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Solar panels in Patchway, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Patchway makes about 6,440 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Patchway, in numbers
Patchway's best month is May, at 123.9 kWh per kWp; December manages 35. Over the year that comes to 1,013 kWh per kWp, 1% above our Gloucestershire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 38.8 |
| February | 54.2 |
| March | 87.4 |
| April | 116 |
| May | 124 |
| June | 122 |
| July | 124 |
| August | 108 |
| September | 95.4 |
| October | 65 |
| November | 44.1 |
| December | 35 |
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: Patchway makes 1,013 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Patchway is 10% above it.
How Patchway compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Patchway. It is one of 24 Gloucestershire towns we track, and it ranks 6th of 24 for solar yield, a town of 18,255 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,013 kWh per kWp a year, 2.77 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £908 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £661 from export at 12p.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Patchway's own yield.
Planning applications here go through South Gloucestershire; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Patchway 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 Patchway (51.53111, -2.58491), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Patchway
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) owns and runs the local electricity network in Patchway, as part of its South West 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: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Patchway
A heat pump in Patchway
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Patchway make about 220 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Patchway comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Patchway
Patchway's May output, about 790 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.
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.
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 Patchway
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Patchway as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Patchway: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Patchway?
About 6,440 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Patchway: 1,013 kWh per kWp, or 2.77 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 790 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Patchway?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Patchway, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,440 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Patchway, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Patchway. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
What could I earn from exporting in Patchway?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Patchway sends about 5,506 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £661. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Patchway get in December?
December is the low point: about 220 kWh from a 12-panel system in Patchway, on PVGIS data, rising to 790 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,090 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Patchway compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Patchway compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Patchway |
|---|---|---|
| Patchway | 1,013 | this town |
| Filton | 1,014 | +1 kWh |
| Bradley Stoke | 1,009 | −4 kWh |
| Stoke Gifford | 1,010 | −3 kWh |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 1,001 | −12 kWh |
| Bristol | 1,021 | +8 kWh |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 1,019 | +6 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 Patchway: Solar panels in Patchway from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Patchway homeowners
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G98 vs G99: the 28-day form and the eight-week wait, in plain English
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Read the guide →What MCS certification actually buys you on a heat pump job
The gate on the £7,500 grant, the design standard behind your running costs, and the noise sign-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.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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