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Solar panels in Taverham and Drayton, sized to your roof.
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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Taverham and Drayton's solar year
Taverham and Drayton's best month is May, at 125.5 kWh per kWp; December manages 35.8. Over the year that comes to 1,026 kWh per kWp, level with our Norfolk county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 37.6 |
| February | 52.4 |
| March | 88.9 |
| April | 118 |
| May | 126 |
| June | 122 |
| July | 124 |
| August | 114 |
| September | 95.6 |
| October | 66.9 |
| November | 46.1 |
| December | 35.8 |
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: Taverham and Drayton makes 1,026 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Taverham and Drayton is 11% above it.
How Taverham and Drayton compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Taverham and Drayton. It is one of 16 Norfolk towns we track, and it ranks joint 12th of 16 for solar yield, a town of 15,407 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,026 kWh per kWp a year, 2.81 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £918 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £671 from export at 12p.
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 Taverham and Drayton's own yield.
Broadland is the planning authority covering Taverham and Drayton, which the House of Commons Library classes 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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Modelled for Taverham and Drayton at 52.68157, 1.21047 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Who runs the grid in Taverham and Drayton
Taverham and Drayton sits in UK Power Networks' East England licence area, so UK Power Networks is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
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.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Taverham and Drayton
A heat pump in Taverham and Drayton
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Taverham and Drayton make about 1,090 kWh, against 3,080 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Taverham and Drayton
A 12-panel roof in Taverham and Drayton makes about 800 kWh in May. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds 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 Taverham and Drayton
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Taverham and Drayton as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Taverham and Drayton: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Taverham and Drayton?
Each kWp of panels in Taverham and Drayton makes 1,026 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,530 kWh, from about 230 kWh in December up to 800 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Taverham and Drayton?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Taverham and Drayton differs is output: about 6,530 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Taverham and Drayton need approval from the network operator?
Taverham and Drayton is on UK Power Networks' network (East England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. 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. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Taverham and Drayton?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,589 kWh of the 6,530 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Taverham and Drayton goes to the grid, around £671 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Taverham and Drayton in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Taverham and Drayton roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,090 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Taverham and Drayton compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Taverham and Drayton compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Taverham and Drayton |
|---|---|---|
| Taverham and Drayton | 1,026 | this town |
| Norwich | 1,033 | +7 kWh |
| Hethersett | 1,034 | +8 kWh |
| Wymondham | 1,036 | +10 kWh |
| Dereham | 1,028 | +2 kWh |
| North Walsham | 1,050 | +24 kWh |
| Attleborough | 1,036 | +10 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
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