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Solar panels in Aylesbury, with the numbers shown.
A 12-panel roof in Aylesbury makes about 6,330 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Aylesbury's solar year
PVGIS puts Aylesbury at 995 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Buckinghamshire 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 | 37 |
| February | 50.3 |
| March | 86.9 |
| April | 113 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 122 |
| July | 124 |
| August | 108 |
| September | 94 |
| October | 64.3 |
| November | 43.5 |
| December | 33.8 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 995 kWh per kWp in Aylesbury against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Aylesbury 8% above it.
How Aylesbury compares
Aylesbury is one of 19 Buckinghamshire towns we track, and it ranks 19th of 19 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 93,605 people. At 995 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.1 years on the 12p scenario: £894 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Aylesbury's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Buckinghamshire is the planning authority covering Aylesbury, which the House of Commons Library classes as a large 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Aylesbury (51.81583, -0.81416), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Aylesbury
On NESO's licence-area map, Aylesbury is in East England, which UK Power Networks operates. That makes UK Power Networks the network operator for any system fitted here.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to UK Power Networks within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds UK Power Networks as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Aylesbury
A heat pump in Aylesbury
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Aylesbury make about 1,050 kWh, against 3,010 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
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 Aylesbury
From April to September, 68% of a Aylesbury 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.
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).
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Aylesbury
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Aylesbury as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in Aylesbury
What does a solar panel system produce in Aylesbury?
Each kWp of panels in Aylesbury makes 995 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,330 kWh, from about 210 kWh in December up to 790 kWh in July.
How much are solar panels in Aylesbury?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Aylesbury before a battery. What Aylesbury changes is the return, about 6,330 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Aylesbury need approval from the network operator?
Aylesbury is on UK Power Networks' network (East England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds UK Power Networks as it does every network operator. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Aylesbury?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Aylesbury exports about 5,392 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £647; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Aylesbury in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Aylesbury roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,050 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Aylesbury compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Aylesbury |
|---|---|---|
| Aylesbury | 995 | this town |
| Wendover | 1,000 | +5 kWh |
| Princes Risborough | 997 | +2 kWh |
| Tring | 1,005 | +10 kWh |
| Thame | 1,009 | +14 kWh |
| Chinnor | 1,005 | +10 kWh |
| Prestwood and Great Missenden | 1,002 | +7 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
Also for Aylesbury: Solar panels in Aylesbury from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Aylesbury
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
What is a DNO, and why does a company you have never heard of get a say in your solar?
The company that owns your street's cables decides what solar you can connect.
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 →Home EV charger types and speeds, explained properly
Granny cable, 7kW wall unit or 22kW three phase. What each adds per hour, and which you need.
Read the guide →Are heat pumps noisy? The 37 dB(A) answer, in plain terms
The 1 metre boundary rule is gone. A 37 dB(A) sound test replaced it.
Read the guide →Which tariffs are actually built for battery charging
A battery buys cheap and uses dear. The tariff decides how much that is worth.
Read the guide →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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