Staffordshire
Solar panels in Stone, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,050 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Stone, in numbers
Stone's best month is May, at 119.1 kWh per kWp; December manages 31.8. Over the year that comes to 951 kWh per kWp, level with our Staffordshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 33.2 |
| February | 50.2 |
| March | 82.6 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 114 |
| July | 118 |
| August | 104 |
| September | 88.9 |
| October | 60 |
| November | 40.6 |
| December | 31.8 |
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: Stone makes 951 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Stone is 3% above it.
How Stone compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Stone. It is one of 44 Staffordshire towns we track, and it ranks 33rd of 44 for solar yield, a town of 17,770 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 951 kWh per kWp a year, 2.61 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £860 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £613 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Stone'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.
Planning applications here go through Stafford; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Stone 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 Stone's own coordinates (52.89662, -2.14502), 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.
NGED and your Stone connection
On NESO's licence-area map, Stone 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 Stone
A heat pump in Stone
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Stone make about 200 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Stone 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 Stone
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Stone 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.
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).
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 Stone
If a system in Stone is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Stone solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Stone?
Stone averages 2.61 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 951 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,050 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Stone?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Stone, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,050 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Stone, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED). Most home systems use the G98 route, a notification within 28 days of switch-on for up to 3.68kW per phase, so nothing waits on the network. Above that, G99 applies and has to be granted first. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Stone?
Around £613 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,112 kWh a 12-panel system in Stone exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Stone in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Stone: about 200 kWh from 12 panels, against 760 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Stone compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Stone.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Stone |
|---|---|---|
| Stone | 951 | this town |
| Stafford | 952 | +1 kWh |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 925 | −26 kWh |
| Cheadle (Staffordshire Moorlands) | 953 | +2 kWh |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 932 | −19 kWh |
| Uttoxeter | 961 | +10 kWh |
| Penkridge | 959 | +8 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 Stone: Solar panels in Stone from OVO Solar & Battery
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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.
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