This article showcases our top picks for the best United Kingdom based Solar companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Solar industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top United Kingdom Solar Startups
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BBOXX
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BBOXX designs, manufactures, and distributes plug and play solar systems.
Oxford PV
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Oxford PV is a provider of perovskite solar cells.
Lightsource Renewable Energy
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Lightsource is a provider of ground and rooftop solar installations in the UK.
Azuri Technologies
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Azuri brings affordable solar power to off-grid rural africans.
Globeleq
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Globeleq Generation Limited develops, builds, and operates renewable power projects in Africa and the Americas.
Amarenco
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Amarenco is a fast growing, independent Solar PV investment company with a founding executive team that has wide and deep experience in
Intelligent Energy
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Intelligent Energy is a clean power systems company offering fuel cell and hydrogen generation technologies.
IQE
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IQE is the global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced semiconductor wafer products.
Neptune Energy
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Neptune Energy is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company.
BuffaloGrid
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BuffaloGrid is removing barriers for internet adoption and connecting the next billion.
Lekela Power
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Lekela Power (Lekela) is a pan-African renewable energy generation platform
Sundrop Farms
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Sundrop Farms is a leader in sustainable horticulture for the arid world; growing high-value crops using seawater and sunlight.
Belltown Power
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Belltown Power is an international renewable energy company that develops and operates wind, solar, and hydro projects.
OXTO Energy
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OXTO Energy Pioneering flywheel energy storage technology with ambitions to transform the energy landscape.
Naked Energy
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Naked Energy has developed an innovative hybrid solar technology generating combined heat and power.
eleXsys Energy
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eleXsys Energy operates as a cleantech energy company.
Eelpower
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Eelpower is a battery storage developer that operates energy storage solutions.
Ecoisme
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Ecoisme is your energy saving system combining a utility switch and energy monitoring to reduce your utility bills.
Solaris Offgrid
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Provide sustainable energy in low income communities.
PowerMarket
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PowerMarket provides global solar intelligence using downstream satellite data and advanced AI.
Aminex plc
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Aminex plc is an Africa-focused oil and gas company with near term production, development and high impact exploration.
Green Hedge
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Green Hedge is a leading developer and operator of low carbon electricity generation and storage projects.
Zhyphen
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Zhyphen is to supply integrated modular energy systems that generate off grid renewable energy that is sustainable, affordable.
Verto Homes
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Experienced developers, building 20 Zero Carbon Smart homes that generate their own energy.
Cambridge Photon Technology
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Cambridge Photon Technology is a developer of organic photovoltaic devices used to enhance next-generation solar technology.
E24
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E24 provides fully integrated end-to-end, modular and inter-connectable renewable energy solutions.
Solivus
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Solivus designs and creates solar products for the home and bespoke solar solutions for businesses.
Renovagen
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Renovagen has developed a patented portable solar power system called “RAPID ROLL”, a complete “micro-grid in a box” solution.
Prolectric Services
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Prolectric Services is a supplier of off-grid renewable energy solutions.
Ecovision
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Ecovision is a British sustainable energy heat pump manufacturer
Vidrona
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Vidrona is a British AI Based Predictive Prescriptive Analytics Company for the Utilities. It helps utilities to increase RoI.
EvoEnergy
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EvoEnergy provides renewable energy solutions and services.
SolarisKit
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SolarisKit is a cleantech startup behind the world’s first flat-packable solar thermal collector.
Aerial Power
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Aerial Power is developing UAV’s for the cleaning of solar panels, mirrors, and windows.
Ignis Energy
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Ignis Energy specializes in the generation of renewable energy from sustainable sourced timber.
Green Nation
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Green Nation owns and operates a solar farm that generates electricity.
Firglas
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Firglas provides commercial-scale algae cultivation for food grade products.
EDF Energy
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EDF Energy is a producer of low-carbon electricity that has 35 wind farms – including two off-shore.
The Solar Cloth Company
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A multi-award winning innovator in the solar power market focusing on the integration of Thin Flexible Solar Panels into buildings.
Erin Solar
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Erin Solar is a commercial solar panel management company.
Renewable Energy Systems
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Renewable Energy Systems is a partner for renewable investors, asset owners, and project developers seeking renewable energy solutions.
IO solar
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Shamba Technologies is a renewable energy technology company based in Tanzania and the UK.
Gaia-Wind
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Gaia-Wind is a specialist designer and manufacturer of small wind turbines.
HomeSun
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HomeSun helps homeowners to generate their own electricity with free solar PV panels.
Solar Capture Technologies
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Solar Capture Technologies have considerable experience in the manufacture and application of high value photovoltaic technology
ENF Solar
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ENF Solar is a solar trade platform that provides a directory of solar manufacturers, sellers, and installers.
Good Energy
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Good Energy is a British renewable electricity company with a difference.
EcoLogicLiving
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EcoLogicLiving is a reseller and installer of renewable energy, heat, and power generation technologies.
Nur Energie Ltd
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Nur Energie develops solar power plants in the Mediterranean region and is establishing itself as an independent solar power producer.
Solarcentury
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Solarcentury develops, constructs, owns and operates utility-scale solar and smart technology across Europe, Latin America and Africa.
Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology
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CREST is the largest and leading UK sustainable energy research centre.
PassivSystems
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PassivSystems was established in 2008 to develop leading-edge smart-home technology for the mass market.
Project Solar UK
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Project Solar UK is a supplier and installer of solar panel.
Vital Energi
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Vital Energi develops efficient energy provision and helps in the development of sustainable means of supplying heat and power in the UK.
Sollatek UK Ltd
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Voltage Protection and Solar Products & LED Lighting
PF Nexus
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Renewable energy & infrastructure deal origination platform
myenergi
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Myenergi is a designer and manufacturer of renewable energy products for eco-smart home management.
Vapor PV
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Vapor PV enhances efficiency of solar panels in a cheap and easy-to-install manner by controlling their working temperature using vapor.
ISIS solar
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ISIS solar will install, operate and maintain a 3kW solar system on your roof.
Fischer Future Heat
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Fischer Future Heat provides energy solutions, electric, solar storage and wireless thermostat services.
Cambridge Energy Partners
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Cambridge Energy Partners is a provider and manufacturer of solar energy solutions – reducing cost, risk, and complexity.
renooble
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renooble uses satellite, climate, and psychographic data to find people who will benefit the most from distributed energy generation.
Krannich Solar
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Krannich Solar is a specialist for solar modules, inverters, mounting systems and photovoltaic storage solutions.
The Eco Experts
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The Eco Experts is the UKs solar comparison site providing reliable info on government incentives for renewables.
CamIn – Cambridge Innovation Consulting
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CamIn is an expert consulting firm dedicated to emerging science and technology innovation.
METKA EGN
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METKA EGN develops utility-scale solar and energy storage projects.
OVO Group
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OVO is a leading energy technology company determined to create a world with clean, affordable energy for everyone.
Street By Street Solar
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Street By Street Solar offers rooftop solar installations with a sustainable source of power.
Specialised Cameras
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Specialised Cameras is currently developing a new and unique type of CCTV camera.
Absolar Solutions
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Carbon reduction intelligence in the built enviornment
Eco 2 Solar
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Eco2Solar specialise in electrical technologies – particularly solar photovoltaic panels, energy storage and Electric Vehicle chargers.
Viridian Solar
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Viridian Solar is a manufacturer of roof integrated solar panels.
VivoPower
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VivoPower provides renewable energy to customers from solar power assets that it builds, finances and operates.
Enecsys
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Enecsys manufactures grid-connected solar micro inverters and monitoring systems that offer a value proposition for solar PV systems.
Solar Media
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Solar Media is an international vibrant media business.
Fern Trading
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Fern Trading operates in sectors that make a valuable contribution to the UK.
IDDEA
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IDDEA provides solar panels, battery storage and electric vehicle charging points.
G24 Power
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G24 Power is recognised as the world leader in the design and manufacture of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells.
Lumicity
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Lumicity provides end-to-end solutions for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, including design, planning, procurement, financing, and more.
Tenesol
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Tenesol SA, a global solar provider headquartered in La Tour de Salvagny, France. Tenesol, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Total SA, has
Elili Solar
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Elili Solar is an online store that offers solar panels, off-grid solar system kits, solar components, mounting systems, and solar pumps.
Global Energy Systems
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Global Energy Systems is a UK manufacturer of renewable energy systems, most recently including air source heat pumps.
Investor Square – Property and Solar Investments
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Investor Square – Property and Solar Investments is a blog publishing news and reviews on investment property and green energy investments.
Cognitive Business
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Cognitive builds artificial intelligence solutions to help the industrial world learn from its data
Shell Energy Retail
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Shell Energy is a home energy company that supplies renewable electricity. It also serves large-scale businesses around the world.
VH GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES PLC
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VH GSEO is a closed-ended investment firm offering investors direct exposure to a diversified portfolio of energy infrastructure investments
Cumulus Energy Storage
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Developing super-storage grid-level batteries.
Clean Thermodynamic Energy Conversion Ltd
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Advanced Conversion Technology – Energy
Solar Communications
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Solar Communications is a cloud communication and computing specialist.
Boxergy
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Boxergy is a Scottish company focused on making low carbon heat affordable for all.
isoenergy
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isoenergy is designing, supplying and installing ground source heat pumps and other renewable energy systems.
Smart GreenTech Solutions
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We are a well-established independent and multi award winning London based energy efficiency and sustainability consultancy.
S A S Energy
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SAS Energy is a highly trusted, highly professional and one of the most forward-thinking renewable energy companies in the UK.
Joju Solar
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Experts at designing and building solar PV systems, with a passion for community power.
Midsummer Wholesale
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Midsummer Wholesale is a company that sells low priced solar pv goods and offers advice to MCS installers.
Synetica
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Synetica is a energy saving product development company and provide energy saving services.
World Energy Council
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World Energy Council is a UN-accredited global energy body dedicated to delivering a sustainable energy system worldwide.
Baldwin & Francis
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Baldwin & Francis is a quality supplier of integrated electrical systems to the Mining, Oil & Gas, Industrial & Rail industries.
