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Solar panels in Bideford, designed on a free call.
About 6,600 kWh a year from 12 panels in Bideford, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Bideford roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Bideford at 1,037 kWh per kWp a year, 6% above our Devon county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36.3 |
| February | 57.3 |
| March | 92.5 |
| April | 122 |
| May | 132 |
| June | 124 |
| July | 126 |
| August | 111 |
| September | 95.8 |
| October | 66 |
| November | 42.4 |
| December | 32 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Bideford makes 1,037 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Bideford is 12% above it.
How Bideford compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Bideford. It is one of 23 Devon towns we track, and it ranks 15th of 23 for solar yield, a town of 19,826 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,037 kWh per kWp a year, 2.84 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £926 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £679 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 Bideford's own yield.
Any planning application in Bideford sits with Torridge, 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 Bideford (51.01668, -4.21137), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
NGED and your Bideford connection
On NESO's licence-area map, Bideford is in South West England, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to NGED within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Bideford
A heat pump in Bideford
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Bideford, a 12-panel system makes about 200 kWh in December and 230 kWh in January, a fraction of its 840 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Bideford
Bideford's 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.
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.
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Bideford
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Bideford as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Bideford
How much electricity do solar panels make in Bideford?
About 6,600 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Bideford: 1,037 kWh per kWp, or 2.84 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 840 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Bideford?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Bideford, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,600 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Bideford, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Bideford. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
What could I earn from exporting in Bideford?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Bideford sends about 5,659 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £679. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Bideford get in December?
December is the low point: about 200 kWh from a 12-panel system in Bideford, on PVGIS data, rising to 840 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,070 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Bideford compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Bideford.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Bideford |
|---|---|---|
| Bideford | 1,037 | this town |
| Barnstaple | 1,022 | −15 kWh |
| Ilfracombe | 1,023 | −14 kWh |
| Okehampton | 976 | −61 kWh |
| Launceston | 995 | −42 kWh |
| Crediton | 1,020 | −17 kWh |
| Tavistock | 987 | −50 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 Bideford: Solar panels in Bideford from OVO Solar & Battery
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Guides worth reading before your call
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Do you need planning permission for solar panels? Usually not
Usually not, provided the installation stays within the limits updated on 27 August 2026.
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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 →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
Identical kit, five times the export income. The tariff decision worked through with August 2026 rates.
Read the guide →HIES explained: what the badge actually protects, and when
What HIES protects: deposits up to 25 percent capped at 5,000 pounds, and your workmanship guarantee.
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