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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Barry 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 Barry at 1,060 kWh per kWp a year, 13% above our Glamorgan county estimate.
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What a roof in Barry can generate
Real satellite data for Barry, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Barry compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Barry is one of 32 Glamorgan towns we track, and it ranks 2nd of 32 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 58,388 residents, and its roofs see 2.90 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,742 kWh of generation, of which around 5,805 kWh is exported at 12p for £697 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Barry's own yield, and at Barry's 1,060 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.
Barry sits within Vale of Glamorgan, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it as a medium 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 Barry generates around 6,742 kWh a year, worth around £943 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Barry's own coordinates (51.40806, -3.26306), 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 Barry
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Barry: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Barry
What could a roof in Barry generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Barry at 1,060 kWh per kWp a year, 2.90 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Barry?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Barry costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Barry 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 Barry before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Barry?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,805 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £697. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Barry homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Microinverters, optimisers or a plain string inverter: who needs what
Shade and roof layout decide this. An honest triage of the three approaches.
Read the guide →Tesla Powerwall 3 against the alternatives, and where each one wins
The strongest single box in the market, and the houses it is still wrong for.
Read the guide →Charging an EV from your own solar
Every surplus kWh is 3.6 to 5 miles. Whether that beats a 7p overnight rate is arithmetic.
Read the guide →How an air source heat pump actually works
It moves heat rather than making it. The cycle, the efficiency numbers and the trade-offs.
Read the guide →What the Smart Export Guarantee actually is
The scheme obliges suppliers to pay above zero, and leaves the rate to them.
Read the guide →How to check an MCS certificate is genuine, before the deposit leaves your account
A logo proves nothing. Certification is business specific, technology specific and checkable.
Read the guide →How Barry 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 Barry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry | 1,060 | 2.90 | — |
| Dinas Powis | 1,058 | 2.90 | -2 kWh |
| Penarth | 1,055 | 2.89 | -5 kWh |
| Cardiff | 1,024 | 2.80 | -36 kWh |
| Church Village | 1,001 | 2.74 | -59 kWh |
| Caerphilly | 1,018 | 2.79 | -42 kWh |
| Llanharan and Brynna | 1,044 | 2.86 | -16 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 Barry: Solar panels in Barry from OVO Solar & Battery