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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Baglan homes in Glamorgan: a free remote design call first, then an MCS-certified installation team for your area if you decide to go ahead. PVGIS puts a roof in Baglan at 1,027 kWh per kWp a year, 9% above our Glamorgan county estimate.
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What a roof in Baglan can generate
Real satellite data for Baglan, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Baglan compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Baglan. It is one of 32 Glamorgan towns we track, and it ranks 12th of 32 for solar yield, a town of 10,681 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,027 kWh per kWp a year, 2.81 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £918 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £671 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Baglan's own yield, and at Baglan's 1,027 kWh per kWp it 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.
Any planning application in Baglan sits with Neath Port Talbot, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Baglan generates around 6,532 kWh a year, worth around £918 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Baglan's own coordinates (51.62739, -3.81418), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate, with the full methodology, sourcing and assumptions set out on our help page.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Baglan
If a system in Baglan is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Baglan
What could a roof in Baglan generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Baglan at 1,027 kWh per kWp a year, 2.81 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Baglan?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Baglan costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Baglan need a G99 application?
Most home solar and battery systems qualify for the simpler G98 notification, made to the network operator (DNO) after installation rather than before. A minority, usually larger systems, need the fuller G99 process instead. Your design call checks which applies in Baglan before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Baglan?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,595 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £671. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Baglan homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How long do solar panels last? 25 to 30 years, in practice
The panels outlast the inverter by a wide margin. Plan for that, not for cleaning.
Read the guide →What a battery gateway actually does
Without a gateway your system shuts down when the grid does. Here is what the box actually does.
Read the guide →Smart charge point regulations, explained
Why your charger arrives pre-set to charge overnight, and why it waits before it starts.
Read the guide →How much does a heat pump cost? The 2026 numbers, before and after the grant
UK median installed cost around £12,908, before the up to £7,500 grant comes off.
Read the guide →The price cap explained, and what it does to solar payback
The cap limits unit rates, not bills. That changes what solar payback means.
Read the guide →G98 or G99: which one applies, what the application involves, and how long it takes
The G98 line sits at 3.68kW per phase. Above it, your network operator has to say yes first.
Read the guide →How Baglan compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp | Peak sun hours | vs Baglan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baglan | 1,027 | 2.81 | — |
| Neath | 996 | 2.73 | -31 kWh |
| Port Talbot | 1,026 | 2.81 | -1 kWh |
| Clydach | 981 | 2.69 | -46 kWh |
| Swansea | 1,023 | 2.80 | -4 kWh |
| Maesteg | 954 | 2.61 | -73 kWh |
| North Cornelly and Kenfig Hill | 1,059 | 2.90 | +32 kWh |
PVGIS v5.2 for each town centroid, identical assumptions throughout. A few kWh either way is weather-year noise; a spread beyond about 30 kWh per kWp is real geography.
Also for Baglan: Solar panels in Baglan from OVO Solar & Battery