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Solar panels in Kingswood and Fishponds.
Twelve panels here make about 6,480 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Kingswood and Fishponds' solar year
PVGIS puts Kingswood and Fishponds at 1,019 kWh per kWp a year, 2% above our Gloucestershire 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 | 38.4 |
| February | 54.2 |
| March | 88.3 |
| April | 116 |
| May | 125 |
| June | 122 |
| July | 126 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 95.5 |
| October | 65 |
| November | 44.3 |
| December | 35 |
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: Kingswood and Fishponds makes 1,019 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Kingswood and Fishponds is 10% above it.
How Kingswood and Fishponds compares
Kingswood and Fishponds is one of 24 Gloucestershire towns we track, and it ranks 4th of 24 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 164,769 people. At 1,019 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.0 years on the 12p scenario: £912 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 Kingswood and Fishponds' 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.
South Gloucestershire is the planning authority covering Kingswood and Fishponds, which the House of Commons Library classes 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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Modelled for Kingswood and Fishponds at 51.47018, -2.50212 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Who runs the grid in Kingswood and Fishponds
On NESO's licence-area map, Kingswood and Fishponds is in South West England, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED the network operator for any system fitted here.
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.
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 Kingswood and Fishponds
A heat pump in Kingswood and Fishponds
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Kingswood and Fishponds make about 1,090 kWh, against 3,060 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more 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 Kingswood and Fishponds
A 12-panel roof in Kingswood and Fishponds makes about 800 kWh in July. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
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).
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 Kingswood and Fishponds
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Kingswood and Fishponds as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Kingswood and Fishponds: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Kingswood and Fishponds?
Each kWp of panels in Kingswood and Fishponds makes 1,019 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,480 kWh, from about 220 kWh in December up to 800 kWh in July.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Kingswood and Fishponds?
£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 Kingswood and Fishponds differs is output: about 6,480 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Kingswood and Fishponds need approval from the network operator?
Kingswood and Fishponds is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's network (South West England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Kingswood and Fishponds?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,544 kWh of the 6,480 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Kingswood and Fishponds goes to the grid, around £665 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Kingswood and Fishponds in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Kingswood and Fishponds roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,090 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Kingswood and Fishponds compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Kingswood and Fishponds compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Kingswood and Fishponds |
|---|---|---|
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 1,019 | this town |
| Stoke Gifford | 1,010 | −9 kWh |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 1,001 | −18 kWh |
| Bristol | 1,021 | +2 kWh |
| Keynsham | 1,020 | +1 kWh |
| Filton | 1,014 | −5 kWh |
| Bradley Stoke | 1,009 | −10 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.
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