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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Blackwood homes in Monmouthshire: a free remote design call first, then an MCS-certified installation team for your area if you decide to go ahead. PVGIS puts a roof in Blackwood at 987 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Monmouthshire county estimate.
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What a roof in Blackwood can generate
Real satellite data for Blackwood, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Blackwood compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Blackwood. It is one of 16 Monmouthshire towns we track, and it ranks 10th of 16 for solar yield, a town of 12,627 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.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Blackwood's own yield, and at Blackwood's 987 kWh per kWp it 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.
Caerphilly is the planning authority covering Blackwood, 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Blackwood generates around 6,277 kWh a year, worth around £887 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Blackwood's own coordinates (51.66809, -3.2013), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate, with the full methodology, sourcing and assumptions set out on our help page.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Blackwood
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Blackwood as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in Blackwood
What could a roof in Blackwood generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Blackwood at 987 kWh per kWp a year, 2.70 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Blackwood?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Blackwood costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Blackwood need a G99 application?
Most home solar and battery systems qualify for the simpler G98 notification, made to the network operator (DNO) after installation rather than before. A minority, usually larger systems, need the fuller G99 process instead. Your design call checks which applies in Blackwood before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Blackwood?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,341 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £641. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Blackwood homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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Read the guide →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
The badge that decides whether your solar earns export payments. It cannot be added later.
Read the guide →How Blackwood compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp | Peak sun hours | vs Blackwood |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwood | 987 | 2.70 | — |
| Pontllanfraith | 988 | 2.71 | +1 kWh |
| Bargod | 985 | 2.70 | -2 kWh |
| Ystrad Mynach | 991 | 2.71 | +4 kWh |
| Newbridge | 999 | 2.74 | +12 kWh |
| Abertillery | 947 | 2.59 | -40 kWh |
| Risca | 991 | 2.71 | +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.
Also for Blackwood: Solar panels in Blackwood from OVO Solar & Battery