€9,000 Enhanced Solar Grant
Plus a new €600 grant for home batteries.
The SEAI enhanced solar grant pays up to €9,000 towards solar panels and a battery. We check if you qualify and handle the paperwork.
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Who Qualifies for the €9,000 Enhanced Solar Grant?
The SEAI enhanced solar grant – often called the €9,000 solar grant – is a higher rate of the SEAI solar grant for homeowners on certain Department of Social Protection payments. Open since 6 October 2026.
€8,400
Solar panels
Up to 4 kWp
€600
Home battery
5 kWh or larger
€9,000
Total, up to
In one application
Not on the Warmer Homes Scheme? You don’t need to be – with this grant you choose your own SEAI-registered installer.
Which welfare payments qualify?
Solar panel grant with Fuel Allowance
No extra conditions
Paid under the National Fuel Scheme. The most common way pensioners qualify.
Solar panel grant with Working Family Payment
No extra conditions
Working families on this payment qualify for up to €9,000.
Solar panel grant with One-Parent Family Payment
No extra conditions
Cut your daytime and evening electricity costs.
Solar panel grant with Domiciliary Care Allowance
No extra conditions
Homes caring for a child with additional needs often use more electricity.
Solar panel grant with Carer's Allowance
Must live with the person you care for
Caring for someone in another house? This payment will not qualify.
Solar panel grant with Disability Allowance
Paid 6+ months & child under 7 at home
Both conditions must be met.
Solar panel grant with Jobseeker's Allowance
Paid 6+ months & child under 7 at home
Both conditions must be met.
Not sure if you qualify?
Tell us your payment on the form and we’ll check before any work begins.
Also required: you own the home, it was built and occupied before 2025, and your SEAI Grant Offer arrives before any work starts.
New €600 Solar Battery Grant
Since 6 October 2026, SEAI pays a flat €600 towards a home battery of 5 kWh or more. Homes built and occupied before 2025 qualify.
Already have solar panels?
€600 grant
Apply for the battery grant on its own. Your original solar grant stays as it is.
Check your inverter: older string inverters don’t work with batteries. We check this on the free survey.
Installing new solar?
Up to €2,400
Up to €1,800 for panels plus €600 for the battery, in one application.
Save the VAT: 0% VAT with panels. A battery installed on its own carries 23% VAT.
✓ Use more of your own solar
Spare daytime power earns about 18–20c a unit on export. Used in the evening, it saves about 35c.
✓ Charge on cheap night rates
On a day/night tariff, charge overnight and run your home on stored power.
✓ Backup in a power cut
With a changeover switch, keep the fridge, freezer and Wi-Fi running.
Commercial Solar Grants up to 45%
SEAI commercial solar grants are now up to 45%, max €325,200, for businesses, farms, schools and clubs. Apply before 6 July 2027.
Why apply with CC Renewables?
✓ You choose your installer
No waiting for an SEAI contractor – you pick CC Renewables.
✓ SEAI-registered, 25 years in Dungarvan
Registered with SEAI and Safe Electric Ireland. Rated Excellent on Google.
✓ We handle the paperwork
Eligibility check, SEAI application, ESB notification and the post-works BER.
How it works
1
Free home survey
Roof, usage and eligibility
2
Clear quote
System, price and grant in writing
3
Grant application
We help you apply to SEAI
4
ESB Networks
We notify ESB before installation
5
Installation
Usually one to two days
6
BER and paperwork
All documents sent to SEAI
7
Grant paid
Normally 4–6 weeks after documents
8
Enjoy lower bills
Ongoing support from our team
Frequently asked questions
The enhanced solar grant is a higher rate of the SEAI solar PV grant for homeowners who receive certain welfare payments. It pays up to €9,000 – up to €8,400 for solar panels and €600 for a home battery – which is why many people call it the €9,000 solar grant.
Homeowners receiving Fuel Allowance, Working Family Payment, One-Parent Family Payment, Domiciliary Care Allowance or Carer’s Allowance (living with the person cared for). Disability Allowance and Jobseeker’s Allowance qualify if paid for over six months with a child under seven at home. The home must have been built and occupied before 2025.
Up to €9,000: up to €8,400 for solar panels up to 4 kWp and €600 for a battery of 5 kWh or more.
Yes. Fuel Allowance under the National Fuel Scheme qualifies, with no extra conditions.
Only if you have received it for over six months and there is a child under seven in your home. The same applies to Disability Allowance.
Yes, if you live with the person you care for.
Yes. Unlike the Warmer Homes Scheme, you choose any SEAI-registered installer, including CC Renewables.
A flat €600 for a home battery of 5 kWh or larger.
Yes. Apply for the battery grant on its own. Your inverter may need upgrading to a hybrid inverter – we check this on the free survey.
0% VAT when installed with solar panels. 23% VAT when installed on its own.
No. Work started before your SEAI Grant Offer arrives is not eligible.