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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Cambourne homes in Cambridgeshire: 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 Cambourne at 1,036 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Cambridgeshire county estimate.
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What a roof in Cambourne can generate
Real satellite data for Cambourne, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Cambourne compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Cambourne. It is one of 11 Cambridgeshire towns we track, and it ranks 6th of 11 for solar yield, a town of 12,143 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,036 kWh per kWp a year, 2.84 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £925 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £678 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Cambourne's own yield, and at Cambourne's 1,036 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.
South Cambridgeshire is the planning authority covering Cambourne, 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Cambourne generates around 6,589 kWh a year, worth around £925 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Cambourne's own coordinates (52.21779, -0.06822), 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 Cambourne
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Cambourne as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in Cambourne
What could a roof in Cambourne generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Cambourne at 1,036 kWh per kWp a year, 2.84 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Cambourne?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Cambourne costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Cambourne 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 Cambourne before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Cambourne?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,652 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £678. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Cambourne homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Solar installation day: exactly what happens, hour by hour
The week before, the day itself hour by hour, and the paperwork that follows.
Read the guide →Inside a home battery: capacity, power and losses
Usable capacity, kW output, round trip losses and chemistry, in plain terms.
Read the guide →Home EV charger types and speeds, explained properly
Granny cable, 7kW wall unit or 22kW three phase. What each adds per hour, and which you need.
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 →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 →G98 or G99: which one applies, what the application involves, and how long it takes
The G98 line sits at 3.68kW per phase. Above it, your network operator has to say yes first.
Read the guide →How Cambourne 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 Cambourne |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambourne | 1,036 | 2.84 | — |
| Histon and Impington | 1,037 | 2.84 | +1 kWh |
| Godmanchester | 1,039 | 2.85 | +3 kWh |
| St Ives (Huntingdonshire) | 1,038 | 2.84 | +2 kWh |
| St Neots | 1,026 | 2.81 | -10 kWh |
| Cambridge | 1,037 | 2.84 | +1 kWh |
| Huntingdon | 1,039 | 2.85 | +3 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.
Also for Cambourne: Solar panels in Cambourne from OVO Solar & Battery