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Brand profiles
This part of the knowledge base covers the manufacturers and hardware brands a UK household is likely to see when researching solar panels, inverters, home batteries, EV chargers, heat pumps and fixed AC. Pages start with UK availability, model ranges and manufacturer context.
Browse 66 manufacturer and hardware brand pages by category. Each profile covers the range, warranty information and support position where the available sources support it.
Solar panel brands
AIKO
AIKO is a PV cell and module manufacturer founded in 2009. Its UK home-solar range centres on Neostar modules using the company's n-type All Back Contact cell design.
Astronergy
Astronergy is CHINT Group's PV cell and module business. It has a UK office and a 2026 distribution agreement for ASTRO N7s 2.0 residential and commercial modules.
DMEGC Solar
DMEGC Solar is the PV business of Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics. Its current module range includes Infinity RT 2.0 and 3.0, Infinity and specialist greenhouse products.
Eurener
Eurener is a Spanish PV-module manufacturer whose current range includes TOPCon, back-contact and PERC panel families.
JA Solar
JA Solar is a PV manufacturer founded in China in 2005. Its residential module families include p-type DeepBlue 3.0 panels and n-type DeepBlue 4.0 products.
Jinko Solar
Jinko Solar is an active PV-module manufacturer. Its current European module catalogue centres on the n-type Tiger Neo 2.0 and Tiger Neo 3.0 families.
LONGi
LONGi is a Chinese solar technology manufacturer whose PV module families include Hi-MO 5, Hi-MO X6, Hi-MO 7 and Hi-MO X10. It has a dedicated UK and Ireland distributed-generation operation and current LONGi models appear in the MCS Product Directory.
Maxeon
Maxeon Solar Technologies is a Singapore-headquartered solar-panel manufacturer. Its ranges use Maxeon back-contact cells and Performance shingled-cell designs.
Perlight Solar
Perlight Solar is a PV-module manufacturer established in Zhejiang in 2006. Its UK route is through an official sales and customer centre in Oxford.
REC
REC is a Norwegian-founded solar-panel manufacturer with production in Singapore. Its UK-listed modules include Alpha heterojunction panels and TwinPeak 5 p-type panels.
Sharp
Sharp supplied PV modules in Europe for three decades, but closed its European solar division on 31 March 2025. Sharp Electronics GmbH continues support for existing modules and says their guarantees remain valid.
Trina Solar
Trina Solar is a PV-module manufacturer founded in 1997. Its European module range includes Vertex S+ rooftop products and Vertex N large-format modules.
Viridian Solar
Viridian Solar is a Cambridge-area manufacturer of roof-integrated PV panels, flashing systems and related solar equipment.
Solar inverter brands
Enphase
Enphase is a solar, storage and EV-charging manufacturer whose current UK system centres on panel-level IQ microinverters, IQ Battery 5P and IQ Gateway controls.
Fronius
Fronius supplies UK residential and commercial solar inverters, high-voltage batteries and EV chargers, with system monitoring through Solar.web.
GoodWe
GoodWe is a solar inverter, battery and energy-management manufacturer with a UK sales and service operation.
Growatt
Growatt supplies solar inverters, storage equipment, batteries and EV chargers, with a current UK service office and UK grid documents for selected products.
Huawei FusionSolar
Huawei FusionSolar covers residential and commercial solar inverters, LUNA2000 batteries, module-level power electronics, backup equipment and the FusionSolar monitoring platform.
LuxPowerTek
LuxpowerTek is a Shenzhen-based manufacturer of hybrid, battery and off-grid inverters, with current UK technical-support routes.
SMA
SMA supplies UK residential, commercial and utility-scale solar inverters, battery inverters, home storage, energy management and EV charging equipment.
SolarEdge
SolarEdge supplies optimised solar systems, residential and commercial inverters, batteries, backup equipment, Smart Modules, EV chargers and energy-management software.
SolaX Power
SolaX Power supplies solar inverters, battery systems, EV chargers and related home-energy equipment through a UK and Ireland operation.
Solis
Solis is the inverter brand of Ginlong Technologies, with a current UK range covering grid-tied solar, hybrid, AC-coupled storage and off-grid equipment.
Sunsynk
Sunsynk supplies hybrid solar inverters, low- and high-voltage batteries, all-in-one storage systems and monitoring accessories through a UK company and installer network.
Tigo Energy
Tigo Energy supplies module-level solar electronics, monitoring equipment and a connected European home-energy range spanning hybrid inverters, batteries, EV charging and heat-pump control.
Victron Energy
Victron Energy is a Dutch power-electronics manufacturer whose modular range covers inverter/chargers, solar charge controllers, batteries and energy-system monitoring.
Home battery and storage brands
AlphaESS
AlphaESS supplies residential and commercial battery-storage systems through a UK division, accredited installer network and local support route.
BYD
BYD makes LFP battery systems sold under the Battery-Box name, including modular high-voltage and low-voltage families used with compatible third-party inverters.
Duracell Energy
Duracell Energy is the licensed UK home-energy range made and supported by Puredrive Energy, covering batteries, hybrid inverters and an EV charger.
Fox ESS
Fox ESS supplies solar inverters, hybrid and AC-coupled inverters and high-voltage battery systems through a current UK operation.
GivEnergy
GivEnergy Ltd, the British manufacturer of home batteries, inverters and EV chargers, entered administration and ceased trading in April 2026. Its installed equipment remains in use, while GivEnergy Software Limited remains active as a separate company.
