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Solar panels in Stroud, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Stroud makes about 6,350 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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How much a Stroud roof makes, month by month
Stroud's best month is July, at 124.8 kWh per kWp; December manages 31.7. Over the year that comes to 998 kWh per kWp, level with our Gloucestershire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 35.6 |
| February | 51.5 |
| March | 87.3 |
| April | 114 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 121 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 93.7 |
| October | 63.2 |
| November | 43 |
| December | 31.7 |
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 998, Stroud is 8% above it.
How Stroud compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Stroud is one of 24 Gloucestershire towns we track, and it ranks joint 15th of 24 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 26,560 residents, and its roofs see 2.73 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,347 kWh of generation, of which around 5,411 kWh is exported at 12p for £649 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Stroud's own yield.
Stroud is its own local planning authority area, and its House of Commons Library settlement class is medium 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 Stroud (51.74378, -2.22806), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
NGED and your Stroud connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Stroud is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), which runs the West Midlands licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, NGED 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: 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Stroud
A heat pump in Stroud
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Stroud, a 12-panel system makes about 200 kWh in December and 230 kWh in January, a fraction of its 790 kWh in July, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Stroud
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Stroud make about 790 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.
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 Stroud
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Stroud as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Stroud: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Stroud?
About 6,350 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Stroud: 998 kWh per kWp, or 2.73 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 790 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Stroud?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Stroud, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,350 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Stroud, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Stroud. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Stroud?
Around £649 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,411 kWh a 12-panel system in Stroud 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 Stroud get in December?
December is the low point: about 200 kWh from a 12-panel system in Stroud, on PVGIS data, rising to 790 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,030 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Stroud compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Stroud.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Stroud |
|---|---|---|
| Stroud | 998 | this town |
| Stonehouse | 1,004 | +6 kWh |
| Quedgeley and Hardwicke | 999 | +1 kWh |
| Cam | 998 | level |
| Dursley | 991 | −7 kWh |
| Brockworth | 990 | −8 kWh |
| Gloucester | 980 | −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.
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