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Solar panels in Great Yarmouth, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,630 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 Yarmouth roof makes, month by month
Great Yarmouth's best month is May, at 131.7 kWh per kWp; December manages 34.1. Over the year that comes to 1,042 kWh per kWp, 1% above our Norfolk county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36.5 |
| February | 51.7 |
| March | 89.9 |
| April | 124 |
| May | 132 |
| June | 128 |
| July | 127 |
| August | 115 |
| September | 98.3 |
| October | 63.8 |
| November | 42.8 |
| December | 34.1 |
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 Yarmouth makes 1,042 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Great Yarmouth is 13% above it.
How Great Yarmouth compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Great Yarmouth is one of 16 Norfolk towns we track, and it ranks 4th of 16 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 29,150 residents, and its roofs see 2.86 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,627 kWh of generation, of which around 5,690 kWh is exported at 12p for £683 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Great Yarmouth's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Great Yarmouth is its own local planning authority area, and its 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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Modelled for Great Yarmouth at 52.60468, 1.72804 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 Great Yarmouth connection
On NESO's licence-area map, Great Yarmouth is in East England, which UK Power Networks operates. That makes UK Power Networks the network operator for any system fitted here.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to UK Power Networks within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Great Yarmouth
A heat pump in Great Yarmouth
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Great Yarmouth make about 220 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Great Yarmouth comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Great Yarmouth
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Great Yarmouth make about 840 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
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.
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Great Yarmouth
If a system in Great Yarmouth is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Great Yarmouth
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Great Yarmouth?
Great Yarmouth averages 2.86 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,042 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,630 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Great Yarmouth?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Great Yarmouth, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,630 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Great Yarmouth, 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 happens to the solar I do not use in Great Yarmouth?
Around £683 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,690 kWh a 12-panel system in Great Yarmouth exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Great Yarmouth in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Great Yarmouth: about 220 kWh from 12 panels, against 840 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Great Yarmouth compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Great Yarmouth compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Great Yarmouth |
|---|---|---|
| Great Yarmouth | 1,042 | this town |
| Bradwell | 1,069 | +27 kWh |
| Gorleston-on-Sea | 1,068 | +26 kWh |
| Caister-on-Sea | 1,056 | +14 kWh |
| Lowestoft | 1,058 | +16 kWh |
| Beccles | 1,075 | +33 kWh |
| Norwich | 1,033 | −9 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.
Also for Great Yarmouth: Solar panels in Great Yarmouth from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Great Yarmouth homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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