Leicestershire
Solar panels in Shepshed, with the numbers shown.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,270 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Shepshed's solar year
From 36.5 kWh per kWp in December to 121.6 in July: a roof in Shepshed makes 3.3 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 986 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36.8 |
| February | 51.9 |
| March | 85.1 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 117 |
| July | 122 |
| August | 108 |
| September | 92.4 |
| October | 62.8 |
| November | 44 |
| December | 36.5 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 986 kWh per kWp in Shepshed against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Shepshed 7% above it.
How Shepshed compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Shepshed. It is one of 26 Leicestershire towns we track, and it ranks 18th of 26 for solar yield, a town of 15,522 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 986 kWh per kWp a year, 2.70 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £887 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £640 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Shepshed's own yield, and 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.
Charnwood is the planning authority covering Shepshed, 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 Shepshed (52.76761, -1.29227), 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 Shepshed
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) owns and runs the local electricity network in Shepshed, as part of its East Midlands licence area.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Shepshed
A heat pump in Shepshed
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Shepshed make about 1,080 kWh, against 2,970 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
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 Shepshed
From April to September, 68% of a Shepshed roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 770 kWh in July on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
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 Shepshed
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Shepshed as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Shepshed: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Shepshed?
Each kWp of panels in Shepshed makes 986 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,270 kWh, from about 230 kWh in December up to 770 kWh in July.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Shepshed?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Shepshed differs is output: about 6,270 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Shepshed need approval from the network operator?
Shepshed is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's network (East Midlands licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Shepshed?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,334 kWh of the 6,270 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Shepshed goes to the grid, around £640 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Shepshed in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Shepshed roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,080 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Shepshed compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Shepshed.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Shepshed |
|---|---|---|
| Shepshed | 986 | this town |
| Loughborough | 989 | +3 kWh |
| Whitwick | 979 | −7 kWh |
| Coalville | 979 | −7 kWh |
| Castle Donington | 991 | +5 kWh |
| East Leake | 986 | level |
| Mountsorrel | 978 | −8 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.
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