Hampshire
Solar panels in Freshwater and Totland.
Twelve panels here make about 7,360 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Freshwater and Totland can generate
PVGIS puts Freshwater and Totland at 1,157 kWh per kWp a year, 11% above our Hampshire county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 42.2 |
| February | 60 |
| March | 102 |
| April | 132 |
| May | 141 |
| June | 141 |
| July | 145 |
| August | 127 |
| September | 107 |
| October | 72.3 |
| November | 49.2 |
| December | 39 |
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: Freshwater and Totland makes 1,157 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Freshwater and Totland is 25% above it.
How Freshwater and Totland compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Freshwater and Totland. It is one of 45 Hampshire towns we track, and it ranks 1st of 45 for solar yield, a town of 7,524 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,157 kWh per kWp a year, 3.17 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £1,018 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £771 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Freshwater and Totland'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.
Freshwater and Totland sits within Isle of Wight, 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Freshwater and Totland (50.68156, -1.52679), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Connecting solar to the Freshwater and Totland network
Freshwater and Totland sits in Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks' Southern England licence area, so SSEN 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 SSEN within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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 Freshwater and Totland
A heat pump in Freshwater and Totland
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Freshwater and Totland's roofs make 1,210 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 3,520 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Freshwater and Totland
A 12-panel roof in Freshwater and Totland makes about 920 kWh in July. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
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 Freshwater and Totland
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Freshwater and Totland: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Freshwater and Totland solar questions
What could a roof in Freshwater and Totland generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Freshwater and Totland at 1,157 kWh per kWp a year, 3.17 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 7,360 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Freshwater and Totland?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Freshwater and Totland differs is output: about 7,360 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Freshwater and Totland?
Usually not in advance. SSEN, the network operator for Freshwater and Totland, only needs a G98 notification within 28 days of commissioning for systems up to 3.68kW per phase. Bigger inverter or battery outputs need G99 approval first. 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. "See our DNO explainer.
How much would export pay on a system in Freshwater and Totland?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 6,422 kWh of the 7,360 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Freshwater and Totland goes to the grid, around £771 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Do solar panels work in winter in Freshwater and Totland?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Freshwater and Totland 39 kWh per kWp in December and 42.2 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 250 kWh and 270 kWh in those months, against 920 kWh in July. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Freshwater and Totland compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Freshwater and Totland |
|---|---|---|
| Freshwater and Totland | 1,157 | this town |
| Lymington | 1,113 | −44 kWh |
| Ashley | 1,124 | −33 kWh |
| New Milton | 1,112 | −45 kWh |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) | 1,150 | −7 kWh |
| Christchurch | 1,118 | −39 kWh |
| Cowes | 1,125 | −32 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
Also for Freshwater and Totland: Solar panels in Freshwater and Totland from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Freshwater and Totland
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