Plug-in solar, checked against the register that governs it.
Solar you plug into a normal socket. Since 27 August 2026 SI 2026/848 allows it without installer sign-off — at 800W AC or less, with no battery, by plug and socket.
The rules that actually apply here
SI 2026/848 opened a plug-in microgenerator route from 27 August 2026: solar only, 800W AC or less, no battery, connected by plug and socket. A kit outside that route is not unlawful — it may be perfectly fine as a fixed installation under G98 or G99. It simply is not a plug-in microgenerator.
The register
The device has been through a G98 type test — the engineering rules for equipment generating alongside the grid. The test that matters most is anti-islanding: when the grid goes down, the device has to stop feeding it. We mirror the Energy Networks Association’s register daily, keep a record of what changes, and give every entry a page of its own with a permanent URL — which is the part their own search cannot do.
Most recently published
Plug-in solar on sale
Every plug-in solar kit we can find on sale in the UK, with the price, the specifications the vendor publishes, and whether we have matched it to a register entry. Ranked by price per AC watt — never by who paid.