Hertfordshire
Solar panels in Baldock, with the numbers shown.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,510 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Baldock's solar year
From 36.1 kWh per kWp in December to 124.8 in July: a roof in Baldock makes 3.5 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,024 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 38.3 |
| February | 52.5 |
| March | 89.5 |
| April | 114 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 122 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 112 |
| September | 98 |
| October | 66.7 |
| November | 46.8 |
| December | 36.1 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,024 kWh per kWp in Baldock against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Baldock 11% above it.
How Baldock compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Baldock. It is one of 27 Hertfordshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 5th of 27 for solar yield, a town of 10,722 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,024 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 £916 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £669 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Baldock'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.
North Hertfordshire is the planning authority covering Baldock, which the House of Commons Library classes 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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Modelled for Baldock at 51.98675, -0.18718 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Who runs the grid in Baldock
Baldock is served by UK Power Networks: the town's centre falls inside its East England 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 UK Power Networks within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Baldock
A heat pump in Baldock
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Baldock make about 1,100 kWh, against 3,060 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, open in England and Wales, takes £7,500 off an air source or ground source heat pump, or £2,500 off an air-to-air unit. Homes on oil or LPG with no mains gas get £1,500 more until March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Baldock
From April to September, 68% of a Baldock 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.
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 in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Baldock
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Baldock as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Baldock solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Baldock?
Each kWp of panels in Baldock makes 1,024 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,510 kWh, from about 230 kWh in December up to 790 kWh in July.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Baldock?
£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 Baldock differs is output: about 6,510 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Baldock need approval from the network operator?
Baldock 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 would export pay on a system in Baldock?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,576 kWh of the 6,510 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Baldock goes to the grid, around £669 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 Baldock in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Baldock roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,100 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Baldock 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 Baldock |
|---|---|---|
| Baldock | 1,024 | this town |
| Letchworth | 1,019 | −5 kWh |
| Stotfold | 1,022 | −2 kWh |
| Hitchin | 1,016 | −8 kWh |
| Stevenage | 1,025 | +1 kWh |
| Shefford | 1,025 | +1 kWh |
| Biggleswade | 1,029 | +5 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.
Also for Baldock: Solar panels in Baldock from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Baldock
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Why solar panels stop working, and how to work out which one it is
There is an order to this, and it starts at the inverter display rather than the roof.
Read the guide →Adding a battery to solar panels you already own
Retrofitting a battery to working solar is straightforward. The paperwork is where people trip up.
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 →Are air source heat pumps any good? What owners actually report
The UK's largest survey found 80% of heat pump owners satisfied, against 70% for gas boilers.
Read the guide →Will energy prices keep rising, and by how much
The January forecasts jumped fast. What is confirmed, what is guessed, and whether solar is a real hedge.
Read the guide →Your MCS certificate: what it shows, when it arrives, and how a Smart Export Guarantee supplier uses it
The document your export payments hang on. Who issues it, what it shows, and how to get a copy.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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