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Solar panels in Great Bookham and Fetcham.
Twelve panels here make about 6,510 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Great Bookham and Fetcham can generate
From 36.5 kWh per kWp in December to 126.7 in July: a roof in Great Bookham and Fetcham makes 3.5 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,024 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 38.7 |
| February | 51.4 |
| March | 87.6 |
| April | 115 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 124 |
| July | 127 |
| August | 112 |
| September | 96.4 |
| October | 66.8 |
| November | 46.4 |
| December | 36.5 |
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: Great Bookham and Fetcham makes 1,024 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Great Bookham and Fetcham is 11% above it.
How Great Bookham and Fetcham compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Great Bookham and Fetcham. It is one of 47 Surrey towns we track, and it ranks joint 24th of 47 for solar yield, a town of 21,772 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,024 kWh per kWp a year, 2.80 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £916 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £669 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 Great Bookham and Fetcham's own yield.
Great Bookham and Fetcham sits within Mole Valley, 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 Great Bookham and Fetcham (51.28306, -0.37039), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Connecting solar to the Great Bookham and Fetcham network
Great Bookham and Fetcham is served by UK Power Networks: the town's centre falls inside its South East England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for 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.
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 Great Bookham and Fetcham
A heat pump in Great Bookham and Fetcham
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Great Bookham and Fetcham's roofs make 1,100 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 3,080 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Great Bookham and Fetcham
From April to September, 68% of a Great Bookham and Fetcham roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 810 kWh in July on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
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 Great Bookham and Fetcham
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Great Bookham and Fetcham: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Great Bookham and Fetcham
What could a roof in Great Bookham and Fetcham generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Great Bookham and Fetcham at 1,024 kWh per kWp a year, 2.80 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,510 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
How much are solar panels in Great Bookham and Fetcham?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Great Bookham and Fetcham before a battery. What Great Bookham and Fetcham changes is the return, about 6,510 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Great Bookham and Fetcham?
Usually not in advance. UK Power Networks, the network operator for Great Bookham and Fetcham, 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. 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. "See our DNO explainer.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Great Bookham and Fetcham?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Great Bookham and Fetcham exports about 5,576 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £669; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Do solar panels work in winter in Great Bookham and Fetcham?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Great Bookham and Fetcham 36.5 kWh per kWp in December and 38.7 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 230 kWh and 250 kWh in those months, against 810 kWh in July. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Great Bookham and Fetcham 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 Great Bookham and Fetcham |
|---|---|---|
| Great Bookham and Fetcham | 1,024 | this town |
| Leatherhead | 1,030 | +6 kWh |
| Ashtead | 1,019 | −5 kWh |
| Cobham | 1,025 | +1 kWh |
| Dorking | 1,036 | +12 kWh |
| Epsom | 1,018 | −6 kWh |
| Byfleet | 1,024 | level |
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 Great Bookham and Fetcham: Solar panels in Great Bookham and Fetcham from OVO Solar & Battery
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DNO application timescales, network by network: from a G98 notification to a G99 approval
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