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Solar panels in Dorking, sized to your roof.
About 6,590 kWh a year from 12 panels in Dorking, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Dorking can generate
PVGIS puts Dorking at 1,036 kWh per kWp a year, 1% above our Surrey 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 | 39.2 |
| February | 52.8 |
| March | 89.3 |
| April | 117 |
| May | 124 |
| June | 126 |
| July | 128 |
| August | 113 |
| September | 96.7 |
| October | 67.4 |
| November | 46.5 |
| December | 37.3 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,036 kWh per kWp in Dorking against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Dorking 12% above it.
How Dorking compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Dorking. It is one of 47 Surrey towns we track, and it ranks 5th of 47 for solar yield, a town of 17,881 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,036 kWh per kWp a year, 2.84 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £925 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £678 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Dorking's own yield, and 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.
Dorking sits within Mole Valley, 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Dorking's own coordinates (51.2289, -0.32877), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
Connecting solar to the Dorking network
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Dorking is UK Power Networks, which runs the South East England licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Dorking
A heat pump in Dorking
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Dorking's roofs make 1,120 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 3,120 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 Dorking
A 12-panel roof in Dorking makes about 810 kWh in July. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
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).
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Dorking
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Dorking: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Solar in Dorking: your questions answered
What could a roof in Dorking generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Dorking at 1,036 kWh per kWp a year, 2.84 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,590 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Dorking?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Dorking differs is output: about 6,590 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Dorking?
Usually not in advance. UK Power Networks, the network operator for Dorking, 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 would export pay on a system in Dorking?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,652 kWh of the 6,590 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Dorking goes to the grid, around £678 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Do solar panels work in winter in Dorking?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Dorking 37.3 kWh per kWp in December and 39.2 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 240 kWh and 250 kWh in those months, against 810 kWh in July. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Dorking compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Dorking compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Dorking |
|---|---|---|
| Dorking | 1,036 | this town |
| Great Bookham and Fetcham | 1,024 | −12 kWh |
| Leatherhead | 1,030 | −6 kWh |
| Reigate | 1,040 | +4 kWh |
| Ashtead | 1,019 | −17 kWh |
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 1,019 | −17 kWh |
| Redhill | 1,033 | −3 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.
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Read the guide →The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, explained
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Read the guide →The price cap explained, and what it does to solar payback
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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.
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