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Can I get a grant for solar panels in Scotland?

Possibly, but there is no universal standalone solar grant. Support usually sits inside a wider scheme that lists solar PV or storage among its eligible measures, or inside a loan route. Eligibility depends on the scheme, the property and the funding body's approval — we check the current position rather than assume it.

Can flat owners get EV charger funding?

Flat owners are within the same grant route as tenants, subject to the same conditions. The practical question is usually parking: the space has to be private and off-street, and the freeholder or factor normally has to give permission.

Can Greentech apply for the grant for me?

Most schemes are applied for by the customer or organisation, not by the installer, and the decision always sits with the funding body. What we do is assess the property technically, provide the quote and documentation the application needs, and install to the standard the scheme requires.

Does funding guarantee my property is technically suitable?

No. Scheme eligibility and technical suitability are separate questions. A property can meet every published condition and still need a supply upgrade, roof work or a different design. We assess suitability independently of the funding route.

Can I combine solar, battery storage and EV charging?

Yes, and doing it as one design is usually cheaper than three separate projects — the containment, distribution and supply work is done once. Whether a single funding route covers all three is a different question; some do, some cover only part.

Is the funding free money that I never repay?

Not always. Many routes are interest-free loans rather than grants, and some are a mixture: a grant for one measure, a loan for the balance. We tell you which is which before you commit, because it changes the arithmetic entirely.

Do I need to use an accredited installer?

Most schemes require it, and some require the installer to be registered with the scheme itself before work starts. Greentech's electrical work is delivered under our NICEIC approved contractor status, and we confirm the specific scheme requirement before quoting.

Will charging affect my electricity supply or require an upgrade?

Often it can be managed without one. Load management keeps the site or property within its existing capacity, which is normally far cheaper than a supply upgrade. Where an upgrade is unavoidable, the network operator's timescale becomes part of the programme.

Edinburgh

Energy grants and funding in Edinburgh

The funding routes available in Edinburgh are the same national routes as anywhere else in Scotland. What differs is consent: a large part of the city sits in conservation areas, and a visible change to a roof, a facade or a footway can need approval before it can be built.

This page sets out what is worth checking for Edinburgh addresses, where consent usually intervenes, and how we sequence a project around it.

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Roads authority

City of Edinburgh Council, for any footway or street works

Consent

Conservation areas and listed buildings can add a planning step

Housing mix

Tenements, colonies, modern flatted developments and suburban housing

Coverage

Edinburgh, plus the Forth Valley and the east

Routes we check for Edinburgh properties and sites

Each card is generated from our central funding database. Where a window has closed, it says so — we do not present a closed scheme as open.

Interest-free loan and cashback

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Business Energy Scotland SME loan and cashback

An interest-free loan route for Scottish small and medium-sized businesses and charities installing energy-efficiency or renewable measures, with cashback support where the scheme offers it. The assessment and approval sit with the scheme.

Designed for: Business, Charity, Landlord
Potential support: Loan and cashback levels are set by the scheme. Confirm current published terms.
Key considerations: Scottish SMEs, charities and some landlords, with an eligible measure, a technical assessment and approval from the scheme. Loan terms and cashback availability are set by the scheme.

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Government chargepoint grant

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EV chargepoint grant for households with eligibility requirements

A grant route for people who rent, or who own a flat, and who therefore cannot use the standard homeowner chargepoint grant. It contributes towards an eligible chargepoint at a property with eligible private parking.

Designed for: Tenant, Flat owner
Potential support: Up to 350 pounds per eligible chargepoint, within published scheme limits.
Key considerations: Renters and flat owners, with off-street private parking at the property, an eligible vehicle, permission from the landlord or freeholder where required, and an eligible installer. The grant must be approved before installation starts.

Official source Check my EV charger options

Government grant and interest-free loan

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Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan

The Scottish Government's main domestic route for clean heating and energy efficiency, administered through Home Energy Scotland. Grant support and interest-free loan funding may be available for qualifying measures, and the funding body - not Greentech - decides eligibility.

Designed for: Homeowner, Landlord
Potential support: Grant and loan levels are set by the funding body and vary by measure. Confirm the current published levels with Home Energy Scotland.
Key considerations: Scottish homeowners and some landlords, where the property and the proposed measure meet the scheme's own technical rules. An assessment and a quote from an eligible installer normally form part of the process.

