Warwickshire
Solar panels in Rugby, designed on a free call.
About 6,360 kWh a year from 12 panels in Rugby, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Rugby roof makes, month by month
From 34.3 kWh per kWp in December to 122.9 in July: a roof in Rugby makes 3.6 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,000 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36.7 |
| February | 53 |
| March | 87.4 |
| April | 112 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 120 |
| July | 123 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 93.6 |
| October | 64.6 |
| November | 45 |
| December | 34.3 |
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: Rugby makes 1,000 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Rugby is 8% above it.
How Rugby compares
Rugby is one of 19 Warwickshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 4th of 19 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 82,588 people. At 1,000 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.1 years on the 12p scenario: £897 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Rugby's own yield.
Rugby is its own local planning authority area, and its House of Commons Library settlement class is 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 Rugby at 52.37281, -1.25011 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
The network operator for Rugby
On NESO's licence-area map, Rugby is in East Midlands, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED the network operator for any system fitted here.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Rugby
A heat pump in Rugby
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Rugby, a 12-panel system makes about 220 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 Rugby
Rugby's July output, about 780 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.
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.
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Rugby
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Rugby as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Rugby
How much electricity do solar panels make in Rugby?
About 6,360 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Rugby: 1,000 kWh per kWp, or 2.74 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 780 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Rugby?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Rugby, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,360 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Rugby, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Rugby. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
What could I earn from exporting in Rugby?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Rugby sends about 5,423 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £651. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Rugby get in December?
December is the low point: about 220 kWh from a 12-panel system in Rugby, on PVGIS data, rising to 780 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,070 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Rugby 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 Rugby |
|---|---|---|
| Rugby | 1,000 | this town |
| Lutterworth | 991 | −9 kWh |
| Daventry | 1,012 | +12 kWh |
| Southam | 1,005 | +5 kWh |
| Broughton Astley | 991 | −9 kWh |
| Coventry | 985 | −15 kWh |
| Bedworth | 983 | −17 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.
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Further reading for Rugby
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
One panel is 2.26 square metres. The rest is measuring your roof honestly.
Read the guide →Whole home backup or partial backup? The runtime arithmetic
Whole home backup sounds obvious until you do the runtime maths. Here is how to choose the right tier.
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 →What are the disadvantages of a heat pump? Six honest ones
Six real disadvantages, worth planning around rather than a reason to rule one out.
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 →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 →Get my free quote
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