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Solar panels in Paddock Wood, with the numbers shown.
About 6,810 kWh a year from 12 panels in Paddock Wood, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Paddock Wood's solar year
Paddock Wood's best month is July, at 132.8 kWh per kWp; December manages 39.4. Over the year that comes to 1,071 kWh per kWp, level with our Kent county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 40.1 |
| February | 53.4 |
| March | 90.3 |
| April | 120 |
| May | 127 |
| June | 130 |
| July | 133 |
| August | 118 |
| September | 101 |
| October | 69.9 |
| November | 48.9 |
| December | 39.4 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,071 kWh per kWp in Paddock Wood against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Paddock Wood 16% above it.
How Paddock Wood compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Paddock Wood. It is one of 44 Kent towns we track, and it ranks 19th of 44 for solar yield, a town of 7,519 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,071 kWh per kWp a year, 2.93 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £952 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £705 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Paddock Wood'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.
Tunbridge Wells is the planning authority covering Paddock Wood, 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Paddock Wood's own coordinates (51.17825, 0.38919), 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.
Who runs the grid in Paddock Wood
UK Power Networks owns and runs the local electricity network in Paddock Wood, as part of its South East England 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: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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 Paddock Wood
A heat pump in Paddock Wood
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Paddock Wood make about 1,160 kWh, against 3,230 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Paddock Wood
From April to September, 68% of a Paddock Wood roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 840 kWh in July 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.
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 Paddock Wood
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Paddock Wood as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Paddock Wood solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Paddock Wood?
Each kWp of panels in Paddock Wood makes 1,071 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,810 kWh, from about 250 kWh in December up to 840 kWh in July.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Paddock Wood?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Paddock Wood differs is output: about 6,810 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Paddock Wood need approval from the network operator?
Paddock Wood 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 would export pay on a system in Paddock Wood?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,875 kWh of the 6,810 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Paddock Wood goes to the grid, around £705 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Paddock Wood in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Paddock Wood roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,160 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Paddock Wood compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Paddock Wood.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Paddock Wood |
|---|---|---|
| Paddock Wood | 1,071 | this town |
| Tonbridge | 1,051 | −20 kWh |
| Southborough | 1,051 | −20 kWh |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 1,054 | −17 kWh |
| Kings Hill | 1,059 | −12 kWh |
| Rusthall and Langton Green | 1,051 | −20 kWh |
| Maidstone | 1,056 | −15 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.
Also for Paddock Wood: Solar panels in Paddock Wood from OVO Solar & Battery
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Guides worth reading before your call
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How to size a solar and battery system, properly
Usage, storage, connection, array. Four decisions, and the order between them matters.
Read the guide →Does a standalone battery actually pay back?
No panels means one job: buy cheap, use later. The tariff decides whether it pays.
Read the guide →Three phase and EV charging: what actually changes
Three phase buys 22kW charging. Most cars cannot use it, and load balancing usually solves the real problem.
Read the guide →How much does a heat pump cost? The 2026 numbers, before and after the grant
UK median installed cost around £12,908, before the up to £7,500 grant comes off.
Read the guide →Choosing a tariff when you have solar, a battery and an EV
Solar, battery and EV want different tariffs. How to work out which one to protect.
Read the guide →G98 or G99: which one applies, what the application involves, and how long it takes
The G98 line sits at 3.68kW per phase. Above it, your network operator has to say yes first.
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