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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Brighton and Hove homes in Sussex: 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 Brighton and Hove at 1,159 kWh per kWp a year, 2% above our Sussex county estimate.
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What a roof in Brighton and Hove can generate
Real satellite data for Brighton and Hove, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Brighton and Hove compares
Brighton and Hove is classed as a city in the House of Commons Library settlement data, home to 283,870 people. It is one of 33 Sussex towns we track, and it ranks 6th of 33 for solar yield. Its 1,159 kWh per kWp a year works out at 3.18 peak sun hours a day, and running the standard 12 panel model here splits the return into £247 of savings from generation you use yourself and £772 of export income at 12p, with about 6,435 kWh a year going to the grid.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Brighton and Hove's own yield, and at Brighton and Hove's 1,159 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.
Brighton and Hove is the planning authority covering Brighton and Hove, which the House of Commons Library classes as a 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Brighton and Hove generates around 7,371 kWh a year, worth around £1,019 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Brighton and Hove's own coordinates (50.83886, -0.14058), 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 Brighton and Hove
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Brighton and Hove as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in Brighton and Hove
What could a roof in Brighton and Hove generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Brighton and Hove at 1,159 kWh per kWp a year, 3.18 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Brighton and Hove?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Brighton and Hove costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Brighton and Hove 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 Brighton and Hove before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Brighton and Hove?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 6,435 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £772. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Brighton and Hove homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How to clean solar panels, and whether you need to at all
Cleaning is oversold and pigeon mesh is undersold. The numbers behind both.
Read the guide →How much a battery saves by charging on cheap night rates
What charging at 8p and using at 26.11p is actually worth over a year.
Read the guide →How solar aware EV charging actually works
The CT clamp, the surplus tracking and the 1.4kW floor that catches people out.
Read the guide →The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, explained
A fixed amount, claimed by your installation team, with a real deadline on the £9,000 version.
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 →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 Brighton and Hove 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 Brighton and Hove |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton and Hove | 1,159 | 3.18 | — |
| Southwick (Adur) | 1,146 | 3.14 | -13 kWh |
| Shoreham-by-Sea | 1,145 | 3.14 | -14 kWh |
| Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint | 1,134 | 3.11 | -25 kWh |
| Lewes | 1,177 | 3.22 | +18 kWh |
| Peacehaven | 1,158 | 3.17 | -1 kWh |
| Lancing and Sompting | 1,144 | 3.14 | -15 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 Brighton and Hove: Solar panels in Brighton and Hove from OVO Solar & Battery