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Solar panels in Bearsted, sized to your roof.
A 12-panel roof in Bearsted makes about 6,710 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Bearsted's solar year
PVGIS puts Bearsted at 1,055 kWh per kWp a year, 2% below our Kent 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 | 38.5 |
| February | 52.7 |
| March | 89.3 |
| April | 120 |
| May | 126 |
| June | 128 |
| July | 129 |
| August | 115 |
| September | 101 |
| October | 69.6 |
| November | 47.8 |
| December | 37.9 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,055 kWh per kWp in Bearsted against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Bearsted 14% above it.
How Bearsted compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Bearsted. It is one of 44 Kent towns we track, and it ranks 24th of 44 for solar yield, a town of 8,386 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,055 kWh per kWp a year, 2.89 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £940 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £693 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Bearsted'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.
Maidstone is the planning authority covering Bearsted, 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Bearsted's own coordinates (51.26968, 0.57228), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
Who runs the grid in Bearsted
UK Power Networks owns and runs the local electricity network in Bearsted, as part of its South East England licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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 Bearsted
A heat pump in Bearsted
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Bearsted make about 1,130 kWh, against 3,170 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Bearsted
A 12-panel roof in Bearsted makes about 820 kWh in July. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds 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 Bearsted
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Bearsted as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Bearsted: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Bearsted?
Each kWp of panels in Bearsted makes 1,055 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,710 kWh, from about 240 kWh in December up to 820 kWh in July.
How much are solar panels in Bearsted?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Bearsted before a battery. What Bearsted changes is the return, about 6,710 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Bearsted need approval from the network operator?
Bearsted is on UK Power Networks' network (South 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 Bearsted?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Bearsted exports about 5,773 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £693; 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 Bearsted in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Bearsted roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,130 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Bearsted compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Bearsted.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Bearsted |
|---|---|---|
| Bearsted | 1,055 | this town |
| Maidstone | 1,056 | +1 kWh |
| Larkfield | 1,059 | +4 kWh |
| Chatham | 1,043 | −12 kWh |
| Snodland | 1,051 | −4 kWh |
| Gillingham (Medway) | 1,047 | −8 kWh |
| Kings Hill | 1,059 | +4 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 Bearsted: Solar panels in Bearsted from OVO Solar & Battery
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