Herefordshire
Solar panels in Ross-on-Wye, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,240 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Ross-on-Wye, in numbers
From 33.1 kWh per kWp in December to 122.5 in July: a roof in Ross-on-Wye makes 3.7 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 981 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36 |
| February | 51.8 |
| March | 84.2 |
| April | 111 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 119 |
| July | 123 |
| August | 106 |
| September | 91.9 |
| October | 62.6 |
| November | 42.1 |
| December | 33.1 |
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 981, Ross-on-Wye is 6% above it.
How Ross-on-Wye compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Ross-on-Wye. It is one of 4 Herefordshire towns we track, and it ranks 4th of 4 for solar yield, a town of 11,369 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 981 kWh per kWp a year, 2.69 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £883 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £636 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Ross-on-Wye'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.
Any planning application in Ross-on-Wye sits with County of Herefordshire, 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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Modelled for Ross-on-Wye at 51.91544, -2.58078 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
NGED and your Ross-on-Wye connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Ross-on-Wye 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Ross-on-Wye
A heat pump in Ross-on-Wye
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Ross-on-Wye, a 12-panel system makes about 210 kWh in December and 230 kWh in January, a fraction of its 780 kWh in July, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Ross-on-Wye
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Ross-on-Wye make about 780 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.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Ross-on-Wye
If a system in Ross-on-Wye is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Ross-on-Wye solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Ross-on-Wye?
Ross-on-Wye averages 2.69 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 981 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,240 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Ross-on-Wye?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Ross-on-Wye, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,240 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Ross-on-Wye, 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 Ross-on-Wye?
Around £636 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,302 kWh a 12-panel system in Ross-on-Wye 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 Ross-on-Wye in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Ross-on-Wye: about 210 kWh from 12 panels, against 780 kWh in July. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Ross-on-Wye 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 Ross-on-Wye |
|---|---|---|
| Ross-on-Wye | 981 | this town |
| Cinderford | 997 | +16 kWh |
| Monmouth | 983 | +2 kWh |
| Ledbury | 1,006 | +25 kWh |
| Hereford | 994 | +13 kWh |
| Lydney | 1,024 | +43 kWh |
| Quedgeley and Hardwicke | 999 | +18 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 Ross-on-Wye: Solar panels in Ross-on-Wye from OVO Solar & Battery
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