Gloucestershire
Solar panels in Gloucester, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,230 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Gloucester, in numbers
From 32.3 kWh per kWp in December to 122.6 in July: a roof in Gloucester makes 3.8 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 980 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 35.9 |
| February | 51 |
| March | 84.5 |
| April | 113 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 120 |
| July | 123 |
| August | 106 |
| September | 91.4 |
| October | 61.5 |
| November | 41.9 |
| December | 32.3 |
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: Gloucester makes 980 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Gloucester is 6% above it.
How Gloucester compares
Gloucester is one of 24 Gloucestershire towns we track, and it ranks 24th of 24 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 124,566 people. At 980 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.2 years on the 12p scenario: £882 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Gloucester's own yield.
Gloucester is its own local planning authority area, and its House of Commons Library settlement class is 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Gloucester's own coordinates (51.85309, -2.22923), 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.
The network operator for Gloucester
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) owns and runs the local electricity network in Gloucester, as part of its West Midlands licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means NGED is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Gloucester
A heat pump in Gloucester
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Gloucester make about 210 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Gloucester comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
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 Gloucester
Gloucester's July output, about 780 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.
If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices 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 Gloucester
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Gloucester as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Gloucester: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Gloucester?
About 6,230 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Gloucester: 980 kWh per kWp, or 2.69 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 780 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Gloucester?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Gloucester, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,230 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Gloucester, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Gloucester. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
What could I earn from exporting in Gloucester?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Gloucester sends about 5,296 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £636. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Gloucester get in December?
December is the low point: about 210 kWh from a 12-panel system in Gloucester, on PVGIS data, rising to 780 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,020 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Gloucester compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Gloucester compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Gloucester |
|---|---|---|
| Gloucester | 980 | this town |
| Brockworth | 990 | +10 kWh |
| Innsworth | 983 | +3 kWh |
| Quedgeley and Hardwicke | 999 | +19 kWh |
| Cheltenham | 991 | +11 kWh |
| Stroud | 998 | +18 kWh |
| Stonehouse | 1,004 | +24 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.
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