Eon said the move into the domestic PV market with the Go Solar programme is part of its strategy to offer customers “innovative energy solutions” and demonstrates its commitment to investing in technology to save customers energy and money.
The programme offers customers a guaranteed rate of returns with top-up payments if systems do not produce 95 percent of electricity quoted.
Eon’s senior vice president of technology and innovation Susana Quintana-Plaza said: “This is an exciting opportunity for Eon to enter the residential PV market. It very much fits our strategic aims in terms of customer focus and the potential for home-based renewables.”
“Customers will be offered an innovative and high quality service backed by our established and trusted brand.”
In 2014 Eon UK’s parent company, Eon SE, participated in a $70 million investment round for Sungevity. The move into the UK market follows similar collaborations between the two companies in the Netherlands starting in 2014, and Germany earlier this year.
According to Solar Power Europe Britain accounted for a third of Europe’s overall 7GW growth in the domestic European market in 2014.
Sungevity’s chief executive Andrew Birch said: “Our UK expansion is a prime example of how a global utility and solar provider can work collaboratively to change the energy landscape across the world.”