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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Gravesend homes in Kent: a free remote design call first, then an MCS-certified installation team for your area if you decide to go ahead. PVGIS puts a roof in Gravesend at 1,053 kWh per kWp a year, 2% below our Kent county estimate.
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What a roof in Gravesend can generate
Real satellite data for Gravesend, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Gravesend compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Gravesend is one of 44 Kent towns we track, and it ranks 26th of 44 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 59,048 residents, and its roofs see 2.89 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,697 kWh of generation, of which around 5,760 kWh is exported at 12p for £691 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Gravesend's own yield, and at Gravesend's 1,053 kWh per kWp it prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.
Any planning application in Gravesend sits with Gravesham, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is medium 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Gravesend generates around 6,697 kWh a year, worth around £938 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Gravesend's own coordinates (51.42867, 0.38163), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate, with the full methodology, sourcing and assumptions set out on our help page.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Gravesend
If a system in Gravesend is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Gravesend
What could a roof in Gravesend generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Gravesend at 1,053 kWh per kWp a year, 2.89 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Gravesend?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Gravesend costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Gravesend need a G99 application?
Most home solar and battery systems qualify for the simpler G98 notification, made to the network operator (DNO) after installation rather than before. A minority, usually larger systems, need the fuller G99 process instead. Your design call checks which applies in Gravesend before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Gravesend?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,760 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £691. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Gravesend homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Why your inverter is smaller than your panel array, and why that is correct
More panel capacity than inverter capacity is a deliberate design choice.
Read the guide →Sigenergy SigenStor review: the 5-in-1 tower examined
The 5-in-1 tower reviewed by a site that does not sell it, warranty arithmetic included.
Read the guide →Three phase and EV charging: what actually changes
Three phase buys 22kW charging. Most cars cannot use it, and load balancing usually solves the real problem.
Read the guide →What are the disadvantages of a heat pump? Six honest ones
Six real disadvantages, worth planning around rather than a reason to rule one out.
Read the guide →The price cap explained, and what it does to solar payback
The cap limits unit rates, not bills. That changes what solar payback means.
Read the guide →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
The badge that decides whether your solar earns export payments. It cannot be added later.
Read the guide →How Gravesend compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp | Peak sun hours | vs Gravesend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravesend | 1,053 | 2.89 | — |
| Northfleet | 1,052 | 2.88 | -1 kWh |
| Tilbury | 1,057 | 2.90 | +4 kWh |
| Chadwell St Mary | 1,057 | 2.90 | +4 kWh |
| Swanscombe | 1,041 | 2.85 | -12 kWh |
| Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley | 1,049 | 2.87 | -4 kWh |
| Grays | 1,055 | 2.89 | +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 Gravesend: Solar panels in Gravesend from OVO Solar & Battery