Staffordshire
Solar panels in Bilston, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,070 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
Get my free quote
Three details. We call or text within one working day to book your free 30-minute design call, on video or by phone if you prefer.
or call 07782 219224
- Free 30-minute video design call
- Priced before anyone visits
- Installed by our MCS-certified, fully insured teams
How much a Bilston roof makes, month by month
Bilston's best month is July, at 117.4 kWh per kWp; December manages 34. Over the year that comes to 955 kWh per kWp, level with our Staffordshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.9 |
| February | 49.9 |
| March | 84.3 |
| April | 107 |
| May | 117 |
| June | 115 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 104 |
| September | 88.8 |
| October | 61.6 |
| November | 41.5 |
| December | 34 |
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: Bilston makes 955 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Bilston is 3% above it.
How Bilston compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Bilston is one of 44 Staffordshire towns we track, and it ranks 27th of 44 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 37,984 residents, and its roofs see 2.62 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,074 kWh of generation, of which around 5,137 kWh is exported at 12p for £616 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 Bilston'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.
Any planning application in Bilston sits with Wolverhampton, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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.
Your real roof and usage, worked through on a free 30-minute video call. Use the full form or leave three details below.
Price this for your roof
Three details. We call or text within one working day to book your free 30-minute design call, on video or by phone if you prefer.
Modelled for Bilston at 52.5638, -2.07266 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 Bilston
Bilston is served by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED): the town's centre falls inside its West Midlands licence area on NESO's boundary map.
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.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Bilston
A heat pump in Bilston
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Bilston make about 220 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Bilston 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 Bilston
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Bilston make about 750 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices 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 Bilston
If a system in Bilston is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Bilston solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Bilston?
Bilston averages 2.62 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 955 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,070 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Bilston?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Bilston, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,070 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Bilston, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED). 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. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Bilston?
Around £616 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,137 kWh a 12-panel system in Bilston exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Bilston in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Bilston: about 220 kWh from 12 panels, against 750 kWh in July. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Bilston compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Bilston compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Bilston |
|---|---|---|
| Bilston | 955 | this town |
| Darlaston | 962 | +7 kWh |
| Coseley | 957 | +2 kWh |
| Tipton | 957 | +2 kWh |
| Wednesbury | 962 | +7 kWh |
| Willenhall | 962 | +7 kWh |
| Wolverhampton | 948 | −7 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
See a number before you speak to anyone
Answer a few questions about your roof and usage and see an instant solar and battery estimate. No email needed to see the result.
Reading for Bilston homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
G98 vs G99: the 28-day form and the eight-week wait, in plain English
One number on your quote decides between a formality and an eight week wait.
Read the guide →Whole home backup or partial backup? The runtime arithmetic
Whole home backup sounds obvious until you do the runtime maths. Here is how to choose the right tier.
Read the guide →Home EV charger types and speeds, explained properly
Granny cable, 7kW wall unit or 22kW three phase. What each adds per hour, and which you need.
Read the guide →Do you need to replace your radiators for a heat pump?
Some change, most do not. The room by room arithmetic that decides which.
Read the guide →EV tariffs compared: the cheapest overnight windows
Overnight rates of 6.99p to 9p against a 26.32p capped average, compared.
Read the guide →Your MCS certificate: what it shows, when it arrives, and how a Smart Export Guarantee supplier uses it
The document your export payments hang on. Who issues it, what it shows, and how to get a copy.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
Takes about two minutes. We call or text within one working day to book your free 30-minute video design call at a time that suits you. We design it around your roof and your numbers, and our MCS-certified, fully insured installation teams install it.