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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Plymouth homes in Devon: a free remote design call first, then an MCS-certified installation team for your area if you decide to go ahead. PVGIS puts a roof in Plymouth at 1,097 kWh per kWp a year, 12% above our Devon county estimate.
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What a roof in Plymouth can generate
Real satellite data for Plymouth, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Plymouth compares
Plymouth is classed as a city in the House of Commons Library settlement data, home to 274,607 people. It is one of 23 Devon towns we track, and it ranks 3rd of 23 for solar yield. Its 1,097 kWh per kWp a year works out at 3.00 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 £725 of export income at 12p, with about 6,040 kWh a year going to the grid.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Plymouth's own yield, and at Plymouth's 1,097 kWh per kWp it 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.
Plymouth sits within Plymouth, its local planning authority, 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Plymouth generates around 6,977 kWh a year, worth around £971 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Plymouth's own coordinates (50.39282, -4.12143), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate, with the full methodology, sourcing and assumptions set out on our help page.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Plymouth
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Plymouth: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Plymouth
What could a roof in Plymouth generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Plymouth at 1,097 kWh per kWp a year, 3.00 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Plymouth?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Plymouth costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Plymouth need a G99 application?
Most home solar and battery systems qualify for the simpler G98 notification, made to the network operator (DNO) after installation rather than before. A minority, usually larger systems, need the fuller G99 process instead. Your design call checks which applies in Plymouth before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Plymouth?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 6,040 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £725. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Takes about two minutes. We work out your options, then confirm your free remote design call, on video, at a time that suits you. It starts with your roof and your numbers, and the design is built around them rather than around a product someone needs to shift.
Reading for Plymouth homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Why solar panels stop working, and how to work out which one it is
There is an order to this, and it starts at the inverter display rather than the roof.
Read the guide →Which battery size band does your home fall into?
Where UK homes actually land, why oversizing costs you, and what shifts the band.
Read the guide →Charging an EV from your own solar
Every surplus kWh is 3.6 to 5 miles. Whether that beats a 7p overnight rate is arithmetic.
Read the guide →How an air source heat pump actually works
It moves heat rather than making it. The cycle, the efficiency numbers and the trade-offs.
Read the guide →The price cap explained, and what it does to solar payback
The cap limits unit rates, not bills. That changes what solar payback means.
Read the guide →How to check an MCS certificate is genuine, before the deposit leaves your account
A logo proves nothing. Certification is business specific, technology specific and checkable.
Read the guide →How Plymouth compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp | Peak sun hours | vs Plymouth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | 1,097 | 3.00 | — |
| Saltash | 1,065 | 2.92 | -32 kWh |
| Ivybridge | 1,109 | 3.04 | +12 kWh |
| Tavistock | 987 | 2.71 | -110 kWh |
| Liskeard | 1,042 | 2.86 | -55 kWh |
| Totnes | 1,067 | 2.92 | -30 kWh |
| Launceston | 995 | 2.73 | -102 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 Plymouth: Solar panels in Plymouth from OVO Solar & Battery