As someone who writes about renovating and home energy on a daily basis, I have a wish list as long as my arm of energy efficient and bill-reducing upgrades I want to make to my home. But given my available budget, many of these upgrades are going to be on the wish list for a while.

So imagine my excitement when I realised plug-in solar panels, an affordable alternative to rooftop panels, were now legal in the UK. Available to buy at places like Amazon, Argos and Octopus from around the £460 mark, these panels are designed to be installed on a DIY basis, and simply plugged into a household socket.

While they can’t generate as much solar power…

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