Gloucestershire
Solar panels in Bishop's Cleeve, with the numbers shown.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,280 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Bishop's Cleeve can generate
From 32.9 kWh per kWp in December to 122.6 in July: a roof in Bishop's Cleeve makes 3.7 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 987 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 35.8 |
| February | 50.5 |
| March | 85.9 |
| April | 113 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 120 |
| July | 123 |
| August | 108 |
| September | 92.1 |
| October | 61.9 |
| November | 43.2 |
| December | 32.9 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 987 kWh per kWp in Bishop's Cleeve against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Bishop's Cleeve 7% above it.
How Bishop's Cleeve compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Bishop's Cleeve. It is one of 24 Gloucestershire towns we track, and it ranks 22nd of 24 for solar yield, a town of 16,677 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 987 kWh per kWp a year, 2.70 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £888 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £641 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Bishop's Cleeve'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.
Bishop's Cleeve sits within Tewkesbury, 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 Bishop's Cleeve at 51.94575, -2.05914 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 Bishop's Cleeve network
On NESO's licence-area map, Bishop's Cleeve is in West Midlands, 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.
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 Bishop's Cleeve
A heat pump in Bishop's Cleeve
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Bishop's Cleeve's roofs make 1,030 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 3,000 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 Bishop's Cleeve
From April to September, 69% of a Bishop's Cleeve roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 780 kWh in July on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
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.
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 Bishop's Cleeve
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Bishop's Cleeve: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Bishop's Cleeve solar questions
What could a roof in Bishop's Cleeve generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Bishop's Cleeve at 987 kWh per kWp a year, 2.70 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,280 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
How much are solar panels in Bishop's Cleeve?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Bishop's Cleeve before a battery. What Bishop's Cleeve changes is the return, about 6,280 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Bishop's Cleeve?
Usually not in advance. NGED, the network operator for Bishop's Cleeve, 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 can I earn from exporting solar in Bishop's Cleeve?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Bishop's Cleeve exports about 5,341 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £641; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Do solar panels work in winter in Bishop's Cleeve?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Bishop's Cleeve 32.9 kWh per kWp in December and 35.8 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 210 kWh and 230 kWh in those months, against 780 kWh in July. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Bishop's Cleeve compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Bishop's Cleeve compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Bishop's Cleeve |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Cleeve | 987 | this town |
| Cheltenham | 991 | +4 kWh |
| Tewkesbury | 994 | +7 kWh |
| Innsworth | 983 | −4 kWh |
| Brockworth | 990 | +3 kWh |
| Gloucester | 980 | −7 kWh |
| Evesham | 991 | +4 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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Reading for Bishop's Cleeve homeowners
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Read the guide →Three phase and EV charging: what actually changes
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Read the guide →Heat pump running costs versus a gas boiler, assumptions shown
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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 →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
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