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GEM Solutions UK Ltd

GEM Solutions UK Ltd

3.9(7 reviews)See reviews ↓·Nottingham

About the company

GEM Solutions UK Ltd, based in Nottingham, was established in 2010 and has been offering renewable energy solutions to domestic and commercial customers for 14 years. GEM stands for Green Energy Matters. The company has a dedicated in-house team of fully qualified electricians. Electrical installation works are covered by an NICEIC completion test document, and required works are registered through the Part P scheme, with certification provided on completion.

As of September 2024, the company has planted 200 trees with Treeapp. GEM Solutions supplies, installs, services, and repairs solar panels and battery storage, and offers electrical installation, electrical contracting, energy efficiency, and solar energy solutions. It also provides LED lighting installation and electrical testing services. The company has worked on a 70kW solar system installation on a store roof in North London and many LED upgrades over the years.

What customers say

Based on genuine customer reviews

Electrical contracting underpins the services offered by this Nottingham firm, which handles solar energy system work as well as general electrics, and the six usable accounts present a largely favourable picture of the installation side. Several buyers describe jobs completed quickly and precisely, with engineers who knew their trade well and were accommodating throughout. Tidiness recurs as a theme, one installation being noted for leaving no mess, while the fair price quoted for the system size and the guidance on appropriate equipment, including SolarEdge, are mentioned with approval.

The fact that the business operates as an electrical contractor rather than purely a solar installer was a deciding factor for one client, and post-installation support is evident in a monitoring app problem that was sorted remotely years after the original work. Replacement LED lighting at an office, fitted outside normal working hours, also went smoothly. Set against this, the accounts include complaints about a driver's conduct on the road and the absence of a response when concerns were raised, which sits uneasily beside the praise for the installation teams.

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GEM Solutions UK Ltd — Customer photo
GEM Solutions UK Ltd — Customer photo

Reviews

Reviews are taken from publicly available sources.

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Kayleigh Thorpe15 February 2026

Hope the work is better than the driving... echoing the earlier review noting the same.

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Paul Dexter27 May 2025

Saw one of their drivers driving at 70mph, one handed whilst texting on his mobile phone. Van reg was FD71 EAK. Three days ago I reported it to the company and asked.them to call me to discuss what is witnessed which also included the driver tailgating at speed. So far the company has not returned my call which suggests they feel that this behaviour is acceptable. Not sure I would want to do business with a company that does not take this seriously and seems happy to let their staff break the law and not punish them for doing so.

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ian parsons27 September 2024

Gem install of solar panels was quick and precise.Both engineers were very knowledgeable about the their trade and very obliging in general doing a very tidy job with no mess. They are a credit to the company

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Adam “Ads” Page30 January 2024

We had our SolarEdge PV system installed back in 2015 by GEM and were very happy with both the sales and installation process. One factor which appealed to us, they are electrical contractors not only solar installers. We recently had a small issue with the monitoring app for the panels and they are still in business to help us, it was quickly taken care of remotely.

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Dean Sanderson8 February 2023

Extremely good service from GEM all round. Installation was seamless from start the finish. Estimated the install would take a full 3 days but was finished by noon on the last day. The quotation was a fair price, and the best equipment was advised for the size of the solar system we required. (SolarEdge) We also had replacement LED lights fitted on a Saturday when our offices were closed. This also was pain free. Would 100% recommend GEM to any other business requiring a large solar system and replacement LED lighting.

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Rick11 June 2022

Well we decided to go solar so the first thing you do after some research is send some emails to potential companies for installation quotes. Being an electrical contacts manager part of my job is doing electrical quotations, unfortunately as a company we are not a registered solar installer etc. I must say from about 10 emails I sent some of the quotes I received I do not even know how these companies get a reply never mind an order! One in installer even wanted just over £7000 upfront before any works where carried out, what planet is this guy on? In the end I received two quotations what I believe were genuine and not a pie in the sky cowboy rip off quotation. One was Gem and the other a company in Lincoln. My plan was to get both to do a site visit and confirm the cost and then make a decision. I called the company in Lincoln and asked to speak to the estimator who did my quotation to discuss this and revise the figures, the guy revised them while driving and confirmed an exact cost and was reluctant to do this properly. I am sure anyone with half a brain cell will know you cannot give a genuine exact cost to the £1 while driving a car unless you are making a guesstimate and adding some for good luck. So that was game over. Now it was back to GEM as the only company going to pop over, take a better look and 100% confirm the cost. I will be honest and say Gary’s quotation was comprehensive as it should be, genuine and to be fair Gary (GEM) had the job already with the site visit being more a formality to move on to the next stage. Gary was on the money and 100% genuine, no hard sales, no BS but as Gary said I am an engineer not a salesman! Installation has been carried out and was absolutely spot on with attention to details and a good quality install at a realistic cost and not pie in the sky get rich quick price like a lot seem to quote. I could not recommend GEM enough and if you are serious about going solar you would be making a mistake by not giving Gary a call for a quotation! First day with sun and clouds we generated 29.1kwh of electricity in early June from a roof facing east and west. A word of warning to anyone looking at solar be very careful with who you choose for the installation as from the quotations I received it was very clear a lot of quotations where cowboy rip you off installer charging pie in the sky figures!

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Jamie Kordecki2 October 2020

Solar panel installers in Nottingham compared

Ordered by rating, weighted by the number of reviews — businesses with only a handful of reviews do not jump to the top automatically. 5 businesses in this category in Nottingham are compared.

RankProviderRatingReviewsOpen Sat.
1Generate Solar EV LTD★ 5,046No
2Trent VC Limited★ 5,021No
3Star Solar Panels Nottingham★ 5,01Yes
4GEM Solutions UK Ltd (this page)★ 3,97Yes
5FDG Group Limited★ 4,382No
Contact
+441159671080www.gemsolutions.org.uk7 Lockwood Cl, Nottingham NG5 9JN
Working hours
Monday08:00–17:00
Tuesday08:00–17:00
Wednesday08:00–17:00
Thursday08:00–17:00
Friday08:00–17:00
Saturday08:00–16:00
SundayClosed