Worcestershire
Solar panels in Great Malvern, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,330 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 Great Malvern roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Great Malvern at 996 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Worcestershire 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 | 35.6 |
| February | 52.8 |
| March | 88 |
| April | 112 |
| May | 124 |
| June | 120 |
| July | 123 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 93.3 |
| October | 63 |
| November | 40.9 |
| December | 33.1 |
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 Malvern makes 996 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Great Malvern is 8% above it.
How Great Malvern compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Great Malvern is one of 13 Worcestershire towns we track, and it ranks 3rd of 13 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 34,409 residents, and its roofs see 2.73 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,335 kWh of generation, of which around 5,398 kWh is exported at 12p for £648 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
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 Malvern's own yield.
Planning applications here go through Malvern Hills; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Great Malvern as a 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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Modelled for Great Malvern at 52.11536, -2.31966 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
The network operator for Great Malvern
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) owns and runs the local electricity network in Great Malvern, as part of its West Midlands licence area.
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: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
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 Great Malvern
A heat pump in Great Malvern
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Great Malvern make about 210 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Great Malvern 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 Great Malvern
Great Malvern's May output, about 790 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 Great Malvern
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Great Malvern as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Great Malvern
How much electricity do solar panels make in Great Malvern?
About 6,330 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Great Malvern: 996 kWh per kWp, or 2.73 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 790 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Great Malvern?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Great Malvern, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,330 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Great Malvern, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Great Malvern. 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 Great Malvern?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Great Malvern sends about 5,398 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £648. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Great Malvern get in December?
December is the low point: about 210 kWh from a 12-panel system in Great Malvern, on PVGIS data, rising to 790 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,030 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Great Malvern 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 Malvern |
|---|---|---|
| Great Malvern | 996 | this town |
| Ledbury | 1,006 | +10 kWh |
| Worcester | 1,000 | +4 kWh |
| Pershore | 1,002 | +6 kWh |
| Tewkesbury | 994 | −2 kWh |
| Droitwich Spa | 993 | −3 kWh |
| Stourport-on-Severn | 990 | −6 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
Also for Great Malvern: Solar panels in Great Malvern from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Great Malvern
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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