Hive
Installing Hive solar & battery
Solar panels, a home battery, an exclusive energy offer – and the Hive app. That’s all you need to help shrink your electricity bills.
Transform solar & battery with Hive
If you have any questions regarding Solar Together, you can contact their helpdesk by calling 0800 014 8851 (Mon – Fri 8:00am – 5:00pm) or by completing their contact form.
App
See what you generate, use and export in the Hive app
Exclusive energy offer
Get access to 25% off any British Gas electricity tariff for one whole year¹
Smart Home
Control your Hive thermostat, EV charger, or heat pump – all in one app
Supercharge your savings
with Hive’s exclusive energy offer
Hive Solar Saver
Up to 25% off electricity use for one whole year, exclusively for customers with a British Gas electricity tariff¹
Sell excess electricity back to the grid
Earn 15.1per kWh with British Gas’s Export and Earn Plus tariff
¹ Hive Solar Saver provides up to 25% off any British Gas electricity tariff for 12 months. Offer is available exclusively to Hive Solar and/or battery customers. Discount excludes standing charge. See Hive website for full T&Cs.
Harness your solar power
with the Hive app
The Hive app connects seamlessly to your solar panels and battery, making it even easier to stay in total control of your home energy.
- Live updates on how much energy you’ve generated, stored and exported by day, month or in total
- Set your own battery charging schedules to maximise savings
- Sync to your electricity tariff for real time information on energy costs, past bills and how much you’ve saved
Supercharge your savings
From electric vehicle chargers, solar panels, heat pumps to thermostats, you can monitor and control all your smart devices from the Hive app. Smarter, greener, money-saving technology for everyone.
EV Charging
Drive greener with your own fast charger installed on the driveway. Control it all with the app and save with our exclusive EV tariffs.
Solar panels & home battery
Get Hive solar panels & battery installed – use greener energy and help supercharge your savings by selling any spare energy back to the grid.
Heat pump
The cleaner, greener way to heat your home. You’ll get all the comfort of a gas boiler, but lower bills and way less carbon.
Thermostat
Control your heating like never before. Hive’s award-winning thermostats make it simple to shrink your bills and cut your carbon.
Hive Solar in action
What happens during the installation? Have they signed up to a solar tariff? And once everything is set up, how easy is it to control with the Hive app?
Hear from one of Hive Solar’s customers – and get a view from ourselves Effective Home as the installer.