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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Cradley Heath homes in Staffordshire: 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 Cradley Heath at 947 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Staffordshire county estimate.
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What a roof in Cradley Heath can generate
Real satellite data for Cradley Heath, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Cradley Heath compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Cradley Heath. It is one of 44 Staffordshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 38th of 44 for solar yield, a town of 19,676 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 947 kWh per kWp a year, 2.60 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £857 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £610 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Cradley Heath's own yield, and at Cradley Heath's 947 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 Cradley Heath sits with Sandwell, 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 Cradley Heath generates around 6,023 kWh a year, worth around £857 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Cradley Heath's own coordinates (52.47201, -2.06788), 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 Cradley Heath
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Cradley Heath as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Cradley Heath
What could a roof in Cradley Heath generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Cradley Heath at 947 kWh per kWp a year, 2.60 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Cradley Heath?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Cradley Heath costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Cradley Heath 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 Cradley Heath before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Cradley Heath?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,086 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £610. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Cradley Heath homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Best solar panels UK 2026: what the datasheets actually say
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Read the guide →How solar aware EV charging actually works
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Read the guide →Which homes suit a heat pump, and which need work first
The trial data says no property type is unsuitable. Design quality decides the outcome.
Read the guide →Why the best export rates always carry conditions
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Read the guide →Your MCS certificate: what it shows, when it arrives, and how a Smart Export Guarantee supplier uses it
The document your export payments hang on. Who issues it, what it shows, and how to get a copy.
Read the guide →How Cradley Heath 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 Cradley Heath |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cradley Heath | 947 | 2.60 | — |
| Halesowen | 957 | 2.62 | +10 kWh |
| Rowley Regis | 965 | 2.64 | +18 kWh |
| Brierley Hill | 949 | 2.60 | +2 kWh |
| Dudley | 956 | 2.62 | +9 kWh |
| Oldbury (Sandwell) | 965 | 2.64 | +18 kWh |
| Stourbridge | 949 | 2.60 | +2 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.