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Solar panels in Minster, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 7,000 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Minster's solar year
From 39.8 kWh per kWp in December to 134.4 in July: a roof in Minster makes 3.4 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,101 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 41.2 |
| February | 55.8 |
| March | 93.9 |
| April | 124 |
| May | 132 |
| June | 132 |
| July | 134 |
| August | 119 |
| September | 105 |
| October | 72.8 |
| November | 51.2 |
| December | 39.8 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 1,101, Minster is 19% above it.
How Minster compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Minster. It is one of 44 Kent towns we track, and it ranks 13th of 44 for solar yield, a town of 17,063 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,101 kWh per kWp a year, 3.02 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £975 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £728 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 Minster's own yield.
Swale is the planning authority covering Minster, 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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Modelled for Minster at 51.42087, 0.80837 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 Minster
Minster is served by UK Power Networks: the town's centre falls inside its South East England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Minster
A heat pump in Minster
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Minster make about 1,200 kWh, against 3,290 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 Minster
A 12-panel roof in Minster makes about 850 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.
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 Minster
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Minster as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Minster: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Minster?
Each kWp of panels in Minster makes 1,101 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 7,000 kWh, from about 250 kWh in December up to 850 kWh in July.
How much are solar panels in Minster?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Minster before a battery. What Minster changes is the return, about 7,000 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Minster need approval from the network operator?
Minster is on UK Power Networks' network (South East England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. 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. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Minster?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Minster exports about 6,066 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £728; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Minster in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Minster roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,200 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Minster 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 Minster |
|---|---|---|
| Minster | 1,101 | this town |
| Sheerness | 1,098 | −3 kWh |
| Sittingbourne | 1,073 | −28 kWh |
| Faversham | 1,082 | −19 kWh |
| Southend-on-Sea | 1,079 | −22 kWh |
| Gillingham (Medway) | 1,047 | −54 kWh |
| Hoo St Werburgh | 1,057 | −44 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 Minster: Solar panels in Minster from OVO Solar & Battery
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