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Solar panels in Epping, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,550 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Epping roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Epping at 1,030 kWh per kWp a year, 3% below our Essex county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 39.2 |
| February | 53.1 |
| March | 89.2 |
| April | 116 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 124 |
| July | 126 |
| August | 112 |
| September | 98 |
| October | 66.7 |
| November | 46.6 |
| December | 37 |
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: Epping makes 1,030 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Epping is 11% above it.
How Epping compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Epping. It is one of 46 Essex towns we track, and it ranks 41st of 46 for solar yield, a town of 10,915 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,030 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 £921 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £674 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Epping'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 here go through Epping Forest; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Epping 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Epping (51.69723, 0.10967), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
UK Power Networks and your Epping connection
Epping is served by UK Power Networks: the town's centre falls inside its East England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to UK Power Networks within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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 Epping
A heat pump in Epping
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Epping, a 12-panel system makes about 240 kWh in December and 250 kWh in January, a fraction of its 800 kWh in July, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Epping
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Epping make about 800 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
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 Epping
If a system in Epping is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Epping solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Epping?
Epping averages 2.82 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,030 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,550 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Epping?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Epping, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,550 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Epping, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is UK Power Networks. Most home systems use the G98 route, a notification within 28 days of switch-on for up to 3.68kW per phase, so nothing waits on the network. Above that, G99 applies and has to be granted 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. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Epping?
Around £674 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,614 kWh a 12-panel system in Epping exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Epping in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Epping: about 240 kWh from 12 panels, against 800 kWh in July. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Epping compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Epping compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Epping |
|---|---|---|
| Epping | 1,030 | this town |
| Loughton | 1,033 | +3 kWh |
| Waltham Abbey | 1,016 | −14 kWh |
| Harlow | 1,032 | +2 kWh |
| Buckhurst Hill | 1,026 | −4 kWh |
| Chigwell | 1,032 | +2 kWh |
| Waltham Cross | 1,012 | −18 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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