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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Ely homes in Cambridgeshire: 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 Ely at 1,029 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Cambridgeshire county estimate.
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What a roof in Ely can generate
Real satellite data for Ely, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Ely compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Ely. It is one of 11 Cambridgeshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 10th of 11 for solar yield, a town of 19,949 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,029 kWh per kWp a year, 2.82 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £920 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £673 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Ely's own yield, and at Ely's 1,029 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.
Ely sits within East Cambridgeshire, 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 Ely generates around 6,544 kWh a year, worth around £919 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Ely's own coordinates (52.40218, 0.26287), 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 Ely
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Ely: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Ely
What could a roof in Ely generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Ely at 1,029 kWh per kWp a year, 2.82 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Ely?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Ely costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Ely 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 Ely before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Ely?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,608 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £673. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Ely homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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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 →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
Identical kit, five times the export income. The tariff decision worked through with August 2026 rates.
Read the guide →How to check an MCS certificate is genuine, before the deposit leaves your account
A logo proves nothing. Certification is business specific, technology specific and checkable.
Read the guide →How Ely 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 Ely |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ely | 1,029 | 2.82 | — |
| Littleport | 1,029 | 2.82 | level |
| Soham | 1,037 | 2.84 | +8 kWh |
| Chatteris | 1,033 | 2.83 | +4 kWh |
| Mildenhall (West Suffolk) | 1,033 | 2.83 | +4 kWh |
| Newmarket | 1,032 | 2.83 | +3 kWh |
| Histon and Impington | 1,037 | 2.84 | +8 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.
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