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Solar panels in Dursley, sized to your roof.
A 12-panel roof in Dursley makes about 6,300 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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What a roof in Dursley can generate
PVGIS puts Dursley at 991 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Gloucestershire 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 | 34.3 |
| February | 51.1 |
| March | 85.7 |
| April | 115 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 121 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 108 |
| September | 92.9 |
| October | 63.2 |
| November | 41.8 |
| December | 31.1 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 991 kWh per kWp in Dursley against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Dursley 7% above it.
How Dursley compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Dursley. It is one of 24 Gloucestershire towns we track, and it ranks joint 19th of 24 for solar yield, a town of 8,146 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 991 kWh per kWp a year, 2.72 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £891 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £644 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Dursley'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.
Dursley sits within Stroud, 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 Dursley's own coordinates (51.68226, -2.3525), 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 Dursley network
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Dursley is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), which runs the West Midlands licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means NGED is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Dursley
A heat pump in Dursley
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Dursley's roofs make 1,010 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 3,030 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 Dursley
A 12-panel roof in Dursley makes about 790 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 Dursley
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Dursley: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Solar in Dursley: your questions answered
What could a roof in Dursley generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Dursley at 991 kWh per kWp a year, 2.72 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,300 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Dursley?
£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 Dursley differs is output: about 6,300 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Dursley?
Usually not in advance. NGED, the network operator for Dursley, 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. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. "See our DNO explainer.
How much would export pay on a system in Dursley?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,366 kWh of the 6,300 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Dursley goes to the grid, around £644 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 Dursley?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Dursley 31.1 kWh per kWp in December and 34.3 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 200 kWh and 220 kWh in those months, against 790 kWh in July. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Dursley compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Dursley.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Dursley |
|---|---|---|
| Dursley | 991 | this town |
| Cam | 998 | +7 kWh |
| Stonehouse | 1,004 | +13 kWh |
| Stroud | 998 | +7 kWh |
| Lydney | 1,024 | +33 kWh |
| Thornbury | 1,024 | +33 kWh |
| Quedgeley and Hardwicke | 999 | +8 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
Also for Dursley: Solar panels in Dursley from OVO Solar & Battery
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