WattPayback
See the real solar & home-energy numbers — every assumption editable.
Payback, batteries, heat pumps, EV charging and tariffs with formulas printed in plain numbers. Not an installer lead form.
Toolkit
Nine calculators
Live results. Region defaults you can override.
01
Solar payback calculator
Estimate simple payback and 25-year net gain from a rooftop PV system with transparent assumptions.
02
Solar system size estimator
Size a PV array from annual consumption, target offset, and local specific yield.
03
Home battery ROI calculator
Work out whether a home battery pays back by capturing more of your own solar.
04
Heat pump vs. gas boiler
Compare annual running costs using SCOP, boiler efficiency, and fuel prices.
05
EV home charging cost
Calculate home EV charging cost with day/night tariffs and compare to petrol.
06
Appliance running cost
Build a list of household appliances and see annual electricity cost by device.
07
Insulation payback
Estimate payback for loft, cavity, draught-proofing and glazing with multiplicative savings.
08
Time-of-use tariff comparison
Split usage across peak, off-peak and night bands and rank up to three tariffs.
09
kWh ↔ cost ↔ CO₂ converter
Convert freely between kilowatt-hours, cost and CO₂ using editable grid intensity.
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