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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Melksham homes in Wiltshire: a free remote design call first, then an MCS-certified installation team for your area if you decide to go ahead. PVGIS puts a roof in Melksham at 1,031 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Wiltshire county estimate.
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What a roof in Melksham can generate
Real satellite data for Melksham, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Melksham compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Melksham. It is one of 20 Wiltshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 5th of 20 for solar yield, a town of 18,552 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,031 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 £921 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £674 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Melksham's own yield, and at Melksham's 1,031 kWh per kWp it 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.
Wiltshire is the planning authority covering Melksham, which the House of Commons Library classes 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Melksham generates around 6,557 kWh a year, worth around £921 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Melksham's own coordinates (51.37474, -2.13264), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate, with the full methodology, sourcing and assumptions set out on our help page.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Melksham
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Melksham as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in Melksham
What could a roof in Melksham generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Melksham at 1,031 kWh per kWp a year, 2.82 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Melksham?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Melksham costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Melksham need a G99 application?
Most home solar and battery systems qualify for the simpler G98 notification, made to the network operator (DNO) after installation rather than before. A minority, usually larger systems, need the fuller G99 process instead. Your design call checks which applies in Melksham before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Melksham?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,620 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £674. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Melksham homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
East, west or south facing: what your roof direction really costs you
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Read the guide →How Melksham compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp | Peak sun hours | vs Melksham |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melksham | 1,031 | 2.82 | — |
| Corsham | 1,025 | 2.81 | -6 kWh |
| Trowbridge | 1,022 | 2.80 | -9 kWh |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 1,020 | 2.80 | -11 kWh |
| Chippenham (Wiltshire) | 1,009 | 2.76 | -22 kWh |
| Devizes | 1,025 | 2.81 | -6 kWh |
| Calne | 1,013 | 2.77 | -18 kWh |
PVGIS v5.2 for each town centroid, identical assumptions throughout. A few kWh either way is weather-year noise; a spread beyond about 30 kWh per kWp is real geography.
Also for Melksham: Solar panels in Melksham from OVO Solar & Battery