Staffordshire
Solar panels in Penkridge, priced before anyone visits.
About 6,100 kWh a year from 12 panels in Penkridge, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Penkridge, in numbers
PVGIS puts Penkridge at 959 kWh per kWp a year, 1% above our Staffordshire 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 | 33.7 |
| February | 50.6 |
| March | 83.9 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 115 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 104 |
| September | 90.2 |
| October | 61 |
| November | 41 |
| December | 32.7 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 959 kWh per kWp in Penkridge against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Penkridge 4% above it.
How Penkridge compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Penkridge. It is one of 44 Staffordshire towns we track, and it ranks 17th of 44 for solar yield, a town of 9,028 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 959 kWh per kWp a year, 2.63 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £867 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £620 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 Penkridge's own yield.
Planning applications here go through South Staffordshire; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Penkridge 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 Penkridge (52.72211, -2.1108), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
NGED and your Penkridge connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Penkridge is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), which runs the West Midlands licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means NGED is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Penkridge
A heat pump in Penkridge
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Penkridge, a 12-panel system makes about 210 kWh in December and 210 kWh in January, a fraction of its 760 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Penkridge
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Penkridge 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).
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 Penkridge
If a system in Penkridge is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Penkridge
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Penkridge?
Penkridge averages 2.63 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 959 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,100 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Penkridge?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Penkridge, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,100 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Penkridge, 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 Penkridge?
Around £620 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,163 kWh a 12-panel system in Penkridge 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 Penkridge in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Penkridge: about 210 kWh from 12 panels, against 760 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Penkridge compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Penkridge.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Penkridge |
|---|---|---|
| Penkridge | 959 | this town |
| Cannock | 954 | −5 kWh |
| Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay | 953 | −6 kWh |
| Stafford | 952 | −7 kWh |
| Norton Canes | 957 | −2 kWh |
| Codsall | 947 | −12 kWh |
| Rugeley | 971 | +12 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 Penkridge: Solar panels in Penkridge from OVO Solar & Battery
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DNO application timescales, network by network: from a G98 notification to a G99 approval
Fit and notify within 28 days, or wait ten working days to 45 for a yes. System size decides which.
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Read the guide →What MCS certification actually buys you on a heat pump job
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Read the guide →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
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