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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Crawley homes in Sussex: 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 Crawley at 1,035 kWh per kWp a year, 9% below our Sussex county estimate.
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What a roof in Crawley can generate
Real satellite data for Crawley, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Crawley compares
Crawley is one of 33 Sussex towns we track, and it ranks 32nd of 33 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 126,260 people. At 1,035 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 6.9 years on the 12p scenario: £924 of year one benefit against £6,360 of installed hardware, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Crawley's own yield, and at Crawley's 1,035 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 Crawley sits with Crawley, 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Crawley generates around 6,583 kWh a year, worth around £924 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Crawley's own coordinates (51.11556, -0.18447), 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 Crawley
If a system in Crawley is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Crawley
What could a roof in Crawley generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Crawley at 1,035 kWh per kWp a year, 2.84 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Crawley?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Crawley costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Crawley 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 Crawley before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Crawley?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,646 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 Crawley homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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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 →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
The badge that decides whether your solar earns export payments. It cannot be added later.
Read the guide →How Crawley 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 Crawley |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawley | 1,035 | 2.84 | — |
| Horley (Reigate and Banstead) | 1,032 | 2.83 | -3 kWh |
| Horsham | 1,061 | 2.91 | +26 kWh |
| East Grinstead | 1,034 | 2.83 | -1 kWh |
| Redhill (Reigate and Banstead) | 1,033 | 2.83 | -2 kWh |
| Reigate | 1,040 | 2.85 | +5 kWh |
| Haywards Heath | 1,088 | 2.98 | +53 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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