Worcestershire
Solar panels in Catshill, with the numbers shown.
A 12-panel roof in Catshill makes about 6,160 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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What a roof in Catshill can generate
PVGIS puts Catshill at 969 kWh per kWp a year, 3% below our Worcestershire county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 35.5 |
| February | 51 |
| March | 85.3 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 118 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 90.1 |
| October | 62.2 |
| November | 41.6 |
| December | 33.2 |
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 969, Catshill is 5% above it.
How Catshill compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Catshill. It is one of 13 Worcestershire towns we track, and it ranks 10th of 13 for solar yield, a town of 10,190 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 969 kWh per kWp a year, 2.65 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £874 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £627 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Catshill'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.
Catshill sits within Bromsgrove, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it 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 Catshill at 52.36283, -2.04858 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Connecting solar to the Catshill network
On NESO's licence-area map, Catshill 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.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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 Catshill
A heat pump in Catshill
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Catshill's roofs make 1,030 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,930 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Catshill
From April to September, 68% of a Catshill roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 760 kWh in July on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
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).
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Catshill
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Catshill: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Catshill solar questions
What could a roof in Catshill generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Catshill at 969 kWh per kWp a year, 2.65 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,160 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
How much are solar panels in Catshill?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Catshill before a battery. What Catshill changes is the return, about 6,160 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Catshill?
Usually not in advance. NGED, the network operator for Catshill, only needs a G98 notification within 28 days of commissioning for systems up to 3.68kW per phase. Bigger inverter or battery outputs need G99 approval first. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. "See our DNO explainer.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Catshill?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Catshill exports about 5,226 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £627; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Do solar panels work in winter in Catshill?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Catshill 33.2 kWh per kWp in December and 35.5 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 210 kWh and 230 kWh in those months, against 760 kWh in July. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Catshill 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 Catshill |
|---|---|---|
| Catshill | 969 | this town |
| Bromsgrove | 988 | +19 kWh |
| Halesowen | 957 | −12 kWh |
| Redditch | 996 | +27 kWh |
| Stourbridge | 949 | −20 kWh |
| Cradley Heath | 947 | −22 kWh |
| Droitwich Spa | 993 | +24 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
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Further reading for Catshill
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How do solar panels work? The full explanation, from photon to plug socket
Light into silicon, DC into AC, AC into your bill. The whole chain, explained.
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 →What an EV charger installation actually involves
Main fuse, DNO notification, load balancing and the paperwork. What really happens.
Read the guide →The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, explained
A fixed amount, claimed on your behalf by our installation teams, with a real deadline on the £9,000 version.
Read the guide →The price cap explained, and what it does to solar payback
The cap limits unit rates, not bills. That changes what solar payback means.
Read the guide →MCS, HIES, RECC, NAPIT, TrustMark and Flexi-Orb: which badge does what
Six logos, six different jobs. What each scheme covers, and which are actually required.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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