Essex
Solar panels in Stansted Mountfitchet.
Twelve panels here make about 6,540 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Stansted Mountfitchet, in numbers
Stansted Mountfitchet's best month is July, at 124.8 kWh per kWp; December manages 36.3. Over the year that comes to 1,028 kWh per kWp, 3% below our Essex county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 38.8 |
| February | 52.9 |
| March | 88.5 |
| April | 116 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 124 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 112 |
| September | 98.2 |
| October | 67.6 |
| November | 46.6 |
| December | 36.3 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 1,028, Stansted Mountfitchet is 11% above it.
How Stansted Mountfitchet compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Stansted Mountfitchet. It is one of 46 Essex towns we track, and it ranks 42nd of 46 for solar yield, a town of 9,014 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,028 kWh per kWp a year, 2.82 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £919 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £672 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Stansted Mountfitchet'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 Stansted Mountfitchet sits with Uttlesford, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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 Stansted Mountfitchet's own coordinates (51.90187, 0.19795), 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.
The network operator for Stansted Mountfitchet
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Stansted Mountfitchet is UK Power Networks, which runs the East England licence area.
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.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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 Stansted Mountfitchet
A heat pump in Stansted Mountfitchet
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Stansted Mountfitchet make about 230 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Stansted Mountfitchet 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 Stansted Mountfitchet
Stansted Mountfitchet's July output, about 790 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
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).
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 Stansted Mountfitchet
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Stansted Mountfitchet as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Stansted Mountfitchet
How much electricity do solar panels make in Stansted Mountfitchet?
About 6,540 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Stansted Mountfitchet: 1,028 kWh per kWp, or 2.82 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 790 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Stansted Mountfitchet?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Stansted Mountfitchet, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,540 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Stansted Mountfitchet, and what does it need from me?
UK Power Networks covers Stansted Mountfitchet. 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 could I earn from exporting in Stansted Mountfitchet?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Stansted Mountfitchet sends about 5,601 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £672. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Stansted Mountfitchet get in December?
December is the low point: about 230 kWh from a 12-panel system in Stansted Mountfitchet, on PVGIS data, rising to 790 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,110 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Stansted Mountfitchet compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Stansted Mountfitchet.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Stansted Mountfitchet |
|---|---|---|
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 1,028 | this town |
| Bishop's Stortford | 1,035 | +7 kWh |
| Sawbridgeworth | 1,034 | +6 kWh |
| Great Dunmow | 1,055 | +27 kWh |
| Saffron Walden | 1,031 | +3 kWh |
| Buntingford | 1,026 | −2 kWh |
| Harlow | 1,032 | +4 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.
Also for Stansted Mountfitchet: Solar panels in Stansted Mountfitchet from OVO Solar & Battery
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Guides worth reading before your call
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Solar installation day: exactly what happens, hour by hour
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Read the guide →Home EV charger types and speeds, explained properly
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Read the guide →Which homes suit a heat pump, and which need work first
The trial data says no property type is unsuitable. Design quality decides the outcome.
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 →How to check an MCS certificate is genuine, before the deposit leaves your account
A logo proves nothing. Certification is business specific, technology specific and checkable.
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