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Solar panels in Ludlow, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Ludlow makes about 6,170 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 Ludlow roof makes, month by month
From 31.5 kWh per kWp in December to 120.8 in May: a roof in Ludlow makes 3.8 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 970 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.1 |
| February | 51.8 |
| March | 85.4 |
| April | 112 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 118 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 90.3 |
| October | 61.3 |
| November | 40.7 |
| December | 31.5 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 970 kWh per kWp in Ludlow against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Ludlow 5% above it.
How Ludlow compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Ludlow. It is one of 9 Shropshire towns we track, and it ranks 1st of 9 for solar yield, a town of 10,262 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 970 kWh per kWp a year, 2.66 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £875 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £628 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Ludlow's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Any planning application in Ludlow sits with Shropshire, 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 Ludlow at 52.37105, -2.71136 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 Ludlow
On NESO's licence-area map, Ludlow is in West Midlands, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to NGED within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Ludlow
A heat pump in Ludlow
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Ludlow, a 12-panel system makes about 200 kWh in December and 220 kWh in January, a fraction of its 770 kWh in May, 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 Ludlow
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Ludlow make about 770 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
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.
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 Ludlow
If a system in Ludlow is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Ludlow
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Ludlow?
Ludlow averages 2.66 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 970 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,170 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Ludlow?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Ludlow, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,170 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Ludlow, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED). 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. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Ludlow?
Around £628 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,233 kWh a 12-panel system in Ludlow exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Ludlow in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Ludlow: about 200 kWh from 12 panels, against 770 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Ludlow compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Ludlow compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Ludlow |
|---|---|---|
| Ludlow | 970 | this town |
| Leominster | 984 | +14 kWh |
| Bewdley | 978 | +8 kWh |
| Bridgnorth | 961 | −9 kWh |
| Stourport-on-Severn | 990 | +20 kWh |
| Kidderminster | 982 | +12 kWh |
| Hereford | 994 | +24 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 Ludlow: Solar panels in Ludlow from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Ludlow homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Why your inverter is smaller than your panel array, and why that is correct
More panel capacity than inverter capacity is a deliberate design choice.
Read the guide →Inside a home battery: capacity, power and losses
Usable capacity, kW output, round trip losses and chemistry, in plain terms.
Read the guide →What an EV charger installation actually involves
Main fuse, DNO notification, load balancing and the paperwork. What really happens.
Read the guide →Do you need to replace your radiators for a heat pump?
Some change, most do not. The room by room arithmetic that decides which.
Read the guide →EV tariffs compared: the cheapest overnight windows
Overnight rates of 6.99p to 9p against a 26.32p capped average, compared.
Read the guide →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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