Sussex
Solar panels in Hastings, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 7,160 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 Hastings roof makes, month by month
Hastings' best month is July, at 142.7 kWh per kWp; December manages 37.4. Over the year that comes to 1,125 kWh per kWp, 1% below our Sussex county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 38.5 |
| February | 56.3 |
| March | 95.4 |
| April | 130 |
| May | 136 |
| June | 141 |
| July | 143 |
| August | 127 |
| September | 106 |
| October | 71.3 |
| November | 44.3 |
| December | 37.4 |
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: Hastings makes 1,125 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Hastings is 22% above it.
How Hastings compares
Hastings is one of 33 Sussex towns we track, and it ranks 23rd of 33 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 92,039 people. At 1,125 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 6.4 years on the 12p scenario: £993 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Hastings' own yield, and 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.
Hastings is its own local planning authority area, and its House of Commons Library settlement class is large 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 Hastings at 50.87066, 0.5652 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 Hastings connection
Hastings is served by UK Power Networks: the town's centre falls inside its South East England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to UK Power Networks within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Hastings
A heat pump in Hastings
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Hastings make about 240 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Hastings 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 Hastings
Hastings' July output, about 910 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.
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 Hastings
If a system in Hastings is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Hastings: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Hastings?
Hastings averages 3.08 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,125 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 7,160 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Hastings?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Hastings, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 7,160 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Hastings, 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 Hastings?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Hastings sends about 6,218 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £746. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Hastings in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Hastings: about 240 kWh from 12 panels, against 910 kWh in July. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Hastings 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 Hastings |
|---|---|---|
| Hastings | 1,125 | this town |
| Bexhill-on-Sea | 1,141 | +16 kWh |
| Hailsham | 1,158 | +33 kWh |
| Eastbourne | 1,160 | +35 kWh |
| Polegate | 1,153 | +28 kWh |
| Tenterden | 1,116 | −9 kWh |
| Heathfield | 1,110 | −15 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 Hastings: Solar panels in Hastings from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Hastings
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
G98 vs G99: the 28-day form and the eight-week wait, in plain English
One number on your quote decides between a formality and an eight week wait.
Read the guide →Adding a battery to solar panels you already own
Retrofitting a battery to working solar is straightforward. The paperwork is where people trip up.
Read the guide →What an EV charger installation actually involves
Main fuse, DNO notification, load balancing and the paperwork. What really happens.
Read the guide →Heat pump running costs versus a gas boiler, assumptions shown
Four numbers decide it: seasonal efficiency, flow temperature, tariff and heat demand.
Read the guide →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
Identical kit, five times the export income. The tariff decision worked through with August 2026 rates.
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 →Get my free quote
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