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Solar panels in Kidlington, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Kidlington makes about 6,450 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 Kidlington roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Kidlington at 1,014 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Oxfordshire county estimate. 67% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 40.6 |
| February | 54.3 |
| March | 87.7 |
| April | 113 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 121 |
| July | 124 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 94.5 |
| October | 66.2 |
| November | 46.7 |
| December | 36 |
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: Kidlington makes 1,014 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Kidlington is 10% above it.
How Kidlington compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Kidlington. It is one of 10 Oxfordshire towns we track, and it ranks 7th of 10 for solar yield, a town of 15,222 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,014 kWh per kWp a year, 2.78 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £908 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £661 from export at 12p.
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 Kidlington's own yield.
Any planning application in Kidlington sits with Cherwell, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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 Kidlington at 51.82685, -1.29855 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
The network operator for Kidlington
Kidlington sits in Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks' Southern England licence area, so SSEN 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, SSEN only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); SSEN, micro-generation connections page, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Kidlington
A heat pump in Kidlington
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Kidlington, a 12-panel system makes about 230 kWh in December and 260 kWh in January, a fraction of its 790 kWh in July, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Kidlington
Kidlington's July output, about 790 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).
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 Kidlington
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Kidlington as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Kidlington
How much electricity do solar panels make in Kidlington?
About 6,450 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Kidlington: 1,014 kWh per kWp, or 2.78 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 790 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Kidlington?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Kidlington, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,450 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Kidlington, and what does it need from me?
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) covers Kidlington. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to SSEN within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
What could I earn from exporting in Kidlington?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Kidlington sends about 5,512 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £661. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Kidlington get in December?
December is the low point: about 230 kWh from a 12-panel system in Kidlington, on PVGIS data, rising to 790 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,130 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Kidlington 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 Kidlington |
|---|---|---|
| Kidlington | 1,014 | this town |
| Oxford | 1,022 | +8 kWh |
| Bicester | 1,020 | +6 kWh |
| Witney | 1,025 | +11 kWh |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 1,027 | +13 kWh |
| Carterton | 1,028 | +14 kWh |
| Thame | 1,009 | −5 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
Also for Kidlington: Solar panels in Kidlington from OVO Solar & Battery
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