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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 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.

What happens if a grant closes?

It stops being available, and work started after the closure is normally not eligible. Our funding database records closing dates against each scheme, and the site will not present a closed window as open. The technical project can still proceed on a commercial basis.

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.

Scotland

Energy grants and funding in Scotland

Scotland has its own funding landscape. Some routes are delivered by the Scottish Government and its agencies, some by energy suppliers, and some by local authorities — and each one sets its own rules.

This page sets out how the routes fit together, what each one is designed for, and where technical suitability usually decides the outcome.

Check funding eligibility

Routes covered

Domestic, landlord, business and public sector

Coverage

The Central Belt and across Scotland

Who decides eligibility

The funding body, not Greentech

Technical assessment

Carried out before any application

Routes we check for Scottish 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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Energy supplier obligation

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Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and supplier schemes

Energy suppliers are obliged to deliver a proportion of energy-efficiency improvements to eligible homes, and some suppliers run their own additional schemes. Eligibility and the measures offered sit with the supplier and the scheme rules.

Designed for: Homeowner, Tenant, Landlord
Potential support: Set by the obligation and by each supplier's own offer.
Key considerations: Eligibility is determined by the supplier obligation rules in force at the time, the property, the heating system and, in some routes, household circumstances. Suppliers and their agents assess and approve.

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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.

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Government loan

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Home Energy Scotland landlord support

Loan and grant routes for landlords improving the energy performance of let property in Scotland, delivered through Home Energy Scotland under the same scheme rules as the domestic routes.

Designed for: Landlord, Business
Potential support: Set by the funding body and varies by measure and property.
Key considerations: Landlords of eligible Scottish property, where the measure and the property meet the scheme's technical rules. Energy Performance Certificate conditionality can apply to let property.

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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.

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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.

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What you need to know

Three different kinds of funding, three different processes

Government schemes such as Home Energy Scotland are applied for by the household or the landlord, usually with an assessment and a quote from an eligible installer. Supplier obligations are led by the energy supplier. Local authority funding is administered by the council, on the council's terms.

The process matters as much as the amount, because a scheme can be generous and still not fit the property. We check the technical side first, then point at the routes that actually match it.

What tends to decide the outcome

Every scheme we look at turns on the same handful of questions: what is installed now, what the property can physically take, how the electrical supply is arranged, and who is legally able to give permission for the work.

Property type, age and construction
Existing heating, insulation and hot water arrangement
Electrical capacity, earthing and the condition of the consumer unit or distribution board
Whether the property is owner-occupied, rented, or part of a development with shared fabric
Whether the works need building standards, planning or landlord consent

Where funding is not the whole answer

A grant reduces capital cost. It does not change what the property can support, and it does not cover the parts of a job that the scheme does not define as eligible — which is often the electrical work, the containment, the groundworks or the making good.

We price the whole installation, so the funded element is clear against the real cost rather than against a figure that only exists inside a scheme document.

Scotland

Ask us which routes fit your property

Tell us what you have and what you are considering. We will come back with the routes worth checking, and what a technical assessment would need to cover.

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