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Solar panels in Ipswich, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,860 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Ipswich, in numbers
PVGIS puts Ipswich at 1,079 kWh per kWp a year, 2% above our Suffolk county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 41.6 |
| February | 55.6 |
| March | 92.1 |
| April | 123 |
| May | 130 |
| June | 130 |
| July | 131 |
| August | 117 |
| September | 100 |
| October | 70.4 |
| November | 49.6 |
| December | 38 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 1,079, Ipswich is 17% above it.
How Ipswich compares
Ipswich is one of 16 Suffolk towns we track, and it ranks 3rd of 16 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 152,481 people. At 1,079 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 6.6 years on the 12p scenario: £958 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Ipswich's own yield.
Ipswich 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Ipswich's own coordinates (52.05349, 1.16162), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
The network operator for Ipswich
Ipswich sits in UK Power Networks' East England licence area, so UK Power Networks is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, UK Power Networks only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Ipswich
A heat pump in Ipswich
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Ipswich make about 240 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Ipswich comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Ipswich
Ipswich's July output, about 830 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.
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).
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Ipswich
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Ipswich as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Ipswich: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Ipswich?
About 6,860 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Ipswich: 1,079 kWh per kWp, or 2.96 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 830 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Ipswich?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Ipswich, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,860 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Ipswich, and what does it need from me?
UK Power Networks covers Ipswich. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to UK Power Networks within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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.
What could I earn from exporting in Ipswich?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Ipswich sends about 5,926 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £711. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Ipswich get in December?
December is the low point: about 240 kWh from a 12-panel system in Ipswich, on PVGIS data, rising to 830 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,180 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Ipswich compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Ipswich.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Ipswich |
|---|---|---|
| Ipswich | 1,079 | this town |
| Kesgrave | 1,090 | +11 kWh |
| Woodbridge | 1,095 | +16 kWh |
| Hadleigh | 1,072 | −7 kWh |
| Harwich | 1,092 | +13 kWh |
| Felixstowe | 1,074 | −5 kWh |
| Stowmarket | 1,056 | −23 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 Ipswich: Solar panels in Ipswich from OVO Solar & Battery
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