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Solar panels in Polegate, designed on a free call.
About 7,330 kWh a year from 12 panels in Polegate, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Polegate roof makes, month by month
Polegate's best month is July, at 145.7 kWh per kWp; December manages 39.9. Over the year that comes to 1,153 kWh per kWp, 1% above our Sussex county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 41.4 |
| February | 58 |
| March | 98.7 |
| April | 132 |
| May | 139 |
| June | 145 |
| July | 146 |
| August | 129 |
| September | 107 |
| October | 72.7 |
| November | 46.1 |
| December | 39.9 |
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: Polegate makes 1,153 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Polegate is 25% above it.
How Polegate compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Polegate. It is one of 33 Sussex towns we track, and it ranks 10th of 33 for solar yield, a town of 10,207 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,153 kWh per kWp a year, 3.16 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £1,015 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £768 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Polegate'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.
Any planning application in Polegate sits with Wealden, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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 Polegate's own coordinates (50.82105, 0.25012), 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.
The network operator for Polegate
UK Power Networks owns and runs the local electricity network in Polegate, as part of its South East England licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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 Polegate
A heat pump in Polegate
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Polegate make about 250 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Polegate comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, open in England and Wales, takes £7,500 off an air source or ground source heat pump, or £2,500 off an air-to-air unit. Homes on oil or LPG with no mains gas get £1,500 more until March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Polegate
Polegate's July output, about 930 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.
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).
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Polegate
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Polegate as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Polegate: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Polegate?
About 7,330 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Polegate: 1,153 kWh per kWp, or 3.16 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 930 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Polegate?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Polegate, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 7,330 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Polegate, and what does it need from me?
UK Power Networks covers Polegate. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to UK Power Networks within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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.
What could I earn from exporting in Polegate?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Polegate sends about 6,396 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £768. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Polegate get in December?
December is the low point: about 250 kWh from a 12-panel system in Polegate, on PVGIS data, rising to 930 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,180 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Polegate compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Polegate compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Polegate |
|---|---|---|
| Polegate | 1,153 | this town |
| Eastbourne | 1,160 | +7 kWh |
| Hailsham | 1,158 | +5 kWh |
| Seaford | 1,166 | +13 kWh |
| Newhaven | 1,162 | +9 kWh |
| Bexhill-on-Sea | 1,141 | −12 kWh |
| Heathfield | 1,110 | −43 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
Also for Polegate: Solar panels in Polegate from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Polegate homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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.
Read the guide →Inside a home battery: capacity, power and losses
Usable capacity, kW output, round trip losses and chemistry, in plain terms.
Read the guide →What an EV charger installation actually involves
Main fuse, DNO notification, load balancing and the paperwork. What really happens.
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 →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
Identical kit, five times the export income. The tariff decision worked through with August 2026 rates.
Read the guide →HIES explained: what the badge actually protects, and when
What HIES protects: deposits up to 25 percent capped at 5,000 pounds, and your workmanship guarantee.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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