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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Soham homes in Cambridgeshire: a free remote design call first, then an MCS-certified installation team for your area if you decide to go ahead. PVGIS puts a roof in Soham at 1,037 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Cambridgeshire county estimate.
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What a roof in Soham can generate
Real satellite data for Soham, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
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, defaulted to Soham's own yield, and at Soham's 1,037 kWh per kWp it 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Soham generates around 6,595 kWh a year, worth around £926 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
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, with the full methodology, sourcing and assumptions set out on our help page.
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.
Common questions about solar in Soham
What could a roof in Soham generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Soham at 1,037 kWh per kWp a year, 2.84 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Soham?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Soham costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Soham need a G99 application?
Most home solar and battery systems qualify for the simpler G98 notification, made to the network operator (DNO) after installation rather than before. A minority, usually larger systems, need the fuller G99 process instead. Your design call checks which applies in Soham before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Soham?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,659 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £679. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Soham homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Why solar panels stop working, and how to work out which one it is
There is an order to this, and it starts at the inverter display rather than the roof.
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 →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 →How Soham compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp | Peak sun hours | vs Soham |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soham | 1,037 | 2.84 | — |
| Ely | 1,029 | 2.82 | -8 kWh |
| Newmarket | 1,032 | 2.83 | -5 kWh |
| Mildenhall (West Suffolk) | 1,033 | 2.83 | -4 kWh |
| Littleport | 1,029 | 2.82 | -8 kWh |
| Histon and Impington | 1,037 | 2.84 | level |
| Cambridge | 1,037 | 2.84 | level |
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.
Also for Soham: Solar panels in Soham from OVO Solar & Battery