Haroon Ali
Writing about property & energy for 11 years
Haroon writes Worthwatt's guides to solar panels, home batteries and export tariffs, and has been writing about property and energy for 11 years. Every guide is built from the documents behind the decision: government data, regulators, official schemes and manufacturers' own specifications, each dated and listed under the page.
How he works
Every guide follows the same rules, set out in full in how we check our figures:
- figures come from sources opened and read, mostly government departments, regulators, official schemes and manufacturers, and each guide lists them with the date they were read;
- where a guide works something out, it is labelled as a calculation and the inputs are shown;
- every guide is fact-checked separately from the writing before it is published;
- no guide tells you what you will save, and each one says so when the answer for a home like yours is no.
What he has written
Solar panels
- How much do solar panels cost in the UK?
- Are solar panels worth it in the UK?
- Solar panel grants in the UK: who qualifies?
- VAT on solar panels in the UK: the rules and the 2027 change
- How many solar panels do you need? Array size by usage and roof
- Types of solar panels explained: mono, bifacial, thin-film and perovskite
- Best solar panels UK: efficiency, warranty and price compared
- Should you get solar panels with a battery?
- Solar panel installation: what happens from survey to handover
- Do you need planning permission for solar panels?
- Solar panels on a flat roof: can you, and at what angle?
- Ground-mounted solar panels: when your garden beats the roof
- In-roof solar panels: are they better than on-roof?
- Do solar panels increase home value in the UK?
- How to check a solar panel quote before you sign
- How to check a solar installer before you sign
- Solar inverter replacement: what to do when yours fails
Batteries
- How much does a solar battery cost?
- Is a solar battery worth it?
- What size solar battery do I need?
- Can you add a battery to existing solar panels?
- Is home battery storage worth it without solar panels?
- Best home battery storage UK: capacity, backup and warranty compared
- Does a solar battery work in a power cut?
Export tariffs
- Smart Export Guarantee: what SEG is and how to get paid
- Best export tariffs UK: SEG rates and eligibility compared
- Feed-in Tariff: payments, rates and changes to your solar
Getting in touch
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