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Solar panels in Smethwick, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Smethwick makes about 6,150 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Smethwick, in numbers
Smethwick's best month is July, at 119.4 kWh per kWp; December manages 34. Over the year that comes to 967 kWh per kWp, 2% above our Staffordshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36.5 |
| February | 51.3 |
| March | 85.1 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 118 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 90 |
| October | 61.7 |
| November | 42.1 |
| December | 34 |
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: Smethwick makes 967 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Smethwick is 5% above it.
How Smethwick compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Smethwick is one of 44 Staffordshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 4th of 44 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 58,694 residents, and its roofs see 2.65 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,150 kWh of generation, of which around 5,213 kWh is exported at 12p for £626 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Smethwick'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 Smethwick sits with Sandwell, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is medium 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 Smethwick at 52.49058, -1.97235 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 Smethwick
On NESO's licence-area map, Smethwick is in West Midlands, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to NGED within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
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 Smethwick
A heat pump in Smethwick
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Smethwick make about 220 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Smethwick comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Smethwick
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Smethwick make about 760 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.
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 Smethwick
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Smethwick as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Smethwick solar questions
How much electricity do solar panels make in Smethwick?
About 6,150 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Smethwick: 967 kWh per kWp, or 2.65 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 760 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Smethwick?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Smethwick, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,150 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Smethwick, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Smethwick. 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 happens to the solar I do not use in Smethwick?
Around £626 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,213 kWh a 12-panel system in Smethwick exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Smethwick get in December?
December is the low point: about 220 kWh from a 12-panel system in Smethwick, on PVGIS data, rising to 760 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,040 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Smethwick 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 Smethwick |
|---|---|---|
| Smethwick | 967 | this town |
| Oldbury | 965 | −2 kWh |
| West Bromwich | 966 | −1 kWh |
| Rowley Regis | 965 | −2 kWh |
| Halesowen | 957 | −10 kWh |
| Birmingham | 968 | +1 kWh |
| Cradley Heath | 947 | −20 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.
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Further reading for Smethwick
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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