Leicestershire
Solar panels in Blaby and Whetstone, with the numbers shown.
A 12-panel roof in Blaby and Whetstone makes about 6,320 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Blaby and Whetstone's solar year
From 33.6 kWh per kWp in December to 122.5 in July: a roof in Blaby and Whetstone makes 3.6 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 993 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36.4 |
| February | 51.1 |
| March | 86.3 |
| April | 112 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 118 |
| July | 123 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 93.3 |
| October | 64 |
| November | 44.3 |
| December | 33.6 |
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 993, Blaby and Whetstone is 7% above it.
How Blaby and Whetstone compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Blaby and Whetstone. It is one of 26 Leicestershire towns we track, and it ranks 8th of 26 for solar yield, a town of 14,739 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 993 kWh per kWp a year, 2.72 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £892 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £645 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Blaby and Whetstone'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.
Blaby is the planning authority covering Blaby and Whetstone, which the House of Commons Library classes 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Blaby and Whetstone's own coordinates (52.56856, -1.17254), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
Who runs the grid in Blaby and Whetstone
Blaby and Whetstone is served by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED): the town's centre falls inside its East Midlands licence area on NESO's boundary map.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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 Blaby and Whetstone
A heat pump in Blaby and Whetstone
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Blaby and Whetstone make about 1,050 kWh, against 3,000 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
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 Blaby and Whetstone
From April to September, 68% of a Blaby and Whetstone 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 Blaby and Whetstone
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Blaby and Whetstone as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Blaby and Whetstone solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Blaby and Whetstone?
Each kWp of panels in Blaby and Whetstone makes 993 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,320 kWh, from about 210 kWh in December up to 780 kWh in July.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Blaby and Whetstone?
£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 Blaby and Whetstone differs is output: about 6,320 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Blaby and Whetstone need approval from the network operator?
Blaby and Whetstone is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's network (East Midlands licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Blaby and Whetstone?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,379 kWh of the 6,320 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Blaby and Whetstone goes to the grid, around £645 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Blaby and Whetstone in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Blaby and Whetstone roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,050 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Blaby and Whetstone compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Blaby and Whetstone compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Blaby and Whetstone |
|---|---|---|
| Blaby and Whetstone | 993 | this town |
| Countesthorpe | 996 | +3 kWh |
| Enderby and Narborough | 990 | −3 kWh |
| Wigston | 997 | +4 kWh |
| Broughton Astley | 991 | −2 kWh |
| Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe | 990 | −3 kWh |
| Oadby | 1,005 | +12 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.
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