Cambridgeshire
Solar panels in Littleport, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,540 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Littleport, in numbers
Littleport's best month is July, at 124.7 kWh per kWp; December manages 37.7. Over the year that comes to 1,029 kWh per kWp, 1% below our Cambridgeshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 39.4 |
| February | 53.7 |
| March | 89.3 |
| April | 115 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 121 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 113 |
| September | 96.7 |
| October | 67.6 |
| November | 48.7 |
| December | 37.7 |
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: Littleport makes 1,029 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Littleport is 11% above it.
How Littleport compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Littleport. It is one of 11 Cambridgeshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 10th of 11 for solar yield, a town of 9,771 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,029 kWh per kWp a year, 2.82 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £920 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £673 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 Littleport's own yield.
Planning applications here go through East Cambridgeshire; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Littleport 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Littleport's own coordinates (52.4573, 0.29938), 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 Littleport
Littleport is served by UK Power Networks: the town's centre falls inside its East England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to UK Power Networks within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
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 Littleport
A heat pump in Littleport
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Littleport make about 240 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Littleport comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Littleport
Littleport'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.
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.
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 Littleport
If a system in Littleport is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Littleport: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Littleport?
Littleport averages 2.82 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,029 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,540 kWh, 67% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Littleport?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Littleport, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,540 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Littleport, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is UK Power Networks. Most home systems use the G98 route, a notification within 28 days of switch-on for up to 3.68kW per phase, so nothing waits on the network. Above that, G99 applies and has to be granted 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. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What could I earn from exporting in Littleport?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Littleport sends about 5,608 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £673. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Littleport in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Littleport: about 240 kWh from 12 panels, against 790 kWh in July. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Littleport compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Littleport compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Littleport |
|---|---|---|
| Littleport | 1,029 | this town |
| Ely | 1,029 | level |
| Soham | 1,037 | +8 kWh |
| Chatteris | 1,033 | +4 kWh |
| Downham Market | 1,026 | −3 kWh |
| Mildenhall | 1,033 | +4 kWh |
| March | 1,032 | +3 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 Littleport: Solar panels in Littleport from OVO Solar & Battery
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