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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Caernarfon homes in Caernarfonshire: 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 Caernarfon at 891 kWh per kWp a year, 23% above our Caernarfonshire county estimate.
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What a roof in Caernarfon can generate
Real satellite data for Caernarfon, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Caernarfon compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Caernarfon. It is one of 4 Caernarfonshire towns we track, and it ranks 3rd of 4 for solar yield, a town of 10,299 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 891 kWh per kWp a year, 2.44 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £815 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £568 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Caernarfon's own yield, and at Caernarfon's 891 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.
Any planning application in Caernarfon sits with Gwynedd, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Caernarfon generates around 5,667 kWh a year, worth around £814 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Caernarfon's own coordinates (53.14152, -4.2618), 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 Caernarfon
If a system in Caernarfon is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Caernarfon
What could a roof in Caernarfon generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Caernarfon at 891 kWh per kWp a year, 2.44 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Caernarfon?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Caernarfon costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Caernarfon 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 Caernarfon before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Caernarfon?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 4,730 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £568. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Read the guide →How Caernarfon 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 Caernarfon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caernarfon | 891 | 2.44 | — |
| Bangor | 808 | 2.21 | -83 kWh |
| Holyhead | 1,074 | 2.94 | +183 kWh |
| Conwy | 933 | 2.56 | +42 kWh |
| Llandudno | 966 | 2.65 | +75 kWh |
| Colwyn Bay | 933 | 2.56 | +42 kWh |
| Abergele | 950 | 2.60 | +59 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.
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