Hampshire
Solar panels in Ryde, sized to your roof.
A 12-panel roof in Ryde makes about 7,220 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Ryde's solar year
From 39.8 kWh per kWp in December to 140.5 in July: a roof in Ryde makes 3.5 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,136 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 42.3 |
| February | 60.2 |
| March | 100 |
| April | 130 |
| May | 136 |
| June | 139 |
| July | 141 |
| August | 123 |
| September | 104 |
| October | 71 |
| November | 50.9 |
| December | 39.8 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,136 kWh per kWp in Ryde against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Ryde 23% above it.
How Ryde compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Ryde. It is one of 45 Hampshire towns we track, and it ranks 6th of 45 for solar yield, a town of 24,059 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,136 kWh per kWp a year, 3.11 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £1,002 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £755 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Ryde'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.
Isle of Wight is the planning authority covering Ryde, which the House of Commons Library classes 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Ryde (50.72404, -1.16552), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Ryde
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) owns and runs the local electricity network in Ryde, as part of its Southern 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 SSEN is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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 Ryde
A heat pump in Ryde
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Ryde make about 1,230 kWh, against 3,420 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more 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 Ryde
A 12-panel roof in Ryde makes about 890 kWh in July. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
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.
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 Ryde
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Ryde as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Ryde solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Ryde?
Each kWp of panels in Ryde makes 1,136 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 7,220 kWh, from about 250 kWh in December up to 890 kWh in July.
How much are solar panels in Ryde?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Ryde before a battery. What Ryde changes is the return, about 7,220 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Ryde need approval from the network operator?
Ryde is on Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks' network (Southern England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: SSEN is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. 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. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Ryde?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Ryde exports about 6,288 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £755; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Ryde in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Ryde roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,230 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Ryde 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 Ryde |
|---|---|---|
| Ryde | 1,136 | this town |
| Sandown | 1,138 | +2 kWh |
| East Cowes | 1,112 | −24 kWh |
| Gosport | 1,116 | −20 kWh |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) | 1,150 | +14 kWh |
| Shanklin | 1,138 | +2 kWh |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 1,104 | −32 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 Ryde: Solar panels in Ryde from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Ryde
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Solar panel grants and funding in 2026: what actually exists, and what is a sales pitch
No blanket grant exists, and the four supports that do exist are better than most of the adverts.
Read the guide →How much a battery saves by charging on cheap night rates
What charging at 8.5p and using at 26.32p is actually worth over a year.
Read the guide →How time of use charging windows actually work
How a cheap overnight window is metered and billed, and what a battery does inside it.
Read the guide →Sizing a heat pump: what a proper survey covers
Sized by calculation, not by rule of thumb. What the survey covers, and what guessing costs.
Read the guide →The price cap explained, and what it does to solar payback
The cap limits unit rates, not bills. That changes what solar payback means.
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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