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Solar panels in Bicester, designed on a free call.
About 6,490 kWh a year from 12 panels in Bicester, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Bicester roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Bicester at 1,020 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Oxfordshire county estimate. 67% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 40.3 |
| February | 54.4 |
| March | 87.7 |
| April | 113 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 123 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 95.2 |
| October | 66.8 |
| November | 46.5 |
| December | 36.2 |
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 1,020, Bicester is 10% above it.
How Bicester compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Bicester is one of 10 Oxfordshire towns we track, and it ranks 5th of 10 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 39,431 residents, and its roofs see 2.79 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,487 kWh of generation, of which around 5,551 kWh is exported at 12p for £666 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, opened on Bicester'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.
Planning applications here go through Cherwell; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Bicester 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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Modelled for Bicester at 51.90215, -1.15368 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 Bicester
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Bicester is Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), which runs the Southern England licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, SSEN only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); SSEN, micro-generation connections page, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Bicester
A heat pump in Bicester
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Bicester make about 230 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Bicester comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Bicester
Bicester's July output, about 790 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.
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 Bicester
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Bicester as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Bicester: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Bicester?
About 6,490 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Bicester: 1,020 kWh per kWp, or 2.79 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 790 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Bicester?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Bicester, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,490 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Bicester, and what does it need from me?
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) covers Bicester. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to SSEN within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
What could I earn from exporting in Bicester?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Bicester sends about 5,551 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £666. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Bicester get in December?
December is the low point: about 230 kWh from a 12-panel system in Bicester, on PVGIS data, rising to 790 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,130 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Bicester compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Bicester compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Bicester |
|---|---|---|
| Bicester | 1,020 | this town |
| Kidlington | 1,014 | −6 kWh |
| Brackley | 1,016 | −4 kWh |
| Buckingham | 1,014 | −6 kWh |
| Oxford | 1,022 | +2 kWh |
| Thame | 1,009 | −11 kWh |
| Banbury | 1,013 | −7 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 Bicester: Solar panels in Bicester from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Bicester homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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Read the guide →Do you need to replace your radiators for a heat pump?
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Read the guide →Choosing a tariff when you have solar, a battery and an EV
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Read the guide →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
The badge that decides whether your solar earns export payments. It cannot be added later.
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