Official source Check my home funding options

Public-sector grant and loan

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Public sector decarbonisation and Salix funding

Capital support routes for public bodies and education estates decarbonising their buildings and estates, including heating, fabric and some electrical infrastructure. Applications are made by the public body, often with a technical feasibility study.

Designed for: Public-sector organisation, School / education provider, Charity
Potential support: Set by the funding programme and by the estate's application.
Key considerations: Public-sector bodies and eligible education institutions, applying through the scheme's own process, usually with a feasibility study and a quantified carbon saving.

Official source Request an education EV assessment

Government fuel-poverty programme

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Warmer Homes Scotland

A Scottish Government programme aimed at households living in, or at risk of, fuel poverty. It provides a package of heating and insulation improvements through a national delivery contractor, following the programme's own assessment.

Designed for: Homeowner, Tenant
Potential support: The package is defined by the programme, not by Greentech.
Key considerations: Households in Scotland who meet the programme's eligibility conditions, which are assessed by the scheme. The programme has its own survey and delivery rules, and its own appointed installation contractor.

Official source Explore my home energy options

Government chargepoint grant

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Workplace Charging Scheme

A voucher-based grant for eligible organisations installing chargepoints for staff and visitors. The organisation applies, receives a voucher, and then books an eligible installer within the voucher period.

Designed for: Business, Charity, Public-sector organisation, School / education provider, Fleet operator
Potential support: 350 pounds per eligible socket, up to the published socket cap per applicant.
Key considerations: Eligible registered businesses, charities and public-sector organisations, with off-street parking, designated staff or fleet use, and an eligible installer. Charging is not permitted to be used to generate revenue from the general public under the scheme rules.

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What you need to know

Consent, heritage and the time it adds

Edinburgh adds a step Glasgow rarely does: consent. The World Heritage Site, the conservation areas and the number of listed buildings mean a visible change to a roof, a facade or a footway can require planning permission or listed building consent before installation.

That does not make a project unviable, but it changes the sequence and the timescale. We establish which consents apply to the address early, and we do not present an approval as likely or as guaranteed.

Panels on a roof slope visible from the street, and whether permission is needed
External plant, flues and heat pump siting visible to the street
Listed building consent where the property is listed
Footway works inside a conservation area

Tenements, colonies and shared fabric

Edinburgh's tenements, colonies and modern flatted developments raise the same shared-fabric questions as Glasgow's, with an extra layer where the building is protected. Common roofs, common stairs and factored buildings all need the agreement of the people who share them.

The electrical side is often the limit rather than the fabric: a flat with a single consumer unit, a communal supply with no spare capacity, or a distribution board that has no room for another way.

Offices, hospitality and the public estate

The city's office stock, hospitality premises and public buildings are where workplace charging and public-sector decarbonisation support usually get used. Older buildings often have a constrained intake and restricted working hours, and those two facts decide the design more than the funding does.

Where the applicant is a public body or an institution, the application is theirs to make. We provide the technical assessment, the scope and the evidence the application needs.

Consent is not funding

A funding decision and a planning decision are separate, and approval of one does not imply the other. We will not treat a listed building consent as likely until the council has actually decided.

Local authority guidance

Who decides on your street

Cross-pavement charging is a roads authority decision. These are the authorities covering our service area, with the process each one applies — confirmed per address before we quote.

City of Edinburgh Council

Applications for works in the footway go through the council's own process, and heritage or conservation area status can add a planning step. We confirm the requirement for the individual address.

Council websiteChecked 29 October 2026

These entries describe the approval process, not a policy commitment. We confirm the current position for your specific address and street before proposing any works.

Edinburgh

Request an Edinburgh survey

Tell us the property, the consent position if you know it, and what you are considering. We will confirm what is possible and which routes are worth checking.

Questions we are asked about funding

The grant is the start of the project, not the end of it

Solar PVGenerate electricity on site.Battery storageStore energy and manage demand.EV chargingDesign, install and manage charging.Electrical infrastructureUpgrade capacity for what comes next.

Already have renewable assets?

Funding is not the only opportunity. Understanding the condition, safety and performance of existing solar, battery or charging assets could identify problems, risks and optimisation opportunities — particularly where an installation has never been independently inspected.

Explore the Renewable Condition Report