Cambridgeshire
Solar panels in Soham, sized to your roof.
About 6,600 kWh a year from 12 panels in Soham, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Soham's solar year
Soham's best month is July, at 124.9 kWh per kWp; December manages 37.4. Over the year that comes to 1,037 kWh per kWp, level with our Cambridgeshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 38.6 |
| February | 54.4 |
| March | 89.6 |
| April | 117 |
| May | 124 |
| June | 123 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 113 |
| September | 97.9 |
| October | 69.3 |
| November | 48.7 |
| December | 37.4 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,037 kWh per kWp in Soham against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Soham 12% above it.
How Soham compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Soham. It is one of 11 Cambridgeshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 2nd of 11 for solar yield, a town of 10,698 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,037 kWh per kWp a year, 2.84 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £926 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £679 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Soham'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.
East Cambridgeshire is the planning authority covering Soham, 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Soham's own coordinates (52.33583, 0.3367), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
Who runs the grid in Soham
Soham is served by UK Power Networks: the town's centre falls inside its East England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
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: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds UK Power Networks as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Soham
A heat pump in Soham
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Soham make about 1,140 kWh, against 3,080 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 Soham
A 12-panel roof in Soham makes about 790 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.
The calculator above includes a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed. Renters and flat owners with off-street parking can claim 75% of a chargepoint's cost, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
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 Soham
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Soham as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Soham solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Soham?
Each kWp of panels in Soham makes 1,037 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,600 kWh, from about 240 kWh in December up to 790 kWh in July.
How much are solar panels in Soham?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Soham before a battery. What Soham changes is the return, about 6,600 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Soham need approval from the network operator?
Soham is on UK Power Networks' network (East England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds UK Power Networks as it does every network operator. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Soham?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Soham exports about 5,659 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £679; 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 Soham in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 67% of a Soham roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,140 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Soham compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Soham.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Soham |
|---|---|---|
| Soham | 1,037 | this town |
| Ely | 1,029 | −8 kWh |
| Newmarket | 1,032 | −5 kWh |
| Mildenhall | 1,033 | −4 kWh |
| Littleport | 1,029 | −8 kWh |
| Histon and Impington | 1,037 | level |
| Cambridge | 1,037 | level |
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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Guides worth reading before your call
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How long does a solar inverter last, and when does replacing it make sense?
The one component you should expect to replace, and the decision tree when it goes.
Read the guide →Adding a battery to solar panels you already own
Retrofitting a battery to working solar is straightforward. The paperwork is where people trip up.
Read the guide →How solar aware EV charging actually works
The CT clamp, the surplus tracking and the 1.4kW floor that catches people out.
Read the guide →Are air source heat pumps any good? What owners actually report
The UK's largest survey found 80% of heat pump owners satisfied, against 70% for gas boilers.
Read the guide →Will energy prices keep rising, and by how much
The January forecasts jumped fast. What is confirmed, what is guessed, and whether solar is a real hedge.
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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