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Solar panels in Taunton, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,530 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Taunton roof makes, month by month
Taunton's best month is May, at 126.5 kWh per kWp; December manages 34.8. Over the year that comes to 1,026 kWh per kWp, 1% below our Somerset county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 38.7 |
| February | 55.7 |
| March | 89.5 |
| April | 117 |
| May | 127 |
| June | 122 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 96.8 |
| October | 64.8 |
| November | 44.8 |
| December | 34.8 |
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 1,026, Taunton is 11% above it.
How Taunton compares
Taunton is one of 21 Somerset towns we track, and it ranks joint 9th of 21 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 64,181 people. At 1,026 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 6.9 years on the 12p scenario: £917 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Taunton's own yield, and 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.
Planning applications here go through Somerset; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Taunton as a large 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 Taunton (51.01749, -3.10176), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Taunton
Taunton sits in National Grid Electricity Distribution's South West England licence area, so NGED is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Taunton
A heat pump in Taunton
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Taunton make about 220 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Taunton 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 Taunton
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Taunton make about 800 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).
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Taunton
If a system in Taunton is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Taunton solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Taunton?
Taunton averages 2.81 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,026 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,530 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Taunton?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Taunton, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,530 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Taunton, 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 Taunton?
Around £671 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,589 kWh a 12-panel system in Taunton 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 Taunton in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Taunton: about 220 kWh from 12 panels, against 800 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Taunton compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Taunton.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Taunton |
|---|---|---|
| Taunton | 1,026 | this town |
| Wellington | 1,008 | −18 kWh |
| Bridgwater | 1,047 | +21 kWh |
| Chard | 1,050 | +24 kWh |
| Honiton | 1,060 | +34 kWh |
| Burnham-on-Sea | 1,049 | +23 kWh |
| Cullompton | 1,026 | level |
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 Taunton: Solar panels in Taunton 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.
Why your inverter is smaller than your panel array, and why that is correct
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Read the guide →The main home EV chargers, compared on what actually differs
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Read the guide →Do you need to replace your radiators for a heat pump?
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Read the guide →EV tariffs compared: the cheapest overnight windows
Overnight rates of 6.99p to 9p against a 26.32p capped average, compared.
Read the guide →Your MCS certificate: what it shows, when it arrives, and how a Smart Export Guarantee supplier uses it
The document your export payments hang on. Who issues it, what it shows, and how to get a copy.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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