Pylontech
Pylontech makes low- and high-voltage LFP battery systems, rack-mounted modules and integrated residential storage equipment, with products and warranty documents that cover the UK.
Sigenergy
Sigenergy supplies SigenStor modular storage and related solar, backup and EV-charging equipment, with UK availability established only where current model-level evidence supports it.
Tesla
Tesla supplies the Powerwall home battery system and Gen 3 Wall Connector in the UK, with app-based monitoring and control across its home-energy and EV-charging products.
EV charger brands
Andersen EV
Andersen EV is a UK home-chargepoint brand whose current range includes Quartz, Quartz Vision, A3 and A2 models.
Easee
Easee is a Norwegian EV chargepoint manufacturer with UK home and managed-site products, including One, Charge Max and Charge Pro.
EO Charging
EO Charging is a UK-founded fleet-charging business whose supported hardware includes EO Genius 2 commercial chargers and EO Mini Pro 3 home chargers.
evec
evec is a Salford-based UK EV chargepoint company. Its current vecGO 2.0 range covers tethered and untethered 7.4 kW and 22 kW chargers.
Humax
Humax is a South Korean technology company whose UK EV charging range includes the 7.4 kW MX7 home charger and the earlier EQ7. It also supplies commercial charging systems.
Hypervolt
Hypervolt is a UK smart-EV-chargepoint company. Home 3 Pro is its current domestic generation, with Home 3.0 and Home 2.0 units in the installed base.
Indra
Indra Renewable Technologies is a British EV chargepoint manufacturer whose current home range comprises the tethered Smart LUX and socketed Smart PRO.
myenergi
myenergi is a UK home-energy equipment manufacturer whose current EV-charging range comprises the zappi 2.1 and the screenless zappi GLO.
NexBlue
NexBlue develops EV chargepoints, energy-monitoring hardware and charging software. Its current UK-specific range comprises the 7.4 kW Point 2 (UK) and 22 kW Delta Max (UK), following the earlier Point (UK) and Edge (UK).
Ohme
Ohme is an Irish-founded smart-EV-charging company whose UK range includes the tethered Home Pro and socketed ePod.
Pod Point
Pod Point is a UK EV charging provider, now using the consumer brand Pod, with home, workplace, residential and public charging hardware and connected services.
Rolec
Rolec is a UK manufacturer of domestic, workplace and public EV-charging equipment, with current AC ranges spanning wall units and multi-outlet pedestals.
Simpson & Partners
Simpson & Partners is a British EV chargepoint manufacturer with Home, Business and Holiday ranges designed and built in the Cotswolds.
VCHRGD
VCHRGD is a UK EV chargepoint brand whose current range covers the 7.4 kW Seven Pro, single-outlet TwentyTwo Pro and dual-outlet TwentyTwo Dual.
Wallbox
Wallbox supplies connected EV chargers in the UK, with Pulsar Max for homes and Pulsar Pro for shared or commercial charging.
Zaptec
Zaptec is a Norwegian EV-chargepoint manufacturer with UK home chargers and a scalable managed-site platform.
Heat-pump and fixed-AC brands
Baxi
Baxi is a long-established UK heating and hot-water brand within BDR Thermea Group. Its current residential air source heat pumps include the R32 HP40 and R290 HP60, with HP50 and HP55 equivalents for the Baxi Assure specification channel.
Daikin
Daikin's UK residential range includes Altherma wet heat pumps and fixed reversible air-to-air systems including Emura and Perfera.
GENERAL
GENERAL, formerly Fujitsu General, supplies fixed split and multi-split air-conditioning systems through its UK business.
Grant
Grant is the UK arm of an Irish family-founded heating manufacturer, supplying oil-fired boilers, air source heat pumps, hybrids, cylinders and related products. Its heat-pump line is the Aerona air-to-water range, now in its fifth generation as the R290 Aerona 290.
Hitachi Cooling & Heating
Hitachi Cooling & Heating is a Bosch Home Comfort Group global brand. Its air-to-water heat-pump record includes Yutaki systems and the later R290 airH2O 800 range.
Ideal Heating
Ideal Heating is a long-established UK heating manufacturer whose current air source heat-pump range includes Logic Air, HP290 and two Alfea split-system families.
Kensa
Kensa is a British ground source heat-pump manufacturer and networked-heat specialist founded in 1999. Its current UK product range covers domestic, shared-loop and commercial systems.
LG
LG's UK range includes THERMA V air-to-water heat pumps and fixed residential AC families including ARTCOOL.
Midea
Midea Cooling & Heating UK supplies M Thermal air-to-water heat pumps and fixed residential air-conditioning systems.
Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Electric supplies Ecodan air-to-water heat pumps and M Series fixed air-conditioning systems for UK homes.
NIBE
NIBE is a Swedish heating manufacturer with a current UK range of air-source, ground-source and exhaust-air heat pumps, indoor modules and controls.
Panasonic
Panasonic supplies Aquarea air-to-water heat pumps and fixed residential air-to-air heating and cooling systems in the UK.
Samsung
Samsung supplies EHS air-to-water heat pumps in the UK, including monobloc, refrigerant-split and combined air-to-water and air-to-air systems.
Vaillant
Vaillant supplies air-source and multi-source heat pumps in the UK, with matched indoor hydraulic units, cylinders and controls.
Viessmann
Viessmann Climate Solutions supplies air source, ground source and large heat pumps in the UK under the Vitocal name. The business has been part of Carrier Global Corporation since January 2024.
Worcester Bosch
Worcester Bosch is the UK trading brand of Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd, supplying current Compress air-to-water heat-pump ranges and heating controls.