Dorset
Solar panels in Bridport, sized to your roof.
A 12-panel roof in Bridport makes about 7,030 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Bridport's solar year
Bridport's best month is July, at 137 kWh per kWp; December manages 37.1. Over the year that comes to 1,105 kWh per kWp, 2% above our Dorset county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 40.5 |
| February | 57.2 |
| March | 96.2 |
| April | 126 |
| May | 135 |
| June | 134 |
| July | 137 |
| August | 122 |
| September | 105 |
| October | 68 |
| November | 47.3 |
| December | 37.1 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,105 kWh per kWp in Bridport against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Bridport 19% above it.
How Bridport compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Bridport. It is one of 15 Dorset towns we track, and it ranks 6th of 15 for solar yield, a town of 12,486 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,105 kWh per kWp a year, 3.03 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £978 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £731 from export at 12p.
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 Bridport's own yield.
Dorset is the planning authority covering Bridport, 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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Modelled for Bridport at 50.73024, -2.75645 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Who runs the grid in Bridport
Bridport is served by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED): the town's centre falls inside its South West England 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Bridport
A heat pump in Bridport
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Bridport make about 1,160 kWh, against 3,360 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, open in England and Wales, takes £7,500 off an air source or ground source heat pump, or £2,500 off an air-to-air unit. Homes on oil or LPG with no mains gas get £1,500 more until March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Bridport
A 12-panel roof in Bridport makes about 870 kWh in July. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
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.
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Bridport
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Bridport as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in Bridport
What does a solar panel system produce in Bridport?
Each kWp of panels in Bridport makes 1,105 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 7,030 kWh, from about 240 kWh in December up to 870 kWh in July.
How much are solar panels in Bridport?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Bridport before a battery. What Bridport changes is the return, about 7,030 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Bridport need approval from the network operator?
Bridport is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's network (South West England 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 can I earn from exporting solar in Bridport?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Bridport exports about 6,091 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £731; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Bridport in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 69% of a Bridport roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,160 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Bridport 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 Bridport |
|---|---|---|
| Bridport | 1,105 | this town |
| Chard | 1,050 | −55 kWh |
| Dorchester | 1,119 | +14 kWh |
| Seaton | 1,084 | −21 kWh |
| Weymouth | 1,145 | +40 kWh |
| Yeovil | 1,041 | −64 kWh |
| Sherborne | 1,043 | −62 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 Bridport: Solar panels in Bridport from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Bridport
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