Solar Concept and Prets bring sustainable home improvements and financing together

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Considering a home battery, solar panels or an EV charger? The next question soon follows: how will you pay for the investment? To make affordability part of the decision-making process from the outset, Solar Concept and Prets are joining forces. Customers of Solar Concept can now use Prets to instantly explore the available financing options, see their monthly costs and understand what they could deliver. This provides clarity exactly when consumers are making their decision.

Single point of contact for installation and financing

Solar Concept puts together a sustainable solution tailored to the customer’s needs. Customers can then choose to use Prets to explore their financing options. The platform clearly presents and calculates these options, showing what each one would mean for their monthly payments, while leaving the final decision entirely up to the customer.

“We believe sustainable home improvements should be accessible for everyone,” says Douwe van Gorkum, Director of Solar Concept. “Through our partnership with Prets, we can provide customers not only with high-quality sustainable solutions, but also with support in finding suitable financing. This lowers the barrier to taking that important step towards a more sustainable home.”

Interest in sustainable home improvements is growing. The figures confirm it.

Homeowners want to make their homes more sustainable and increasingly look beyond a single measure. While solar panels were often enough in the past, today the focus is shifting towards a complete home energy system, combining solar panels, a home battery and an EV charger. At Prets, a quarter of customers even ask specifically about a home battery. This calls for financing tailored to the complete solution.

Financing as a stumbling block

Not everyone has sufficient funds available to pay for a home energy system upfront. Arranging financing independently is not always easy: the available options can be difficult to compare, while applications often involve a considerable amount of paperwork. As a result, some customers abandon the process and put their sustainability plans on hold.

Recent research by the ANWB confirms that this is a genuine obstacle: home batteries risk widening the gap between households that can afford the investment and those that cannot. The partnership between Solar Concept and Prets addresses precisely this barrier.

“We see every day that homeowners want to make their homes more sustainable, but sometimes get stuck when it comes to financing,” says Eugene Lubbers, CEO and co-founder of Prets. “That is exactly where Prets can help. Thanks to our partnership with Solar Concept, fewer sustainability plans will be left hanging in the balance.”

One route. Smoothly arranged.

Solar Concept puts together an installation that suits the customer’s home. If the customer also wants to explore financing, Prets steps in immediately.

We make sure all the required information is complete from the outset. This reduces the need for follow-up questions and prevents unnecessary delays in the application process. At a time when demand for financing is growing, a clear and seamless process makes all the difference.

Together with its partners, Prets has already helped make more than €8 million in sustainable home improvements possible.