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Solar panels in Caister-on-Sea, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Caister-on-Sea makes about 6,720 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Caister-on-Sea, in numbers
PVGIS puts Caister-on-Sea at 1,056 kWh per kWp a year, 3% above our Norfolk county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 37 |
| February | 52.6 |
| March | 92.1 |
| April | 125 |
| May | 133 |
| June | 129 |
| July | 128 |
| August | 117 |
| September | 99.4 |
| October | 65.2 |
| November | 43.4 |
| December | 34.9 |
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 1,056, Caister-on-Sea is 14% above it.
How Caister-on-Sea compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Caister-on-Sea. It is one of 16 Norfolk towns we track, and it ranks 1st of 16 for solar yield, a town of 8,904 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,056 kWh per kWp a year, 2.89 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £941 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £694 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Caister-on-Sea's 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.
Planning applications here go through Great Yarmouth; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Caister-on-Sea 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 Caister-on-Sea's own coordinates (52.65215, 1.72297), 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.
The network operator for Caister-on-Sea
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Caister-on-Sea is UK Power Networks, which runs the East 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 UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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 Caister-on-Sea
A heat pump in Caister-on-Sea
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Caister-on-Sea, a 12-panel system makes about 220 kWh in December and 240 kWh in January, a fraction of its 840 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Caister-on-Sea
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Caister-on-Sea make about 840 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.
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).
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 Caister-on-Sea
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Caister-on-Sea as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Caister-on-Sea: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Caister-on-Sea?
About 6,720 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Caister-on-Sea: 1,056 kWh per kWp, or 2.89 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 840 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Caister-on-Sea?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Caister-on-Sea, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,720 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Caister-on-Sea, and what does it need from me?
UK Power Networks covers Caister-on-Sea. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to UK Power Networks within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Caister-on-Sea?
Around £694 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,779 kWh a 12-panel system in Caister-on-Sea exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Caister-on-Sea get in December?
December is the low point: about 220 kWh from a 12-panel system in Caister-on-Sea, on PVGIS data, rising to 840 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,070 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Caister-on-Sea compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Caister-on-Sea compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Caister-on-Sea |
|---|---|---|
| Caister-on-Sea | 1,056 | this town |
| Great Yarmouth | 1,042 | −14 kWh |
| Bradwell | 1,069 | +13 kWh |
| Gorleston-on-Sea | 1,068 | +12 kWh |
| Lowestoft | 1,058 | +2 kWh |
| Beccles | 1,075 | +19 kWh |
| North Walsham | 1,050 | −6 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 Caister-on-Sea: Solar panels in Caister-on-Sea from OVO Solar & Battery
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