Shropshire
Solar panels in Telford, sized to your roof.
A 12-panel roof in Telford makes about 6,120 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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What a roof in Telford can generate
Telford's best month is July, at 119.1 kWh per kWp; December manages 33. Over the year that comes to 962 kWh per kWp, 1% above our Shropshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.5 |
| February | 50.9 |
| March | 82.9 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 89.5 |
| October | 61.4 |
| November | 41.1 |
| December | 33 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 962 kWh per kWp in Telford against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Telford 4% above it.
How Telford compares
Telford is one of 9 Shropshire towns we track, and it ranks 5th of 9 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 164,570 people. At 962 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.3 years on the 12p scenario: £868 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Telford'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.
Telford sits within Telford and Wrekin, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it 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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Modelled for Telford at 52.68394, -2.46632 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Connecting solar to the Telford network
Telford sits in National Grid Electricity Distribution's West Midlands 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.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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 Telford
A heat pump in Telford
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Telford's roofs make 1,010 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,920 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Telford
A 12-panel roof in Telford makes about 760 kWh in July. 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.
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).
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What else is true of Telford
Telford was designated a new town in 1968, extending the earlier Dawley New Town of 1963, and most of its housing was built from the late 1960s through the early 1990s, starting with the Sutton Hill estate in 1967. That means Telford's roofs are mostly post-1968 new-town stock rather than older Victorian terraces, typically giving more consistent, lower-density layouts with modern roof forms and fewer of the shading and access problems that come with a Victorian terrace row.
Telford sits in National Grid Electricity Distribution territory, on its West Midlands licence. National Grid Electricity Distribution's own published Guaranteed Standard is 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with a complete application acknowledged within 10 working days; most single home systems use the quicker 28-day G98 route instead. Telford and Wrekin Council is the planning authority, with eight conservation areas including Wellington, Newport and the Severn Gorge.
The council declared a Climate Emergency on 25 July 2019 and has committed to carbon neutrality for its own operations by 2030, one of the earlier declarations among the councils Clearline covers. It has already fitted a 37.4kW solar system at Oakengates Theatre, expected to generate around 33,540kWh a year, and new Nuplace housing at Southwater Way and Granville, Donnington is being built with solar panels fitted as standard from day one.
Planning authority: Telford and Wrekin Council
Sources: telford.gov.uk · sustainabletelfordandwrekin.com
Solar panel servicing and repair in Telford
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Telford: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Telford solar questions
What could a roof in Telford generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Telford at 962 kWh per kWp a year, 2.63 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,120 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Telford?
£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 Telford differs is output: about 6,120 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Telford?
Usually not in advance. NGED, the network operator for Telford, only needs a G98 notification within 28 days of commissioning for systems up to 3.68kW per phase. Bigger inverter or battery outputs need G99 approval first. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. "See our DNO explainer.
How much would export pay on a system in Telford?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,182 kWh of the 6,120 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Telford goes to the grid, around £622 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Do solar panels work in winter in Telford?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Telford 33 kWh per kWp in December and 34.5 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 210 kWh and 220 kWh in those months, against 760 kWh in July. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Telford compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Telford |
|---|---|---|
| Telford | 962 | this town |
| Shifnal | 965 | +3 kWh |
| Newport (Telford and Wrekin) | 959 | −3 kWh |
| Bridgnorth | 961 | −1 kWh |
| Shrewsbury | 969 | +7 kWh |
| Codsall | 947 | −15 kWh |
| Perton | 960 | −2 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.
Also for Telford: Solar panels in Telford from OVO Solar & Battery
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