Worcestershire, England
Solar panels across Worcestershire, designed on a free call.
About 6,350 kWh a year from 12 panels in Worcestershire, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Worcestershire roof makes, month by month
Worcestershire's best month is May, at 122.9 kWh per kWp; December manages 34. Over the year that comes to 999 kWh per kWp, 8% above the mean of our 85 county estimates.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36.7 |
| February | 53.7 |
| March | 87.8 |
| April | 112 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 120 |
| July | 122 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 93.2 |
| October | 64.1 |
| November | 43.8 |
| December | 34 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 999 kWh per kWp in Worcestershire against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Worcestershire 8% above it.
How Worcestershire compares
Worcestershire ranks joint 25th 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 £650.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below opens on Worcestershire'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 Worcestershire (52.2394, -2.1634), 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.
NGED and your Worcestershire connection
The centre of Worcestershire sits in National Grid Electricity Distribution's West Midlands licence area on NESO's boundary map, as does every town we cover there, so NGED is the network operator (DNO) a system here is registered with.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, NGED only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
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 Worcestershire
A heat pump in Worcestershire
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Worcestershire make about 220 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Worcestershire comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Worcestershire
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Worcestershire make about 780 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
Installed prices, the same across Worcestershire
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Worcestershire solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Worcestershire?
Worcestershire averages 2.74 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 999 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,350 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Worcestershire?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Worcestershire, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,350 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Worcestershire, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED). Most home systems use the G98 route, a notification within 28 days of switch-on for up to 3.68kW per phase, so nothing waits on the network. Above that, G99 applies and has to be granted first. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Worcestershire?
Around £650 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,417 kWh a 12-panel system in Worcestershire exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Worcestershire in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Worcestershire: about 220 kWh from 12 panels, against 780 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
Towns we cover in Worcestershire
13 Worcestershire towns have their own page, each with PVGIS figures, a network operator and a monthly curve for its own location.
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Reading for Worcestershire homeowners
The same guidance we would talk through on your call, written down and sourced.
G98 vs G99: the 28-day form and the eight-week wait, in plain English
One number on your quote decides between a formality and an eight week wait.
Read the guide →Which battery size band does your home fall into?
Where UK homes actually land, why oversizing costs you, and what shifts the band.
Read the guide →How time of use charging windows actually work
How a cheap overnight window is metered and billed, and what a battery does inside it.
Read the guide →Do you need to replace your radiators for a heat pump?
Some change, most do not. The room by room arithmetic that decides which.
Read the guide →EV tariffs compared: the cheapest overnight windows
Overnight rates of 6.99p to 9p against a 26.32p capped average, compared.
Read the guide →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
The badge that decides whether your solar earns export payments. It cannot be added later.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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