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Solar panels in North Walsham, designed on a free call.
About 6,680 kWh a year from 12 panels in North Walsham, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a North Walsham roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts North Walsham at 1,050 kWh per kWp a year, 2% above our Norfolk county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 37.9 |
| February | 53.5 |
| March | 92.9 |
| April | 122 |
| May | 130 |
| June | 124 |
| July | 127 |
| August | 116 |
| September | 98.9 |
| October | 67.5 |
| November | 45.4 |
| December | 35.5 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,050 kWh per kWp in North Walsham against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts North Walsham 14% above it.
How North Walsham compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for North Walsham. It is one of 16 Norfolk towns we track, and it ranks 2nd of 16 for solar yield, a town of 12,961 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,050 kWh per kWp a year, 2.88 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £936 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £689 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on North Walsham'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.
Any planning application in North Walsham sits with North Norfolk, 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 North Walsham at 52.82199, 1.38875 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 North Walsham
On NESO's licence-area map, North Walsham is in East England, which UK Power Networks operates. That makes UK Power Networks the network operator for any system fitted here.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to UK Power Networks within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in North Walsham
A heat pump in North Walsham
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in North Walsham make about 230 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in North Walsham comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 North Walsham
North Walsham's May output, about 820 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.
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).
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 North Walsham
The same sourced benchmarks apply in North Walsham as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in North Walsham: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in North Walsham?
About 6,680 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for North Walsham: 1,050 kWh per kWp, or 2.88 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 820 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in North Walsham?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in North Walsham, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,680 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers North Walsham, and what does it need from me?
UK Power Networks covers North Walsham. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to UK Power Networks within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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.
What could I earn from exporting in North Walsham?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in North Walsham sends about 5,741 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £689. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does North Walsham get in December?
December is the low point: about 230 kWh from a 12-panel system in North Walsham, on PVGIS data, rising to 820 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,100 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How North Walsham compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest North Walsham compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs North Walsham |
|---|---|---|
| North Walsham | 1,050 | this town |
| Taverham and Drayton | 1,026 | −24 kWh |
| Norwich | 1,033 | −17 kWh |
| Hethersett | 1,034 | −16 kWh |
| Caister-on-Sea | 1,056 | +6 kWh |
| Wymondham | 1,036 | −14 kWh |
| Great Yarmouth | 1,042 | −8 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 North Walsham: Solar panels in North Walsham from OVO Solar & Battery
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