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Solar panels in Kings Hill, with the numbers shown.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,740 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Kings Hill can generate
From 38.5 kWh per kWp in December to 130.1 in July: a roof in Kings Hill makes 3.4 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,059 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 39.2 |
| February | 52.9 |
| March | 89.9 |
| April | 119 |
| May | 127 |
| June | 128 |
| July | 130 |
| August | 115 |
| September | 100 |
| October | 69.9 |
| November | 48.8 |
| December | 38.5 |
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: Kings Hill makes 1,059 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Kings Hill is 14% above it.
How Kings Hill compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Kings Hill. It is one of 44 Kent towns we track, and it ranks joint 20th of 44 for solar yield, a town of 10,623 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,059 kWh per kWp a year, 2.90 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £943 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £696 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Kings Hill'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.
Kings Hill sits within Tonbridge and Malling, 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 Kings Hill at 51.27229, 0.40731 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 Kings Hill network
UK Power Networks owns and runs the local electricity network in Kings Hill, as part of its South East England licence area.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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 Kings Hill
A heat pump in Kings Hill
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Kings Hill's roofs make 1,140 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 Kings Hill
From April to September, 68% of a Kings Hill roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 830 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.
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 Kings Hill
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Kings Hill: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Kings Hill solar questions
What could a roof in Kings Hill generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Kings Hill at 1,059 kWh per kWp a year, 2.90 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,740 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Kings Hill?
£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 Kings Hill differs is output: about 6,740 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Kings Hill?
Usually not in advance. UK Power Networks, the network operator for Kings Hill, 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. 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. "See our DNO explainer.
How much would export pay on a system in Kings Hill?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,799 kWh of the 6,740 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Kings Hill goes to the grid, around £696 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 Kings Hill?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Kings Hill 38.5 kWh per kWp in December and 39.2 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 240 kWh and 250 kWh in those months, against 830 kWh in July. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Kings Hill 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 Kings Hill |
|---|---|---|
| Kings Hill | 1,059 | this town |
| Larkfield | 1,059 | level |
| Snodland | 1,051 | −8 kWh |
| Maidstone | 1,056 | −3 kWh |
| Paddock Wood | 1,071 | +12 kWh |
| Bearsted | 1,055 | −4 kWh |
| Tonbridge | 1,051 | −8 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 Kings Hill: Solar panels in Kings Hill from OVO Solar & Battery
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