Herefordshire
Solar panels in Hereford, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Hereford makes about 6,320 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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How much a Hereford roof makes, month by month
Hereford's best month is May, at 122.7 kWh per kWp; December manages 33.6. Over the year that comes to 994 kWh per kWp, level with our Herefordshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36.3 |
| February | 53.2 |
| March | 87.4 |
| April | 112 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 121 |
| July | 122 |
| August | 108 |
| September | 93.4 |
| October | 63 |
| November | 41.4 |
| December | 33.6 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 994 kWh per kWp in Hereford against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Hereford 7% above it.
How Hereford compares
Hereford is one of 4 Herefordshire towns we track, and it ranks 2nd of 4 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 60,977 people. At 994 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.1 years on the 12p scenario: £893 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 Hereford'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.
Planning applications here go through County of Herefordshire; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Hereford as a 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Hereford (52.05567, -2.71493), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
NGED and your Hereford connection
Hereford sits in National Grid Electricity Distribution's West Midlands licence area, so NGED is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Hereford
A heat pump in Hereford
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Hereford make about 210 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Hereford comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, open in England and Wales, takes £7,500 off an air source or ground source heat pump, or £2,500 off an air-to-air unit. Homes on oil or LPG with no mains gas get £1,500 more until March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Hereford
Hereford's May output, about 780 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 Hereford
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Hereford as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Hereford: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Hereford?
About 6,320 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Hereford: 994 kWh per kWp, or 2.72 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 780 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Hereford?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Hereford, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,320 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Hereford, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Hereford. 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 Hereford?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Hereford sends about 5,385 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £646. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Hereford get in December?
December is the low point: about 210 kWh from a 12-panel system in Hereford, on PVGIS data, rising to 780 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,050 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Hereford compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Hereford.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Hereford |
|---|---|---|
| Hereford | 994 | this town |
| Ross-on-Wye | 981 | −13 kWh |
| Leominster | 984 | −10 kWh |
| Ledbury | 1,006 | +12 kWh |
| Monmouth | 983 | −11 kWh |
| Great Malvern | 996 | +2 kWh |
| Cinderford | 997 | +3 kWh |
PVGIS v5.2 for each town centroid, identical assumptions throughout. A few kWh either way is weather-year noise; a spread beyond about 30 kWh per kWp is real geography.
Also for Hereford: Solar panels in Hereford from OVO Solar & Battery
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