if you are off the gas grid, 21 July 2026 to 31 March 2027
Future Homes Standard — 24 March 2027
Solar and a heat pump on effectively every new home in England

Heat pumps by property type

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Solar by city

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