Warwickshire
Solar panels in Atherstone, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,240 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Atherstone, in numbers
PVGIS puts Atherstone at 981 kWh per kWp a year, 2% below our Warwickshire county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36.3 |
| February | 51.8 |
| March | 85.4 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 120 |
| August | 107 |
| September | 92.5 |
| October | 63.6 |
| November | 43.6 |
| December | 35 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 981 kWh per kWp in Atherstone against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Atherstone 6% above it.
How Atherstone compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Atherstone. It is one of 19 Warwickshire towns we track, and it ranks 14th of 19 for solar yield, a town of 8,878 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 981 kWh per kWp a year, 2.69 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £883 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £636 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Atherstone's own yield, and prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.
Planning applications here go through North Warwickshire; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Atherstone as a small town.
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 is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Atherstone's own coordinates (52.57856, -1.54279), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
NGED and your Atherstone connection
Atherstone is served by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED): the town's centre falls inside its East Midlands licence area on NESO's boundary map.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to NGED within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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 Atherstone
A heat pump in Atherstone
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Atherstone, a 12-panel system makes about 220 kWh in December and 230 kWh in January, a fraction of its 770 kWh in July, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
Grant support in England comes from the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £7,500 for an air source or ground source heat pump, £2,500 for air-to-air, and an extra £1,500 until March 2027 where the home is heated by oil or LPG off the gas grid (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Atherstone
Atherstone's July output, about 770 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
The calculator above includes a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed. Renters and flat owners with off-street parking can claim 75% of a chargepoint's cost, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Atherstone
If a system in Atherstone is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Atherstone solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Atherstone?
Atherstone averages 2.69 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 981 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,240 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Atherstone?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Atherstone, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,240 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Atherstone, 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 could I earn from exporting in Atherstone?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Atherstone sends about 5,302 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £636. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Atherstone in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Atherstone: about 220 kWh from 12 panels, against 770 kWh in July. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Atherstone compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Atherstone.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Atherstone |
|---|---|---|
| Atherstone | 981 | this town |
| Polesworth and Dordon | 974 | −7 kWh |
| Nuneaton | 984 | +3 kWh |
| Tamworth | 973 | −8 kWh |
| Bedworth | 983 | +2 kWh |
| Fazeley | 970 | −11 kWh |
| Hinckley | 988 | +7 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
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The G98 line sits at 3.68kW per phase. Above it, your network operator has to say yes first.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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