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Solar panels in South Woodham Ferrers.
Twelve panels here make about 6,920 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a South Woodham Ferrers roof makes, month by month
South Woodham Ferrers' best month is July, at 132.4 kWh per kWp; December manages 39. Over the year that comes to 1,088 kWh per kWp, 2% above our Essex county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 41.3 |
| February | 56.2 |
| March | 93.2 |
| April | 122 |
| May | 130 |
| June | 131 |
| July | 132 |
| August | 118 |
| September | 102 |
| October | 71.1 |
| November | 51.6 |
| December | 39 |
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: South Woodham Ferrers makes 1,088 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so South Woodham Ferrers is 18% above it.
How South Woodham Ferrers compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for South Woodham Ferrers. It is one of 46 Essex towns we track, and it ranks joint 7th of 46 for solar yield, a town of 15,870 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,088 kWh per kWp a year, 2.98 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £965 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £718 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on South Woodham Ferrers' 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.
Planning applications here go through Chelmsford; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes South Woodham Ferrers 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 South Woodham Ferrers (51.64445, 0.61089), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for South Woodham Ferrers
South Woodham Ferrers sits in UK Power Networks' East England licence area, so UK Power Networks is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, UK Power Networks only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in South Woodham Ferrers
A heat pump in South Woodham Ferrers
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in South Woodham Ferrers make about 250 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in South Woodham Ferrers comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in South Woodham Ferrers
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in South Woodham Ferrers make about 840 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.
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 South Woodham Ferrers
The same sourced benchmarks apply in South Woodham Ferrers as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in South Woodham Ferrers
How much electricity do solar panels make in South Woodham Ferrers?
About 6,920 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for South Woodham Ferrers: 1,088 kWh per kWp, or 2.98 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 840 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in South Woodham Ferrers?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in South Woodham Ferrers, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,920 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers South Woodham Ferrers, and what does it need from me?
UK Power Networks covers South Woodham Ferrers. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to UK Power Networks within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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.
What happens to the solar I do not use in South Woodham Ferrers?
Around £718 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,983 kWh a 12-panel system in South Woodham Ferrers 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 South Woodham Ferrers get in December?
December is the low point: about 250 kWh from a 12-panel system in South Woodham Ferrers, on PVGIS data, rising to 840 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,200 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How South Woodham Ferrers compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as South Woodham Ferrers.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs South Woodham Ferrers |
|---|---|---|
| South Woodham Ferrers | 1,088 | this town |
| Hockley and Hawkwell | 1,102 | +14 kWh |
| Rayleigh | 1,072 | −16 kWh |
| Runwell | 1,070 | −18 kWh |
| Wickford | 1,069 | −19 kWh |
| Rochford | 1,088 | level |
| Thundersley and South Benfleet | 1,070 | −18 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.
Also for South Woodham Ferrers: Solar panels in South Woodham Ferrers from OVO Solar & Battery
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