Category: Home Battery | Read time: 7 min
Most people assume home battery storage only works alongside solar panels - or that it requires spending £5,000 to £8,000 upfront. Neither is true. A home battery can cut your energy bills, protect you from outages, and give you real control over how you use electricity, with no solar required and no large upfront cost.
Absolutely. While solar and battery storage are often marketed together, a home battery system is fully functional on its own. Instead of storing solar energy, a standalone battery charges from the grid - typically overnight when electricity tariffs are at their cheapest - and then powers your home during peak-rate hours.
This approach is sometimes called arbitrage charging, and with the right time-of-use tariff, the savings can be substantial. PowerBase works in exactly this way - storing electricity when prices are lower and making it available when demand is higher, helping smooth out volatility and reduce your bills without any changes to how you live.
A home battery charges automatically during cheap off-peak windows (typically overnight), then supplies power to your home when grid rates are high. PowerBase manages the battery, software, and ongoing care for you - keeping everything safe, reliable, and optimised year after year.
You don't need to monitor it, adjust it, or think about it. It simply runs in the background, reducing what you pull from the grid at expensive times.
The right battery size depends on your household's actual consumption. PowerBase assesses your home before recommending anything - you answer a few simple questions, share some details and photos of your fuse box, and PowerBase confirms eligibility and recommends the right battery size. You receive full subscription pricing before any installation takes place.
Traditionally, the biggest barrier to home battery storage has been the purchase price. A quality home battery system costs £5,000 to £8,000 or more to buy and install - a significant outlay that puts it out of reach for many households, even when the long-term savings are clear.
PowerBase removes this barrier entirely with a monthly subscription model. Instead of buying a battery, you subscribe. Installation, monitoring, optimisation, warranty replacement, and ongoing support are all included - managed for you, for a predictable monthly cost starting from £39/month.
There are no loans, no credit agreements, and no hidden charges. Just a straightforward plan built around your home and how you use energy.
Real-world example: One PowerBase household reduced their electricity costs by around £60 per month (£722 per year). That figure already includes the monthly PowerBase subscription - meaning the total monthly energy cost still came out lower than before installation.
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For the right household, a PowerBase subscription delivers savings that exceed the monthly cost - meaning you're better off financially from day one, without spending a penny on hardware. PowerBase provides a personalised savings calculation before installation so you know exactly what to expect.
See if PowerBase is right for your home at www.powerbase.energy