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Solar panels in Broadstairs, sized to your roof.
A 12-panel roof in Broadstairs 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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Broadstairs' solar year
From 36.8 kWh per kWp in December to 136.6 in June: a roof in Broadstairs makes 3.7 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,105 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 39.7 |
| February | 54.5 |
| March | 95 |
| April | 130 |
| May | 136 |
| June | 137 |
| July | 137 |
| August | 120 |
| September | 104 |
| October | 69 |
| November | 46.4 |
| December | 36.8 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 1,105, Broadstairs is 19% above it.
How Broadstairs compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Broadstairs is one of 44 Kent towns we track, and it ranks 12th of 44 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 25,617 residents, and its roofs see 3.03 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 7,028 kWh of generation, of which around 6,091 kWh is exported at 12p for £731 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Broadstairs' own yield, and 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.
Thanet is the planning authority covering Broadstairs, 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Broadstairs (51.36301, 1.42613), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Broadstairs
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Broadstairs is UK Power Networks, which runs the South East England 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.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Broadstairs
A heat pump in Broadstairs
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Broadstairs make about 1,130 kWh, against 3,370 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
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 Broadstairs
A 12-panel roof in Broadstairs makes about 870 kWh in June. 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.
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Broadstairs
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Broadstairs as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Broadstairs: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Broadstairs?
Each kWp of panels in Broadstairs makes 1,105 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 7,030 kWh, from about 230 kWh in December up to 870 kWh in June.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Broadstairs?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Broadstairs differs is output: about 7,030 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Broadstairs need approval from the network operator?
Broadstairs is on UK Power Networks' network (South East England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. 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. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Broadstairs?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 6,091 kWh of the 7,030 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Broadstairs goes to the grid, around £731 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Broadstairs in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 69% of a Broadstairs roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,130 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Broadstairs 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 Broadstairs |
|---|---|---|
| Broadstairs | 1,105 | this town |
| Ramsgate | 1,125 | +20 kWh |
| Margate | 1,131 | +26 kWh |
| Deal | 1,127 | +22 kWh |
| Herne Bay | 1,111 | +6 kWh |
| Greenhill | 1,111 | +6 kWh |
| Canterbury | 1,094 | −11 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 Broadstairs: Solar panels in Broadstairs from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Broadstairs
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Microinverters, optimisers or a plain string inverter: who needs what
Shade and roof layout decide this. An honest triage of the three approaches.
Read the guide →Which battery size band does your home fall into?
Where UK homes actually land, why oversizing costs you, and what shifts the band.
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 →Sizing a heat pump: what a proper survey covers
Sized by calculation, not by rule of thumb. What the survey covers, and what guessing costs.
Read the guide →Which tariffs are actually built for battery charging
A battery buys cheap and uses dear. The tariff decides how much that is worth.
Read the guide →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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