Energy solutions

Reliable power when the grid cannot deliver

Not everyone wants a full solar strategy. Some people simply want the lights, the fridge and the office to stay on. That is a solvable problem on its own.

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The problem

Downtime is rarely just an inconvenience

For a household it means spoiled food, no water pressure and a generator running through the night. For a business it means stopped trade, idle staff and equipment cycling in ways it was never designed to.

A backup system is judged on one question: when the supply goes, does everything you actually depend on keep running?

Frequent outages

Supply that comes and goes on no schedule you can plan around.

Generator dependence

Fuel, noise, fumes and servicing — every week, indefinitely.

Equipment downtime

Sensitive equipment cycled hard by unplanned power interruptions.

Business interruption

Every dark hour is revenue that does not come back.

Sunnovate engineers installing solar panels on a rooftop

The approach

Backup is a specification, not a product

A backup solution is usually a combination rather than a single purchase: an inverter to carry the load and switch cleanly, storage to hold enough energy for the window you need, and often solar to recharge that storage without fuel.

Which combination is right depends on how long your outages last, what has to stay running, and whether you want to reduce generator use or eliminate it. We establish that before recommending anything.

Inverter systems for clean, immediate changeover

Battery storage sized to your required backup window

Solar to recharge storage without buying fuel

Critical circuits identified and prioritised

Choose your path

Home and business backup

The equipment overlaps. The priorities do not.

Home backup solutions

Keeping a household comfortable and functional through an outage, without anyone getting up to start a generator.

Lighting, fans, refrigeration and connectivity as the protected base

Overnight autonomy as the headline requirement

Quiet, automatic changeover

Home Backup Solutions

Business backup solutions

Keeping a business trading, with the loads that generate revenue prioritised on the backup path.

Load profiled across actual trading hours

Critical circuits separated and prioritised

Phased installation to avoid closing

Business Backup Solutions

System finder

Tell us what you need to keep running

Select the appliances that matter and the hours you need covered. The tool sizes the inverter and storage that would carry them.

Start from appliances, not equipment ratings

See the backup window build up as you answer

An engineer confirms it on site

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Start with your property type

House Apartment Office Shop Facility

Estimated daily energy

9.9 kWh

Solar array

3 kWp

Inverter

3.5 kW

Storage

10 kWh

Example output for a family home with air conditioning. Your result is calculated from your own answers.

Common questions

What buyers ask us

Do I have to remove my generator?

No. Many clients keep the generator as a last resort while running everything else on the backup system, which cuts fuel use sharply without removing the fallback. Hybrid inverters can be configured to accept generator input where that is wanted.

How fast does the changeover happen?

A properly configured inverter switches fast enough that computers and lighting do not notice. Configuration and equipment choice determine this, which is why it is set during commissioning rather than left at default.

Can backup power run air conditioning?

It can, but cooling is a heavy continuous load and it changes the size and cost of the system substantially. It should be declared at sizing stage rather than added afterwards.

Is solar required for backup?

No. An inverter and battery alone provide backup. Adding solar means the storage recharges without fuel or grid, which is what turns a backup system into a genuine reduction in running cost.

What happens if my needs grow?

Tell us at design stage. Specifying an inverter and configuration with headroom is far cheaper than replacing them when demand increases.

Protect the infrastructure that powers your property.

The same team that designs your power system installs the cameras, access control and fire detection that protect it — specified together, on one backup path.

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Next step

Tell us what you need to keep running

Start with the appliances that matter. We will design the system around them.

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