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Solar panels in Brixham, priced before anyone visits.
About 6,980 kWh a year from 12 panels in Brixham, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Brixham, in numbers
From 35.5 kWh per kWp in December to 137.3 in July: a roof in Brixham makes 3.9 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,098 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 39.6 |
| February | 53.9 |
| March | 93.1 |
| April | 126 |
| May | 137 |
| June | 137 |
| July | 137 |
| August | 123 |
| September | 104 |
| October | 68.6 |
| November | 44.5 |
| December | 35.5 |
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: Brixham makes 1,098 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Brixham is 19% above it.
How Brixham compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Brixham. It is one of 23 Devon towns we track, and it ranks 2nd of 23 for solar yield, a town of 17,703 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,098 kWh per kWp a year, 3.01 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £973 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £726 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 Brixham's own yield.
Planning applications here go through Torbay; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Brixham 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Brixham's own coordinates (50.39164, -3.52538), 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.
NGED and your Brixham connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Brixham is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), which runs the South West England licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means NGED is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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 Brixham
A heat pump in Brixham
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Brixham, a 12-panel system makes about 230 kWh in December and 250 kWh in January, a fraction of its 870 kWh in July, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Brixham
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Brixham make about 870 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
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 Brixham
If a system in Brixham is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Brixham
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Brixham?
Brixham averages 3.01 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,098 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,980 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Brixham?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Brixham, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,980 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Brixham, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED). 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. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Brixham?
Around £726 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 6,047 kWh a 12-panel system in Brixham exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Brixham in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Brixham: about 230 kWh from 12 panels, against 870 kWh in July. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Brixham compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Brixham.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Brixham |
|---|---|---|
| Brixham | 1,098 | this town |
| Paignton | 1,085 | −13 kWh |
| Torquay | 1,058 | −40 kWh |
| Totnes | 1,067 | −31 kWh |
| Newton Abbot | 1,051 | −47 kWh |
| Teignmouth | 1,032 | −66 kWh |
| Kingsteignton | 1,063 | −35 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
Also for Brixham: Solar panels in Brixham from OVO Solar & Battery
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Guides worth reading before your call
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
What the January price cap means for solar, and what it does not
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Read the guide →What a battery gateway actually does
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Read the guide →How time of use charging windows actually work
How a cheap overnight window is metered and billed, and what a battery does inside it.
Read the guide →How much does a heat pump cost? The 2026 numbers, before and after the grant
UK median installed cost around £12,908, before the up to £7,500 grant comes off.
Read the guide →Why the best export rates always carry conditions
The top export rates are acquisition offers. Here is how to price the condition.
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.
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