Plug-in solar is now legal to use in Great Britain. SI 2026/848 came into force on 27 August 2026 and Ofgem has approved the G98 connection changes — only kits listed on the ENA Type Test Register may be used, and Northern Ireland is not covered. Read the UK legal status

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Levocell joins ENA register; 3 entries removed

The compliant side of the register has not moved for three days. The other end lost three entries and gained one. If you are waiting on a particular kit, that is the half worth watching.

Written and edited by Christopher Panteli

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Christopher is the founder and editor of MyPlugInSolar. He oversees the site’s research standards, data tools and editorial process. He is not an electrician or solar installer, and specialist technical claims are sourced from official documentation or reviewed by appropriately qualified professionals.

At a glance

  • We read the register on 10 October 2026: 133 entries, 120 Compliant from 26 suppliers, 13 Non-compliant. On 7 October it was 135 entries with the same 120 Compliant and 15 Non-compliant.
  • Levocell appears for the first time, with one Non-compliant entry: LEVOC/21780/V1, “LEV Essential Plugin Solution V1”.
  • Three Non-compliant entries were removed: Voltacon’s two JA Solar kits and a Shenzhen Longshen microinverter.
  • InstaGroup’s INS-PPG2-800 was amended to a new reference and is still Non-compliant.
  • A first entry is a submission, not a usable kit. Levocell is taking pre-orders at £500 while its entry is Non-compliant.

We read the ENA Type Test Register on 10 October 2026. The compliant side has not moved since 7 October: still 120 Compliant entries from 26 suppliers. Everything that changed happened at the other end, where the count fell from 15 Non-compliant to 13.

That is worth a post on its own, because the Non-compliant end of the register is where kits you cannot yet buy, and kits you are being invited to pre-order, actually sit.

A new name: Levocell

Levocell appears on the register for the first time, with one entry: LEVOC/21780/V1, “LEV Essential Plugin Solution V1”, recorded at 0.8 kW and marked Non-compliant.

Reading Levocell’s own page on 10 October 2026, the kit is not on sale. It describes a pre-order — “we’re currently preparing for launch and are inviting early adopters to join our pre-order list” — with the Essential Solar Panel Solution shown at £500, down from £625, and “save £125 when you pre-order before Christmas”. The page makes no compliance claim.

We are not suggesting anything is wrong here. A manufacturer has to submit a device and the ENA has to assess it, and “Non-compliant” on this register means the ENA is waiting for information rather than that a kit failed a test. But the combination — a pre-order with a deadline, and a register entry that is not yet Compliant — is exactly the situation where the register earns its keep. Only a kit listed as Compliant may be used for plug-in connection in Great Britain. If you pre-order anything, ask the seller what happens if the entry has not become Compliant by the time it ships.

Three entries left the register

  • VOLTD/21533/V1/A3 — Voltacon, “JA Solar 465W Microinverter Voltacon BYM500”.
  • VOLTD/21738/V1/A3 — Voltacon, “JA Solar Max 930W + Microinverter HMS-800-2WB”.
  • SHENZP/20723/V2 — Shenzhen Longshen, “LS-800Mi”.

All three were Non-compliant when we last saw them. Voltacon’s two had been amended to /A3 references only three days earlier. Its Compliant entry, VOLTD/21572/V1/A2 for the “HF-800-WB” microinverter, is unaffected — Voltacon now holds exactly one register entry.

That change caught something we had published. Our where-to-buy guide described those two Voltacon entries as current, because they were when we wrote it on 7 October. We have corrected the passage today and said so on the page rather than editing it quietly.

One amendment too: InstaGroup’s “INS-PPG2-800” moved from INSTA/21195/V1/A1 to INSTA/21195/V1/A2, still Non-compliant.

What it means for UK buyers

  • Check the register on the day you commit money, including for a pre-order. Three entries vanished in three days.
  • A first entry is a submission, not a product you can use. Seeing a brand on the register is not the same as seeing it marked Compliant.
  • References change. Suffixes like /A1, /A2 and /A3 move as entries are amended. Ask for the current reference rather than relying on one you wrote down.
  • The compliant list is the stable part. It has held at 120 kits from 26 suppliers for three days, and those are the kits you can actually buy and use — see our register list.

Sources

  1. 1. ENA Type Test Register (ENA Connect Direct) — “Plug-in Solar” device type, read first-hand — Energy Networks Association, 10 October 2026
  2. 2. Levocell Essential Plug-In Solar Panel Solution — pre-order page (read 10 October 2026) — Levocell, 10 October 2026
  3. 3. Plug-in Solar Device Interim Product Specification, version 2.0 — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 16 July 2026

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Where the UK rules stand

Plug-in solar has been legal to use in Great Britain since 27 August 2026, when SI 2026/848 came into force alongside Ofgem-approved changes to the G98 connection code — provided the kit is listed as compliant on the ENA Type Test Register. Northern Ireland is not covered. See the current legal status and our editorial policy.

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