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Solar panels in Fakenham, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Fakenham makes about 6,590 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 Fakenham roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Fakenham at 1,036 kWh per kWp a year, 1% above our Norfolk county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 38.3 |
| February | 53.9 |
| March | 92.5 |
| April | 119 |
| May | 127 |
| June | 123 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 114 |
| September | 96.9 |
| October | 66.5 |
| November | 45.6 |
| December | 34.8 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,036 kWh per kWp in Fakenham against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Fakenham 12% above it.
How Fakenham compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Fakenham. It is one of 16 Norfolk towns we track, and it ranks joint 5th of 16 for solar yield, a town of 8,558 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,036 kWh per kWp a year, 2.84 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £925 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £678 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Fakenham's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Any planning application in Fakenham sits with North Norfolk, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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 Fakenham's own coordinates (52.83406, 0.85629), 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.
UK Power Networks and your Fakenham connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Fakenham is UK Power Networks, which runs the East England licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, UK Power Networks only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Fakenham
A heat pump in Fakenham
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Fakenham, a 12-panel system makes about 220 kWh in December and 240 kWh in January, a fraction of its 810 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Fakenham
Fakenham's May output, about 810 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.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Fakenham
If a system in Fakenham is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Fakenham solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Fakenham?
Fakenham averages 2.84 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,036 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,590 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Fakenham?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Fakenham, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,590 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Fakenham, 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 could I earn from exporting in Fakenham?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Fakenham sends about 5,652 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £678. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Fakenham in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Fakenham: about 220 kWh from 12 panels, against 810 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Fakenham compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Fakenham.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Fakenham |
|---|---|---|
| Fakenham | 1,036 | this town |
| Dereham | 1,028 | −8 kWh |
| Swaffham | 1,016 | −20 kWh |
| Taverham and Drayton | 1,026 | −10 kWh |
| Watton | 1,017 | −19 kWh |
| King's Lynn | 1,027 | −9 kWh |
| Hethersett | 1,034 | −2 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 Fakenham: Solar panels in Fakenham from OVO Solar & Battery
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