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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Swanage homes in Dorset: 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 Swanage at 1,118 kWh per kWp a year, 3% above our Dorset county estimate.
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What a roof in Swanage can generate
Real satellite data for Swanage, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Swanage compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Swanage. It is one of 15 Dorset towns we track, and it ranks 3rd of 15 for solar yield, a town of 9,029 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,118 kWh per kWp a year, 3.06 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £988 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £741 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Swanage's own yield, and at Swanage's 1,118 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.
Swanage sits within Dorset, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it 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 Swanage generates around 7,110 kWh a year, worth around £987 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Swanage's own coordinates (50.61166, -1.96564), 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 Swanage
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Swanage: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Swanage
What could a roof in Swanage generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Swanage at 1,118 kWh per kWp a year, 3.06 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Swanage?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Swanage costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Swanage 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 Swanage before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Swanage?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 6,174 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £741. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Swanage homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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Read the guide →How Swanage 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 Swanage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swanage | 1,118 | 3.06 | — |
| Poole | 1,097 | 3.01 | -21 kWh |
| Upton (Dorset) | 1,094 | 3.00 | -24 kWh |
| Bournemouth | 1,105 | 3.03 | -13 kWh |
| Corfe Mullen | 1,094 | 3.00 | -24 kWh |
| Christchurch (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) | 1,118 | 3.06 | level |
| Wimborne Minster | 1,099 | 3.01 | -19 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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