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Solar panels in Ilfracombe, with the numbers shown.
About 6,510 kWh a year from 12 panels in Ilfracombe, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Ilfracombe can generate
Ilfracombe's best month is May, at 133 kWh per kWp; December manages 29. Over the year that comes to 1,023 kWh per kWp, 4% above our Devon county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 31.9 |
| February | 52.6 |
| March | 93.4 |
| April | 125 |
| May | 133 |
| June | 128 |
| July | 128 |
| August | 112 |
| September | 92.7 |
| October | 60.9 |
| November | 37.8 |
| December | 29 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,023 kWh per kWp in Ilfracombe against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Ilfracombe 11% above it.
How Ilfracombe compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Ilfracombe. It is one of 23 Devon towns we track, and it ranks 18th of 23 for solar yield, a town of 9,238 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,023 kWh per kWp a year, 2.80 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £915 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £668 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Ilfracombe'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.
Ilfracombe sits within North Devon, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it 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 Ilfracombe at 51.20347, -4.123 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Connecting solar to the Ilfracombe network
On NESO's licence-area map, Ilfracombe is in South West England, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to NGED within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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 Ilfracombe
A heat pump in Ilfracombe
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Ilfracombe's roofs make 960 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 3,180 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Ilfracombe
From April to September, 70% of a Ilfracombe roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 850 kWh in May 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.
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.
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 Ilfracombe
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Ilfracombe: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Ilfracombe solar questions
What could a roof in Ilfracombe generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Ilfracombe at 1,023 kWh per kWp a year, 2.80 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,510 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Ilfracombe?
£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 Ilfracombe differs is output: about 6,510 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Ilfracombe?
Usually not in advance. NGED, the network operator for Ilfracombe, only needs a G98 notification within 28 days of commissioning for systems up to 3.68kW per phase. Bigger inverter or battery outputs need G99 approval first. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. "See our DNO explainer.
How much would export pay on a system in Ilfracombe?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,570 kWh of the 6,510 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Ilfracombe goes to the grid, around £668 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Do solar panels work in winter in Ilfracombe?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Ilfracombe 29 kWh per kWp in December and 31.9 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 180 kWh and 200 kWh in those months, against 850 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Ilfracombe compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Ilfracombe compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Ilfracombe |
|---|---|---|
| Ilfracombe | 1,023 | this town |
| Barnstaple | 1,022 | −1 kWh |
| Bideford | 1,037 | +14 kWh |
| Porthcawl | 1,059 | +36 kWh |
| Minehead | 1,026 | +3 kWh |
| North Cornelly and Kenfig Hill | 1,059 | +36 kWh |
| Port Talbot | 1,026 | +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 Ilfracombe: Solar panels in Ilfracombe from OVO Solar & Battery
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