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Solar panels in Brent, designed on a free call.
About 6,510 kWh a year from 12 panels in Brent, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Brent, in numbers
From 37.2 kWh per kWp in December to 124.8 in July: a roof in Brent makes 3.4 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,024 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 40.3 |
| February | 53.9 |
| March | 89.1 |
| April | 114 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 122 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 111 |
| September | 95.8 |
| October | 67.2 |
| November | 47.8 |
| December | 37.2 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,024 kWh per kWp in Brent against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Brent 11% above it.
How Brent compares
Brent is one of 23 Middlesex towns we track, and it ranks joint 15th of 23 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement classification puts it in the core city class, with a population of 353,867, which makes it one of the largest places we publish figures for. Scale changes nothing about the physics: PVGIS gives a roof here 1,024 kWh per kWp a year, 2.81 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and on the 12p scenario about £247 of the year one benefit comes from solar you use yourself, with export income adding £669.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Brent's own yield.
Brent is its own local planning authority area, and its House of Commons Library settlement class is core city.
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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Brent (51.55825, -0.26677), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Brent
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Brent is UK Power Networks, which runs the London licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, UK Power Networks only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds UK Power Networks as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Brent
A heat pump in Brent
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Brent, a 12-panel system makes about 240 kWh in December and 260 kWh in January, a fraction of its 790 kWh in July, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Brent
Brent's July output, about 790 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
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 Brent
If a system in Brent is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Brent: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Brent?
Brent averages 2.81 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,024 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,510 kWh, 67% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Brent?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Brent, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,510 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Brent, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is UK Power Networks. 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. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds UK Power Networks as it does every network operator. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What could I earn from exporting in Brent?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Brent sends about 5,576 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £669. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Brent in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Brent: about 240 kWh from 12 panels, against 790 kWh in July. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Brent compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Brent |
|---|---|---|
| Brent | 1,024 | this town |
| Ealing | 1,028 | +4 kWh |
| Harrow | 1,026 | +2 kWh |
| Barnet | 1,016 | −8 kWh |
| Camden | 1,026 | +2 kWh |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 1,031 | +7 kWh |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 1,026 | +2 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.
Also for Brent: Solar panels in Brent from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Brent
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Read the guide →Get my free quote
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