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Solar panels in Poole, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Poole makes about 6,980 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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How much a Poole roof makes, month by month
From 37.7 kWh per kWp in December to 136.1 in July: a roof in Poole makes 3.6 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,097 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 41.9 |
| February | 58.3 |
| March | 95.7 |
| April | 124 |
| May | 133 |
| June | 133 |
| July | 136 |
| August | 119 |
| September | 101 |
| October | 68.3 |
| November | 48.9 |
| December | 37.7 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 1,097, Poole is 19% above it.
How Poole compares
Poole is one of 15 Dorset towns we track, and it ranks 8th of 15 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 143,418 people. At 1,097 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 6.5 years on the 12p scenario: £971 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Poole's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Planning applications here go through Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Poole as a large 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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Modelled for Poole at 50.73256, -1.96082 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
SSEN and your Poole connection
Poole sits in Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks' Southern England licence area, so SSEN is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to SSEN within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); SSEN, micro-generation connections page, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Poole
A heat pump in Poole
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Poole make about 240 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Poole comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
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 Poole
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Poole make about 870 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.
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.
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 Poole
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Poole as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Poole
How much electricity do solar panels make in Poole?
About 6,980 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Poole: 1,097 kWh per kWp, or 3.01 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 870 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Poole?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Poole, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,980 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Poole, and what does it need from me?
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) covers Poole. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to SSEN within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Poole?
Around £725 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 6,040 kWh a 12-panel system in Poole exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Poole get in December?
December is the low point: about 240 kWh from a 12-panel system in Poole, on PVGIS data, rising to 870 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,190 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Poole compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Poole |
|---|---|---|
| Poole | 1,097 | this town |
| Upton | 1,094 | −3 kWh |
| Corfe Mullen | 1,094 | −3 kWh |
| Bournemouth | 1,105 | +8 kWh |
| Wimborne Minster | 1,099 | +2 kWh |
| Ferndown | 1,112 | +15 kWh |
| West Moors | 1,112 | +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 Poole: Solar panels in Poole from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Poole
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How many solar panels do I need? The honest way to count
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Read the guide →Does a standalone battery actually pay back?
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Read the guide →What it really costs to charge an EV at home versus in public
Home off-peak charging costs a fraction of the public price. The arithmetic, and the tariff it depends on.
Read the guide →Are heat pumps worth it? The real 2026 numbers
Electricity costs 3.3x gas per kWh. A heat pump is about 3x as efficient. The numbers nearly cancel out.
Read the guide →Why the best export rates always carry conditions
The top export rates are acquisition offers. Here is how to price the condition.
Read the guide →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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