Suffolk
Solar panels in Gorleston-on-Sea, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,790 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 Gorleston-on-Sea roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Gorleston-on-Sea at 1,068 kWh per kWp a year, 1% above our Suffolk county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 38.8 |
| February | 54 |
| March | 92.3 |
| April | 126 |
| May | 134 |
| June | 130 |
| July | 129 |
| August | 117 |
| September | 101 |
| October | 66.2 |
| November | 45 |
| December | 35.9 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 1,068, Gorleston-on-Sea is 15% above it.
How Gorleston-on-Sea compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Gorleston-on-Sea. It is one of 16 Suffolk towns we track, and it ranks 8th of 16 for solar yield, a town of 24,424 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,068 kWh per kWp a year, 2.93 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £950 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £703 from export at 12p.
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 Gorleston-on-Sea's own yield.
Any planning application in Gorleston-on-Sea sits with Great Yarmouth, 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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Modelled for Gorleston-on-Sea at 52.57054, 1.72005 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
UK Power Networks and your Gorleston-on-Sea connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Gorleston-on-Sea is UK Power Networks, which runs the East 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 UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Gorleston-on-Sea
A heat pump in Gorleston-on-Sea
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Gorleston-on-Sea, a 12-panel system makes about 230 kWh in December and 250 kWh in January, a fraction of its 850 kWh in May, 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 Gorleston-on-Sea
Gorleston-on-Sea's May output, about 850 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.
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 Gorleston-on-Sea
If a system in Gorleston-on-Sea is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Gorleston-on-Sea
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Gorleston-on-Sea?
Gorleston-on-Sea averages 2.93 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,068 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,790 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Gorleston-on-Sea?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Gorleston-on-Sea, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,790 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Gorleston-on-Sea, 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 Gorleston-on-Sea?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Gorleston-on-Sea sends about 5,856 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £703. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Gorleston-on-Sea in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Gorleston-on-Sea: about 230 kWh from 12 panels, against 850 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Gorleston-on-Sea compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Gorleston-on-Sea compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Gorleston-on-Sea |
|---|---|---|
| Gorleston-on-Sea | 1,068 | this town |
| Bradwell | 1,069 | +1 kWh |
| Great Yarmouth | 1,042 | −26 kWh |
| Caister-on-Sea | 1,056 | −12 kWh |
| Lowestoft | 1,058 | −10 kWh |
| Beccles | 1,075 | +7 kWh |
| Norwich | 1,033 | −35 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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