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UKEM fits solar panels and batteries across Newcastle, Gateshead and North Tyneside. We are a North East installer with our head office in Sunderland, so your home is a short drive for our teams.
Get my free solar quoteMuch of Newcastle and Gateshead is terraced streets and inter-war semis. Both take solar well, but a terrace roof is smaller, so the layout matters more.
Our designers plan the panels around chimneys, dormers and roof windows so you use every useful metre of roof.
Three Tyneside homes now making their own electricity.
End-terrace house
Gateshead
Mid-terrace house
Chopwell
Home
Killingworth
Your estimate online
Tell us about your roof and your electricity use. The quote app shows your estimate in a few minutes.
Design check
We review your roof and agree the panel layout with you before fitting day.
Scaffold goes up
Scaffolding is arranged for you, ready before the fitters arrive.
Fitting
Most homes take 1 to 2 days on site, battery included.
Paperwork
We register the system with Northern Powergrid and send your MCS certificate, which you need to get paid for exported electricity.
From first contact, everything's been super smooth, super efficient. The actual installation day was only one day.
Tier 1 panels, with or without a battery
Standard or high-output panels, with a home battery if you want to keep more of what you generate. Panels carry a product warranty of up to 25 years.
MCS-certified installation
Designed and fitted by MCS-certified teams, usually in 1 to 2 days on site, with scaffolding arranged for you.
Network paperwork handled
We deal with the electricity network operator for you. In the North East that is Northern Powergrid.
Guarantees after the install
A 2-year workmanship warranty on every install, plus a 6-year insurance-backed MCS guarantee.
Solar panel systems start from around £5,700. Answer a few questions about your roof and your electricity use to see your own estimate online.
Yes. We fit solar across Newcastle, Gateshead and North Tyneside, including Chopwell, Killingworth, Blaydon and Wideopen. Our head office is at 6 Crown Road, Quay West Business Village, Sunderland, and every install is MCS certified.
Yes. UK solar systems produce around 850 to 1,100 kWh per kWp a year, depending on location and roof direction, and North East homes sit within that range. Panels work on daylight, not heat. Your online estimate is based on your own roof.
Usually not. Roof-mounted solar on a house is normally allowed without a planning application. Listed buildings need consent, and conservation areas can carry extra limits, so check with your council first if either applies to you.
Often, yes, but sort out the roof first. You need to own the roof or have written agreement from whoever does, which usually means the other flat or the freeholder. Once that is in place the install is the same as on any terrace.
Also in Newcastle and Gateshead: boilers.
Solar panels in other areas: Sunderland, Teesside.
