Glamorgan
Solar panels in Bargod, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,260 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Bargod, in numbers
Bargod's best month is May, at 124.1 kWh per kWp; December manages 31. Over the year that comes to 985 kWh per kWp, 5% above our Glamorgan county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.6 |
| February | 51.9 |
| March | 87.1 |
| April | 114 |
| May | 124 |
| June | 121 |
| July | 122 |
| August | 106 |
| September | 91.7 |
| October | 60.6 |
| November | 41.8 |
| December | 31 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Bargod makes 985 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Bargod is 6% above it.
How Bargod compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Bargod. It is one of 32 Glamorgan towns we track, and it ranks 22nd of 32 for solar yield, a town of 8,099 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 985 kWh per kWp a year, 2.70 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £886 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £639 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Bargod'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.
Any planning application in Bargod sits with Caerphilly, 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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Modelled for Bargod at 51.68553, -3.23345 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
The network operator for Bargod
On NESO's licence-area map, Bargod is in South Wales, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED the network operator for any system fitted here.
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.
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 Bargod
A heat pump in Bargod
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Bargod make about 200 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Bargod comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Bargod
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Bargod make about 790 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.
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 Bargod
If a system in Bargod is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Bargod: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Bargod?
Bargod averages 2.70 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 985 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,260 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Bargod?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Bargod, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,260 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Bargod, 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 Bargod?
Around £639 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,328 kWh a 12-panel system in Bargod 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 Bargod in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Bargod: about 200 kWh from 12 panels, against 790 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Bargod compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Bargod compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Bargod |
|---|---|---|
| Bargod | 985 | this town |
| Blackwood | 987 | +2 kWh |
| Pontllanfraith | 988 | +3 kWh |
| Ystrad Mynach | 991 | +6 kWh |
| Newbridge | 999 | +14 kWh |
| Abertillery | 947 | −38 kWh |
| Mountain Ash | 948 | −37 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.
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