Staffordshire
Solar panels in Brierley Hill, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,040 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Brierley Hill's solar year
PVGIS puts Brierley Hill at 949 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Staffordshire county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.4 |
| February | 49.1 |
| March | 83.5 |
| April | 107 |
| May | 117 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 103 |
| September | 89.4 |
| October | 61.2 |
| November | 40.5 |
| December | 32.3 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Brierley Hill makes 949 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Brierley Hill is 3% above it.
How Brierley Hill compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Brierley Hill is one of 44 Staffordshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 34th of 44 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 33,267 residents, and its roofs see 2.60 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,036 kWh of generation, of which around 5,099 kWh is exported at 12p for £612 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
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 Brierley Hill's own yield.
Dudley is the planning authority covering Brierley Hill, which the House of Commons Library classes as a medium 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 Brierley Hill's own coordinates (52.47623, -2.12167), 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 Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill is served by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED): the town's centre falls inside its West 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Brierley Hill
A heat pump in Brierley Hill
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Brierley Hill make about 990 kWh, against 2,870 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Brierley Hill
A 12-panel roof in Brierley Hill makes about 740 kWh in May. 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.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds 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 Brierley Hill
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Brierley Hill as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Brierley Hill: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Brierley Hill?
Each kWp of panels in Brierley Hill makes 949 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,040 kWh, from about 210 kWh in December up to 740 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Brierley Hill?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Brierley Hill before a battery. What Brierley Hill changes is the return, about 6,040 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Brierley Hill need approval from the network operator?
Brierley Hill is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's network (West 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 can I earn from exporting solar in Brierley Hill?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Brierley Hill exports about 5,099 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £612; 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 Brierley Hill in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Brierley Hill roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 990 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Brierley Hill compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Brierley Hill compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Brierley Hill |
|---|---|---|
| Brierley Hill | 949 | this town |
| Stourbridge | 949 | level |
| Kingswinford | 949 | level |
| Dudley | 956 | +7 kWh |
| Cradley Heath | 947 | −2 kWh |
| Halesowen | 957 | +8 kWh |
| Rowley Regis | 965 | +16 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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