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Solar panels in Newport (Telford and Wrekin).
Twelve panels here make about 6,100 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Newport (Telford and Wrekin) roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Newport (Telford and Wrekin) at 959 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Shropshire county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 33.9 |
| February | 50.5 |
| March | 83.1 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 90.2 |
| October | 61.3 |
| November | 41 |
| 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.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Newport (Telford and Wrekin) makes 959 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Newport (Telford and Wrekin) is 4% above it.
How Newport (Telford and Wrekin) compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Newport (Telford and Wrekin). It is one of 9 Shropshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 7th of 9 for solar yield, a town of 14,648 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 959 kWh per kWp a year, 2.63 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £867 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £620 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Newport (Telford and Wrekin)'s 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.
Planning applications here go through Telford and Wrekin; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Newport (Telford and Wrekin) 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Newport (Telford and Wrekin) (52.76795, -2.37647), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
NGED and your Newport (Telford and Wrekin) connection
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) owns and runs the local electricity network in Newport (Telford and Wrekin), as part of its West Midlands licence area.
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: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Newport (Telford and Wrekin)
A heat pump in Newport (Telford and Wrekin)
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Newport (Telford and Wrekin), a 12-panel system makes about 200 kWh in December and 220 kWh in January, a fraction of its 760 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 Newport (Telford and Wrekin)
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Newport (Telford and Wrekin) make about 760 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.
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).
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Newport (Telford and Wrekin)
If a system in Newport (Telford and Wrekin) is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Newport (Telford and Wrekin) solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Newport (Telford and Wrekin)?
Newport (Telford and Wrekin) averages 2.63 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 959 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,100 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Newport (Telford and Wrekin)?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Newport (Telford and Wrekin), exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,100 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Newport (Telford and Wrekin), 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 Newport (Telford and Wrekin)?
Around £620 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,163 kWh a 12-panel system in Newport (Telford and Wrekin) 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 Newport (Telford and Wrekin) in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Newport (Telford and Wrekin): about 200 kWh from 12 panels, against 760 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Newport (Telford and Wrekin) compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Newport (Telford and Wrekin) compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Newport (Telford and Wrekin) |
|---|---|---|
| Newport (Telford and Wrekin) | 959 | this town |
| Shifnal | 965 | +6 kWh |
| Telford | 962 | +3 kWh |
| Market Drayton | 951 | −8 kWh |
| Stafford | 952 | −7 kWh |
| Penkridge | 959 | level |
| Codsall | 947 | −12 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.
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