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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Bodmin homes in Cornwall: 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 Bodmin at 1,039 kWh per kWp a year, 2% above our Cornwall county estimate.
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What a roof in Bodmin can generate
Real satellite data for Bodmin, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Bodmin compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Bodmin. It is one of 14 Cornwall towns we track, and it ranks 11th of 14 for solar yield, a town of 17,575 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,039 kWh per kWp a year, 2.85 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £928 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £681 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Bodmin's own yield, and at Bodmin's 1,039 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.
Planning applications here go through Cornwall; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Bodmin 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 Bodmin generates around 6,608 kWh a year, worth around £927 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Bodmin's own coordinates (50.46812, -4.72), 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 Bodmin
If a system in Bodmin is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Bodmin
What could a roof in Bodmin generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Bodmin at 1,039 kWh per kWp a year, 2.85 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Bodmin?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Bodmin costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Bodmin 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 Bodmin before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Bodmin?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,671 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £681. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Bodmin homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Single phase or three phase? The sixty-second check that decides your system size
One look at your fuse board sets the ceiling on how much solar you can connect.
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 →Three phase and EV charging: what actually changes
Three phase buys 22kW charging. Most cars cannot use it, and load balancing usually solves the real problem.
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 →What the Smart Export Guarantee actually is
The scheme obliges suppliers to pay above zero, and leaves the rate to them.
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 →How Bodmin 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 Bodmin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bodmin | 1,039 | 2.85 | — |
| St Austell | 1,051 | 2.88 | +12 kWh |
| Liskeard | 1,042 | 2.86 | +3 kWh |
| Newquay | 1,054 | 2.89 | +15 kWh |
| Launceston | 995 | 2.73 | -44 kWh |
| Truro | 1,052 | 2.88 | +13 kWh |
| Saltash | 1,065 | 2.92 | +26 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 Bodmin: Solar panels in Bodmin from OVO Solar & Battery