Staffordshire
Solar panels in Cannock, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,070 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Cannock roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Cannock at 954 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Staffordshire county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.6 |
| February | 50.4 |
| March | 84 |
| April | 107 |
| May | 118 |
| June | 114 |
| July | 118 |
| August | 104 |
| September | 88.9 |
| October | 60.4 |
| November | 41.9 |
| December | 33.6 |
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 954, Cannock is 3% above it.
How Cannock compares
Cannock is one of 44 Staffordshire towns we track, and it ranks 28th of 44 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 65,259 people. At 954 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.4 years on the 12p scenario: £862 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Cannock's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Any planning application in Cannock sits with Cannock Chase, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is large 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 Cannock (52.69681, -2.01578), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Cannock
On NESO's licence-area map, Cannock is in West Midlands, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED the network operator for any system fitted here.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Cannock
A heat pump in Cannock
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Cannock make about 210 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Cannock comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Cannock
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Cannock make about 750 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 Cannock
If a system in Cannock is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Cannock
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Cannock?
Cannock averages 2.61 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 954 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,070 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Cannock?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Cannock, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,070 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Cannock, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED). Most home systems use the G98 route, a notification within 28 days of switch-on for up to 3.68kW per phase, so nothing waits on the network. Above that, G99 applies and has to be granted first. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Cannock?
Around £616 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,131 kWh a 12-panel system in Cannock exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Cannock in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Cannock: about 210 kWh from 12 panels, against 750 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Cannock compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Cannock.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Cannock |
|---|---|---|
| Cannock | 954 | this town |
| Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay | 953 | −1 kWh |
| Norton Canes | 957 | +3 kWh |
| Burntwood | 960 | +6 kWh |
| Penkridge | 959 | +5 kWh |
| Pelsall | 958 | +4 kWh |
| Brownhills | 957 | +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.
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