Worcestershire
Solar panels in Oldbury, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,140 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Oldbury, in numbers
PVGIS puts Oldbury at 965 kWh per kWp a year, 3% below our Worcestershire county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36.4 |
| February | 50.5 |
| March | 84.9 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 118 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 89.9 |
| October | 61.5 |
| November | 41.6 |
| December | 33.9 |
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: Oldbury makes 965 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Oldbury is 4% above it.
How Oldbury compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Oldbury is one of 13 Worcestershire towns we track, and it ranks 11th of 13 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 47,062 residents, and its roofs see 2.64 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,137 kWh of generation, of which around 5,201 kWh is exported at 12p for £624 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Oldbury's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Any planning application in Oldbury sits with Sandwell, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is medium 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Oldbury's own coordinates (52.48818, -2.00885), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
NGED and your Oldbury connection
On NESO's licence-area map, Oldbury is in West Midlands, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED 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 NGED within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Oldbury
A heat pump in Oldbury
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Oldbury make about 220 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Oldbury 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 Oldbury
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Oldbury 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).
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 Oldbury
If a system in Oldbury is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Oldbury solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Oldbury?
Oldbury averages 2.64 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 965 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,140 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Oldbury?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Oldbury, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,140 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Oldbury, 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 Oldbury?
Around £624 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,201 kWh a 12-panel system in Oldbury 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 Oldbury in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Oldbury: about 220 kWh from 12 panels, against 760 kWh in July. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Oldbury 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 Oldbury |
|---|---|---|
| Oldbury | 965 | this town |
| Smethwick | 967 | +2 kWh |
| Rowley Regis | 965 | level |
| Cradley Heath | 947 | −18 kWh |
| Halesowen | 957 | −8 kWh |
| West Bromwich | 966 | +1 kWh |
| Dudley | 956 | −9 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
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Further reading for Oldbury
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How many solar panels do I need? The honest way to count
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Read the guide →Smart charge point regulations, explained
Why your charger arrives pre-set to charge overnight, and why it waits before it starts.
Read the guide →Do you need to replace your radiators for a heat pump?
Some change, most do not. The room by room arithmetic that decides which.
Read the guide →EV tariffs compared: the cheapest overnight windows
Overnight rates of 6.99p to 9p against a 26.32p capped average, compared.
Read the guide →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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