Staffordshire
Solar panels in Biddulph, sized to your roof.
About 5,790 kWh a year from 12 panels in Biddulph, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Biddulph can generate
From 27.5 kWh per kWp in December to 116 in May: a roof in Biddulph makes 4.2 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 910 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 28 |
| February | 46.7 |
| March | 79.1 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 116 |
| June | 112 |
| July | 113 |
| August | 101 |
| September | 85.1 |
| October | 56 |
| November | 38.3 |
| December | 27.5 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 910 kWh per kWp in Biddulph against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Biddulph 2% below it.
How Biddulph compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Biddulph. It is one of 44 Staffordshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 43rd of 44 for solar yield, a town of 17,652 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 910 kWh per kWp a year, 2.49 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £829 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £582 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Biddulph's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Biddulph sits within Staffordshire Moorlands, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it 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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Modelled for Biddulph at 53.11536, -2.17183 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Connecting solar to the Biddulph network
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Biddulph is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), which runs the West Midlands licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, NGED only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Biddulph
A heat pump in Biddulph
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Biddulph's roofs make 890 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,810 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Biddulph
A 12-panel roof in Biddulph makes about 740 kWh in May. 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.
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 Biddulph
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Biddulph: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Biddulph solar questions
What could a roof in Biddulph generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Biddulph at 910 kWh per kWp a year, 2.49 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 5,790 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Biddulph?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Biddulph differs is output: about 5,790 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Biddulph?
Usually not in advance. NGED, the network operator for Biddulph, only needs a G98 notification within 28 days of commissioning for systems up to 3.68kW per phase. Bigger inverter or battery outputs need G99 approval first. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. "See our DNO explainer.
How much would export pay on a system in Biddulph?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,851 kWh of the 5,790 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Biddulph goes to the grid, around £582 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Do solar panels work in winter in Biddulph?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Biddulph 27.5 kWh per kWp in December and 28 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 170 kWh and 180 kWh in those months, against 740 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Biddulph compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Biddulph compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Biddulph |
|---|---|---|
| Biddulph | 910 | this town |
| Kidsgrove | 917 | +7 kWh |
| Congleton | 907 | −3 kWh |
| Alsager | 930 | +20 kWh |
| Leek | 910 | level |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 925 | +15 kWh |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 932 | +22 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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