Octopus Energy and housebuilder gs8 have announced a joint ‘Zero Bills’ housing development in Thornwood, Epping.
The 113-home site will have a microgrid with centralised battery storage that will allow solar power to be shared between properties.
Launched in 2022, Octopus’ ‘Zero Bills’ tariff enables customers to move into homes with a heat pump, battery and solar panels with no energy bills guaranteed for 5-10 years. The two companies have already worked on a ‘zero bills’ site in Walthamstow.
The Thornwood development will feature 35 homes available through affordable rent, with the first properties to be launched in April this year.
Octopus Energy says it homes initiative, which is being rolled out in Germany and New Zealand as well as the UK, aims to deliver 100,000 ‘Zero Bills’ homes by 2030.