Gloucestershire, England
Solar panels across Gloucestershire, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,370 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Gloucestershire's solar year
PVGIS puts Gloucestershire at 1,001 kWh per kWp a year, 8% above the mean of our 85 county estimates. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36.1 |
| February | 50.8 |
| March | 87.7 |
| April | 115 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 121 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 94.2 |
| October | 63.4 |
| November | 43.4 |
| December | 31.8 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,001 kWh per kWp in Gloucestershire against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Gloucestershire 8% above it.
How Gloucestershire compares
Gloucestershire ranks 24th of the 85 counties we track for solar yield, level with the England average of our estimates. At 2.74 peak sun hours a day the sums lean on a healthy mix: £247 of the year one benefit here comes from solar you use yourself, with export at 12p adding £652.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below opens on Gloucestershire's own PVGIS yield and prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery; your free design call reworks every number for your roof.
The charger is in the installed price but left out of payback: charging savings depend on your mileage and tariff, which the design call models properly.
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Generation from PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC, SARAH3), retrieved August 2026 for a representative point in Gloucestershire (51.7846, -2.1811), assuming 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south. Import valued at 26.32p/kWh (Ofgem price cap average, Oct to Dec 2026); off-peak charging at 8.5p/kWh where used (a supplier's published off-peak rate, checked September 2026); export at the scenario you pick, from the dated tariff table. Prices are installed pricing, August 2026, standard installations; 530W LONGi panels at £1,000 per kWp. Estimates for illustration, not a quote: your free design call prices your actual roof.
Who runs the grid in Gloucestershire
The centre of Gloucestershire sits in National Grid Electricity Distribution's West Midlands licence area on NESO's boundary map, so NGED is the network operator (DNO) a system here is registered with.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
Parts of Gloucestershire are on a different network: some of its towns are served by SSEN. Each town page names its own operator, worked out from that town's own location.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Gloucestershire
A heat pump in Gloucestershire
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Gloucestershire make about 1,030 kWh, against 3,040 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Gloucestershire
From April to September, 69% of a Gloucestershire roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 790 kWh in July on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar in Gloucestershire: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Gloucestershire?
Each kWp of panels in Gloucestershire makes 1,001 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,370 kWh, from about 200 kWh in December up to 790 kWh in July.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Gloucestershire?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Gloucestershire differs is output: about 6,370 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Gloucestershire need approval from the network operator?
The centre of Gloucestershire is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's network (West Midlands licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Gloucestershire?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,430 kWh of the 6,370 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Gloucestershire goes to the grid, around £652 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Gloucestershire in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 69% of a Gloucestershire roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,030 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
Towns we cover in Gloucestershire
24 Gloucestershire towns have their own page, each with PVGIS figures, a network operator and a monthly curve for its own location.
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