Bedfordshire
Solar panels in Cranfield, with the numbers shown.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,480 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Cranfield can generate
PVGIS puts Cranfield at 1,019 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Bedfordshire 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 | 39.5 |
| February | 53.3 |
| March | 87.8 |
| April | 113 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 122 |
| July | 124 |
| August | 111 |
| September | 96.2 |
| October | 66.6 |
| November | 46.5 |
| December | 36.7 |
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 1,019, Cranfield is 10% above it.
How Cranfield compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Cranfield. It is one of 15 Bedfordshire towns we track, and it ranks 12th of 15 for solar yield, a town of 7,920 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,019 kWh per kWp a year, 2.79 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £912 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £665 from export at 12p.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Cranfield's own yield.
Cranfield sits within Central Bedfordshire, 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 Cranfield at 52.07152, -0.61627 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 Cranfield network
Cranfield is served by UK Power Networks: the town's centre falls inside its East England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Cranfield
A heat pump in Cranfield
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Cranfield's roofs make 1,120 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 3,050 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Cranfield
From April to September, 68% of a Cranfield roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 790 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.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Cranfield
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Cranfield: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Cranfield
What could a roof in Cranfield generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Cranfield at 1,019 kWh per kWp a year, 2.79 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,480 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
How much are solar panels in Cranfield?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Cranfield before a battery. What Cranfield changes is the return, about 6,480 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Cranfield?
Usually not in advance. UK Power Networks, the network operator for Cranfield, 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. 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. "See our DNO explainer.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Cranfield?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Cranfield exports about 5,544 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £665; 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 Cranfield?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Cranfield 36.7 kWh per kWp in December and 39.5 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 230 kWh and 250 kWh in those months, against 790 kWh in July. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Cranfield 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 Cranfield |
|---|---|---|
| Cranfield | 1,019 | this town |
| Wootton | 1,024 | +5 kWh |
| Newport Pagnell | 1,010 | −9 kWh |
| Kempston | 1,028 | +9 kWh |
| Ampthill | 1,024 | +5 kWh |
| Wixams | 1,026 | +7 kWh |
| Milton Keynes | 1,014 | −5 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 Cranfield: Solar panels in Cranfield from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Cranfield
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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