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Solar panels in Norwich, with the numbers shown.
About 6,570 kWh a year from 12 panels in Norwich, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Norwich's solar year
Norwich's best month is May, at 126.5 kWh per kWp; December manages 35.6. Over the year that comes to 1,033 kWh per kWp, level with our Norfolk county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 37.5 |
| February | 52.7 |
| March | 89.3 |
| April | 119 |
| May | 127 |
| June | 123 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 114 |
| September | 97 |
| October | 67.9 |
| November | 45.9 |
| December | 35.6 |
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 1,033, Norwich is 12% above it.
How Norwich compares
Norwich is classed as a city in the House of Commons Library settlement data, home to 206,199 people. It is one of 16 Norfolk towns we track, and it ranks 9th of 16 for solar yield. Its 1,033 kWh per kWp a year works out at 2.83 peak sun hours a day, and running the standard 12 panel model here splits the return into £247 of savings from generation you use yourself and £676 of export income at 12p, with about 5,633 kWh a year going to the grid.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Norwich'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 in Norwich go to its own council, and the House of Commons Library classes it as a city.
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 Norwich at 52.64118, 1.2862 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 Norwich
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Norwich is UK Power Networks, which runs the East England licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, UK Power Networks only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Norwich
A heat pump in Norwich
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Norwich make about 1,090 kWh, against 3,110 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, open in England and Wales, takes £7,500 off an air source or ground source heat pump, or £2,500 off an air-to-air unit. Homes on oil or LPG with no mains gas get £1,500 more until March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Norwich
From April to September, 68% of a Norwich roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 800 kWh in May on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
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.
What else is true of Norwich
Norwich has an unusually compact historic core, home to more medieval churches than any other city in Western Europe north of the Alps, with half-timbered and Georgian townhouses lining its medieval street pattern. Around that centre, large areas of Victorian terraced housing were built, though much of the terrace stock nearest the centre was cleared for post-war redevelopment and replaced with estates and high-rise blocks, so a Norwich roof ranges from a steep, sometimes listed pitch in the core to a flatter post-war roof further out.
Norwich sits in UK Power Networks territory, on its Eastern Power Networks licence. UK Power Networks runs a G99 Fast Track alongside its standard route; the general 45 working day industry standard is the figure to plan against for a standard quotation, and most single home systems use the quicker 28-day G98 route instead. Norwich City Council is the planning authority, covering 17 conservation areas, around 1,500 listed buildings and 24 scheduled monuments.
The council is targeting net zero for its own operations by 2030 and net zero for Norwich as a whole by 2045, a twin target that separates what the council controls directly from the wider city. Riverside Leisure Centre has already had 724 solar panels fitted, now generating over a third of the site's electricity, on top of the council's own Switch Together group-buying scheme open to residents.
Planning authority: Norwich City Council
Sources: norwich.gov.uk · norwich.gov.uk
Solar panel servicing and repair in Norwich
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Norwich as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Norwich: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Norwich?
Each kWp of panels in Norwich makes 1,033 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,570 kWh, from about 230 kWh in December up to 800 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Norwich?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Norwich before a battery. What Norwich changes is the return, about 6,570 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Norwich need approval from the network operator?
Norwich is on UK Power Networks' network (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 Norwich?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Norwich exports about 5,633 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £676; 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 Norwich in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Norwich roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,090 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Norwich compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Norwich compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Norwich |
|---|---|---|
| Norwich | 1,033 | this town |
| Taverham and Drayton | 1,026 | −7 kWh |
| Hethersett | 1,034 | +1 kWh |
| Wymondham | 1,036 | +3 kWh |
| North Walsham | 1,050 | +17 kWh |
| Attleborough | 1,036 | +3 kWh |
| Dereham | 1,028 | −5 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 Norwich: Solar panels in Norwich from OVO Solar & Battery
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