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Solar panels in Dover, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 7,070 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Dover's solar year
PVGIS puts Dover at 1,112 kWh per kWp a year, 3% above our Kent county estimate. 69% 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 |
| February | 54.6 |
| March | 94 |
| April | 129 |
| May | 134 |
| June | 138 |
| July | 140 |
| August | 124 |
| September | 106 |
| October | 70.8 |
| November | 45.9 |
| December | 36.9 |
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 1,112, Dover is 20% above it.
How Dover compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Dover is one of 44 Kent towns we track, and it ranks 8th of 44 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 37,055 residents, and its roofs see 3.05 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 7,072 kWh of generation, of which around 6,136 kWh is exported at 12p for £736 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Dover'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.
Planning applications in Dover go to its own council, and the House of Commons Library classes it as a medium 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 Dover at 51.13257, 1.29722 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Who runs the grid in Dover
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Dover 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.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Dover
A heat pump in Dover
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Dover make about 1,120 kWh, against 3,410 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
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 Dover
A 12-panel roof in Dover makes about 890 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).
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 Dover
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Dover as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Dover solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Dover?
Each kWp of panels in Dover makes 1,112 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 7,070 kWh, from about 230 kWh in December up to 890 kWh in July.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Dover?
£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 Dover differs is output: about 7,070 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Dover need approval from the network operator?
Dover is on UK Power Networks' network (South East England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. 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. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Dover?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 6,136 kWh of the 7,070 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Dover goes to the grid, around £736 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Dover in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 69% of a Dover roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,120 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Dover compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Dover compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Dover |
|---|---|---|
| Dover | 1,112 | this town |
| Hawkinge | 1,126 | +14 kWh |
| Folkestone | 1,132 | +20 kWh |
| Deal | 1,127 | +15 kWh |
| Hythe | 1,109 | −3 kWh |
| Canterbury | 1,094 | −18 kWh |
| Ramsgate | 1,125 | +13 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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