Monmouthshire
Solar panels in Ebbw Vale, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Ebbw Vale makes about 6,010 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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How much a Ebbw Vale roof makes, month by month
Ebbw Vale's best month is May, at 119.2 kWh per kWp; December manages 30.4. Over the year that comes to 945 kWh per kWp, 6% below our Monmouthshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 33.2 |
| February | 47.8 |
| March | 84.8 |
| April | 110 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 115 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 101 |
| September | 89 |
| October | 57.3 |
| November | 40.3 |
| December | 30.4 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Ebbw Vale makes 945 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Ebbw Vale is 2% above it.
How Ebbw Vale compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Ebbw Vale. It is one of 16 Monmouthshire towns we track, and it ranks 16th of 16 for solar yield, a town of 18,908 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 945 kWh per kWp a year, 2.59 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £856 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £609 from export at 12p.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Ebbw Vale's own yield.
Planning applications here go through Blaenau Gwent; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Ebbw Vale 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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Modelled for Ebbw Vale at 51.78836, -3.21387 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
NGED and your Ebbw Vale connection
Ebbw Vale sits in National Grid Electricity Distribution's South Wales licence area, so NGED is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Ebbw Vale
A heat pump in Ebbw Vale
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Ebbw Vale, a 12-panel system makes about 190 kWh in December and 210 kWh in January, a fraction of its 760 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, open in England and Wales, takes £7,500 off an air source or ground source heat pump, or £2,500 off an air-to-air unit. Homes on oil or LPG with no mains gas get £1,500 more until March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale's May output, about 760 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
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 Ebbw Vale
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Ebbw Vale as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Ebbw Vale
How much electricity do solar panels make in Ebbw Vale?
About 6,010 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Ebbw Vale: 945 kWh per kWp, or 2.59 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 760 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Ebbw Vale?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Ebbw Vale, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,010 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Ebbw Vale, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Ebbw Vale. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
What could I earn from exporting in Ebbw Vale?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Ebbw Vale sends about 5,074 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £609. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Ebbw Vale get in December?
December is the low point: about 190 kWh from a 12-panel system in Ebbw Vale, on PVGIS data, rising to 760 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 960 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Ebbw Vale compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Ebbw Vale compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Ebbw Vale |
|---|---|---|
| Ebbw Vale | 945 | this town |
| Tredegar | 950 | +5 kWh |
| Abertillery | 947 | +2 kWh |
| Bargod | 985 | +40 kWh |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 942 | −3 kWh |
| Abersychan | 958 | +13 kWh |
| Blackwood | 987 | +42 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 Ebbw Vale: Solar panels in Ebbw Vale from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Ebbw Vale homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How do solar panels work? The full explanation, from photon to plug socket
Light into silicon, DC into AC, AC into your bill. The whole chain, explained.
Read the guide →What a battery gateway actually does
Without a gateway your system shuts down when the grid does. Here is what the box actually does.
Read the guide →Charging an EV from your own solar
Every surplus kWh is 3.6 to 5 miles. Whether that beats a 7p overnight rate is arithmetic.
Read the guide →How an air source heat pump actually works
It moves heat rather than making it. The cycle, the efficiency numbers and the trade-offs.
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 →HIES explained: what the badge actually protects, and when
What HIES protects: deposits up to 25 percent capped at 5,000 pounds, and your workmanship guarantee.
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