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Solar panels in Beccles, designed on a free call.
About 6,840 kWh a year from 12 panels in Beccles, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Beccles, in numbers
PVGIS puts Beccles at 1,075 kWh per kWp a year, 2% above our Suffolk county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 40.2 |
| February | 54.2 |
| March | 92.4 |
| April | 124 |
| May | 132 |
| June | 130 |
| July | 130 |
| August | 118 |
| September | 101 |
| October | 69 |
| November | 48 |
| December | 36.6 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 1,075, Beccles is 16% above it.
How Beccles compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Beccles. It is one of 16 Suffolk towns we track, and it ranks 4th of 16 for solar yield, a town of 10,034 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,075 kWh per kWp a year, 2.94 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £955 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £708 from export at 12p.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Beccles' own yield.
Any planning application in Beccles sits with East Suffolk, 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Beccles (52.45149, 1.56682), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Beccles
On NESO's licence-area map, Beccles is in East England, which UK Power Networks operates. That makes UK Power Networks the network operator for any system fitted here.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to UK Power Networks within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Beccles
A heat pump in Beccles
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Beccles make about 230 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Beccles comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
Grant support in England comes from the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £7,500 for an air source or ground source heat pump, £2,500 for air-to-air, and an extra £1,500 until March 2027 where the home is heated by oil or LPG off the gas grid (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Beccles
Beccles' May output, about 840 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
The calculator above includes a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed. Renters and flat owners with off-street parking can claim 75% of a chargepoint's cost, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Beccles
If a system in Beccles is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Beccles: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Beccles?
Beccles averages 2.94 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,075 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,840 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Beccles?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Beccles, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,840 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Beccles, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is UK Power Networks. 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. 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. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What could I earn from exporting in Beccles?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Beccles sends about 5,900 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £708. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Beccles in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Beccles: about 230 kWh from 12 panels, against 840 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Beccles compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Beccles compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Beccles |
|---|---|---|
| Beccles | 1,075 | this town |
| Lowestoft | 1,058 | −17 kWh |
| Gorleston-on-Sea | 1,068 | −7 kWh |
| Bradwell | 1,069 | −6 kWh |
| Great Yarmouth | 1,042 | −33 kWh |
| Caister-on-Sea | 1,056 | −19 kWh |
| Norwich | 1,033 | −42 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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