Kent
Solar panels in Hawkinge, with the numbers shown.
About 7,160 kWh a year from 12 panels in Hawkinge, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Hawkinge's solar year
PVGIS puts Hawkinge at 1,126 kWh per kWp a year, 5% above our Kent county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 39.6 |
| February | 55.6 |
| March | 95.8 |
| April | 130 |
| May | 135 |
| June | 140 |
| July | 142 |
| August | 124 |
| September | 106 |
| October | 71.5 |
| November | 47.1 |
| December | 38.9 |
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: Hawkinge makes 1,126 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Hawkinge is 22% above it.
How Hawkinge compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Hawkinge. It is one of 44 Kent towns we track, and it ranks 4th of 44 for solar yield, a town of 7,934 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,126 kWh per kWp a year, 3.09 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £994 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £747 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Hawkinge's 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.
Folkestone and Hythe is the planning authority covering Hawkinge, which the House of Commons Library classes 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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Modelled for Hawkinge at 51.11419, 1.1622 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Who runs the grid in Hawkinge
On NESO's licence-area map, Hawkinge is in South 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.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Hawkinge
A heat pump in Hawkinge
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Hawkinge make about 1,150 kWh, against 3,440 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more 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 Hawkinge
From April to September, 69% of a Hawkinge roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 900 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).
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 Hawkinge
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Hawkinge as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Hawkinge: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Hawkinge?
Each kWp of panels in Hawkinge makes 1,126 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 7,160 kWh, from about 250 kWh in December up to 900 kWh in July.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Hawkinge?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Hawkinge differs is output: about 7,160 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Hawkinge need approval from the network operator?
Hawkinge is on UK Power Networks' network (South East England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. 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. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Hawkinge?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 6,225 kWh of the 7,160 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Hawkinge goes to the grid, around £747 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Hawkinge in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 69% of a Hawkinge roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,150 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Hawkinge 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 Hawkinge |
|---|---|---|
| Hawkinge | 1,126 | this town |
| Folkestone | 1,132 | +6 kWh |
| Hythe | 1,109 | −17 kWh |
| Dover | 1,112 | −14 kWh |
| Canterbury | 1,094 | −32 kWh |
| Deal | 1,127 | +1 kWh |
| Ashford | 1,120 | −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 Hawkinge: Solar panels in Hawkinge from OVO Solar & Battery
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