Essex
Solar panels in Burnham-on-Crouch, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 7,140 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Burnham-on-Crouch's solar year
Burnham-on-Crouch's best month is July, at 136.8 kWh per kWp; December manages 39.8. Over the year that comes to 1,122 kWh per kWp, 6% above our Essex county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 41.2 |
| February | 57.1 |
| March | 95.8 |
| April | 127 |
| May | 135 |
| June | 136 |
| July | 137 |
| August | 122 |
| September | 107 |
| October | 72.9 |
| November | 52 |
| December | 39.8 |
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 1,122, Burnham-on-Crouch is 21% above it.
How Burnham-on-Crouch compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Burnham-on-Crouch. It is one of 46 Essex towns we track, and it ranks 1st of 46 for solar yield, a town of 8,350 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,122 kWh per kWp a year, 3.07 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £991 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £744 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 Burnham-on-Crouch's own yield.
Maldon is the planning authority covering Burnham-on-Crouch, 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 Burnham-on-Crouch at 51.63321, 0.81272 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 Burnham-on-Crouch
On NESO's licence-area map, Burnham-on-Crouch is in East England, which UK Power Networks operates. That makes UK Power Networks the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to UK Power Networks within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Burnham-on-Crouch
A heat pump in Burnham-on-Crouch
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Burnham-on-Crouch make about 1,210 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.
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 Burnham-on-Crouch
A 12-panel roof in Burnham-on-Crouch 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.
The calculator above includes a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed. Renters and flat owners with off-street parking can claim 75% of a chargepoint's cost, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
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 Burnham-on-Crouch
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Burnham-on-Crouch as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in Burnham-on-Crouch
What does a solar panel system produce in Burnham-on-Crouch?
Each kWp of panels in Burnham-on-Crouch makes 1,122 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 7,140 kWh, from about 250 kWh in December up to 870 kWh in July.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Burnham-on-Crouch?
£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 Burnham-on-Crouch differs is output: about 7,140 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Burnham-on-Crouch need approval from the network operator?
Burnham-on-Crouch is on UK Power Networks' network (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 Burnham-on-Crouch?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 6,199 kWh of the 7,140 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Burnham-on-Crouch goes to the grid, around £744 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 Burnham-on-Crouch in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Burnham-on-Crouch roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,210 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Burnham-on-Crouch 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 Burnham-on-Crouch |
|---|---|---|
| Burnham-on-Crouch | 1,122 | this town |
| Rochford | 1,088 | −34 kWh |
| Hockley and Hawkwell | 1,102 | −20 kWh |
| Southend-on-Sea | 1,079 | −43 kWh |
| South Woodham Ferrers | 1,088 | −34 kWh |
| Maldon | 1,086 | −36 kWh |
| Rayleigh | 1,072 | −50 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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Further reading for Burnham-on-Crouch
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