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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Porthcawl homes in Glamorgan: 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 Porthcawl at 1,059 kWh per kWp a year, 13% above our Glamorgan county estimate.
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What a roof in Porthcawl can generate
Real satellite data for Porthcawl, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Porthcawl compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Porthcawl. It is one of 32 Glamorgan towns we track, and it ranks joint 3rd of 32 for solar yield, a town of 15,988 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,059 kWh per kWp a year, 2.90 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £943 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £696 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Porthcawl's own yield, and at Porthcawl's 1,059 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.
Porthcawl sits within Bridgend, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Porthcawl generates around 6,735 kWh a year, worth around £942 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Porthcawl's own coordinates (51.48515, -3.69661), 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 Porthcawl
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Porthcawl: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Porthcawl
What could a roof in Porthcawl generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Porthcawl at 1,059 kWh per kWp a year, 2.90 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Porthcawl?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Porthcawl costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Porthcawl 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 Porthcawl before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Porthcawl?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,799 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £696. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Porthcawl homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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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 →How Porthcawl 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 Porthcawl |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porthcawl | 1,059 | 2.90 | — |
| North Cornelly and Kenfig Hill | 1,059 | 2.90 | level |
| Bridgend | 1,057 | 2.89 | -2 kWh |
| Sarn, Tondu and Bryncethin | 1,058 | 2.90 | -1 kWh |
| Port Talbot | 1,026 | 2.81 | -33 kWh |
| Pencoed | 1,051 | 2.88 | -8 kWh |
| Maesteg | 954 | 2.61 | -105 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 Porthcawl: Solar panels in Porthcawl from OVO Solar & Battery