Lumera
Battery storage

Store your daylight for the evening peak.

A properly sized battery is the difference between exporting energy for pennies and using it yourself for pounds. We design storage against your actual half-hourly demand — for retrofits and new installs alike.

35 → 75%
Self-consumption uplift
Typical, with 5–10 kWh
10yr
Battery warranty
Retrofit
Or new-build
LUMERA · STORAGE
Battery · residential storage unit
What a battery does

Four jobs — in this order.

01
Time-shift

Store solar generated in the middle of the day for evening use.

02
Peak-shave

Blunt expensive evening tariff peaks or commercial demand charges.

03
Tariff arbitrage

Charge from the grid on cheap off-peak windows and discharge on peak.

04
Backup (optional)

Keep critical circuits on during a short grid outage, with the right hardware.

SOLAR ARRAYINVERTERDC → ACBATTERYHOME LOADGRID (SEG)
Diagram · storage in the system
Sizing

The right number is the one your evenings ask for.

For most households the sweet spot is 5–10 kWh. We model both cases so you can see the payback difference before committing.

Model it yourself

See what adding storage changes.

Savings estimator

A rough figure before we survey.

Move the dials to see roughly what a system might do. Real numbers come from a site survey — this estimator is deliberately conservative and uses public assumptions listed below.

4.5 kWp
11 panels approx.
5 kWh
Store daytime generation for evenings
£140 / month
Annual: £1,680 ≈ 6,462 kWh used
Indicative result
£962
Estimated first-year benefit
11.6 yrs
Rough payback
4,275 kWh
Annual generation
50%
Of your current bill
£834
Bill savings (self-use)
£128
SEG export income
Indicative installed cost: £11,175
Generation:
950 kWh/kWp/yr (South East)
Import rate:
26p/kWh — indicative 2026 rate, verify with your supplier
SEG export rate:
12p/kWh — indicative 2026 rate, verify with your supplier
Self-consumption:
75% with a battery — 3,206 kWh self-used, 1,069 kWh exported
Household usage:
£1,680/yr ÷ 26p/kWh ≈ 6,462 kWh — self-use is capped at what you actually consume
Payback:
£11,175 indicative install cost ÷ £962 first-year benefit

Assumes 950 kWh/kWp/yr in the South East, import 26p/kWh, SEG 12p/kWh, self-consumption 75% with battery / 35% without. Indicative 2026 rates.

Conservative estimate — your real figures come from a site survey.

Book a survey for a precise figure