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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Dorking 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 Dorking at 1,036 kWh per kWp a year, 1% above our Surrey county estimate.
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What a roof in Dorking can generate
Real satellite data for Dorking, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
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, defaulted to Dorking's own yield, and at Dorking's 1,036 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.
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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Dorking generates around 6,589 kWh a year, worth around £925 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
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, with the full methodology, sourcing and assumptions set out on our help page.
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.
Common questions about solar in Dorking
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.
What does a typical solar system cost in Dorking?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Dorking costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Dorking 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 Dorking before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Dorking?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,652 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 Dorking homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Do solar panels work in winter? Yes, just less than summer
Panels run on light, not sunshine. Cloud turns them down, not off. What that means for an awkward roof.
Read the guide →Which battery size band does your home fall into?
Where UK homes actually land, why oversizing costs you, and what shifts the band.
Read the guide →Home EV charger types and speeds, explained properly
Granny cable, 7kW wall unit or 22kW three phase. What each adds per hour, and which you need.
Read the guide →The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, explained
A fixed amount, claimed by your installation team, with a real deadline on the £9,000 version.
Read the guide →What the Smart Export Guarantee actually is
The scheme obliges suppliers to pay above zero, and leaves the rate to them.
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 Dorking 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 Dorking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorking | 1,036 | 2.84 | — |
| Great Bookham and Fetcham | 1,024 | 2.80 | -12 kWh |
| Leatherhead | 1,030 | 2.82 | -6 kWh |
| Reigate | 1,040 | 2.85 | +4 kWh |
| Ashtead | 1,019 | 2.79 | -17 kWh |
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 1,019 | 2.79 | -17 kWh |
| Redhill (Reigate and Banstead) | 1,033 | 2.83 | -3 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.
Also for Dorking: Solar panels in Dorking from OVO Solar & Battery