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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Croydon homes in Surrey: 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 Croydon at 1,015 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Surrey county estimate.
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What a roof in Croydon can generate
Real satellite data for Croydon, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Croydon compares
Croydon is one of 47 Surrey towns we track, and it ranks joint 45th of 47 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement classification puts it in the core city class, with a population of 407,821, which makes it one of the largest places we publish figures for. Scale changes nothing about the physics: PVGIS gives a roof here 1,015 kWh per kWp a year, 2.78 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and on the 12p scenario about £247 of the year one benefit comes from solar you use yourself, with export income adding £662.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Croydon's own yield, and at Croydon's 1,015 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.
Croydon sits within Croydon, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it as a core city.
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 Croydon generates around 6,455 kWh a year, worth around £909 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Croydon's own coordinates (51.36106, -0.08916), 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 Croydon
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Croydon: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Croydon
What could a roof in Croydon generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Croydon at 1,015 kWh per kWp a year, 2.78 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Croydon?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Croydon costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Croydon 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 Croydon before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Croydon?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,519 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £662. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Croydon homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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Read the guide →The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, explained
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Read the guide →Why the best export rates always carry conditions
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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 Croydon 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 Croydon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon | 1,015 | 2.78 | — |
| Warlingham | 1,017 | 2.79 | +2 kWh |
| Sutton | 1,015 | 2.78 | level |
| Caterham | 1,031 | 2.82 | +16 kWh |
| Banstead | 1,016 | 2.78 | +1 kWh |
| Merton | 1,022 | 2.80 | +7 kWh |
| Bromley | 1,023 | 2.80 | +8 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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