Hampshire
Solar panels in Farnborough, priced before anyone visits.
About 6,500 kWh a year from 12 panels in Farnborough, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Farnborough, in numbers
Farnborough's best month is July, at 125.3 kWh per kWp; December manages 36.9. Over the year that comes to 1,022 kWh per kWp, 2% below our Hampshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 40.3 |
| February | 53 |
| March | 87.5 |
| April | 115 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 124 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 111 |
| September | 95.6 |
| October | 66.2 |
| November | 46.2 |
| December | 36.9 |
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: Farnborough makes 1,022 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Farnborough is 10% above it.
How Farnborough compares
Farnborough is one of 45 Hampshire towns we track, and it ranks 43rd of 45 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 63,123 people. At 1,022 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.0 years on the 12p scenario: £914 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Farnborough'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.
Planning applications here go through Rushmoor; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Farnborough as a large 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 Farnborough at 51.29062, -0.76593 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
SSEN and your Farnborough connection
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) owns and runs the local electricity network in Farnborough, as part of its Southern England licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means SSEN is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); SSEN, micro-generation connections page, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Farnborough
A heat pump in Farnborough
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Farnborough make about 230 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Farnborough comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
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 Farnborough
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Farnborough 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).
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 Farnborough
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Farnborough as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Farnborough solar questions
How much electricity do solar panels make in Farnborough?
About 6,500 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Farnborough: 1,022 kWh per kWp, or 2.80 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 800 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Farnborough?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Farnborough, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,500 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Farnborough, and what does it need from me?
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) covers Farnborough. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to SSEN within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Farnborough?
Around £668 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,563 kWh a 12-panel system in Farnborough exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Farnborough get in December?
December is the low point: about 230 kWh from a 12-panel system in Farnborough, on PVGIS data, rising to 800 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,120 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Farnborough compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Farnborough compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Farnborough |
|---|---|---|
| Farnborough | 1,022 | this town |
| Frimley | 1,018 | −4 kWh |
| Ash and Ash Vale | 1,024 | +2 kWh |
| Aldershot | 1,021 | −1 kWh |
| Camberley | 1,019 | −3 kWh |
| Fleet | 1,023 | +1 kWh |
| Weybourne | 1,020 | −2 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 Farnborough: Solar panels in Farnborough from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Farnborough homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
DNO application timescales, network by network: from a G98 notification to a G99 approval
Fit and notify within 28 days, or wait ten working days to 45 for a yes. System size decides which.
Read the guide →Does a standalone battery actually pay back?
No panels means one job: buy cheap, use later. The tariff decides whether it pays.
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 much does a heat pump cost? The 2026 numbers, before and after the grant
UK median installed cost around £12,908, before the up to £7,500 grant comes off.
Read the guide →EV tariffs compared: the cheapest overnight windows
Overnight rates of 6.99p to 9p against a 26.32p capped average, compared.
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.
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