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Solar panels in Tenterden, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Tenterden makes about 7,100 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 Tenterden roof makes, month by month
Tenterden's best month is July, at 137.9 kWh per kWp; December manages 40.8. Over the year that comes to 1,116 kWh per kWp, 4% above our Kent county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 41.6 |
| February | 55.8 |
| March | 95.8 |
| April | 127 |
| May | 132 |
| June | 137 |
| July | 138 |
| August | 122 |
| September | 104 |
| October | 73.4 |
| November | 49.1 |
| December | 40.8 |
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 1,116, Tenterden is 21% above it.
How Tenterden compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Tenterden. It is one of 44 Kent towns we track, and it ranks 7th of 44 for solar yield, a town of 8,041 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,116 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 £986 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £739 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 Tenterden's own yield.
Any planning application in Tenterden sits with Ashford, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Tenterden (51.07412, 0.69099), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Tenterden
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Tenterden is UK Power Networks, which runs the South East England licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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 Tenterden
A heat pump in Tenterden
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Tenterden, a 12-panel system makes about 260 kWh in December and 260 kWh in January, a fraction of its 880 kWh in July, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Tenterden
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Tenterden make about 880 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 Tenterden
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Tenterden as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Tenterden: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Tenterden?
About 7,100 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Tenterden: 1,116 kWh per kWp, or 3.06 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 880 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Tenterden?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Tenterden, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 7,100 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Tenterden, and what does it need from me?
UK Power Networks covers Tenterden. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to UK Power Networks within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Tenterden?
Around £739 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 6,161 kWh a 12-panel system in Tenterden 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 Tenterden get in December?
December is the low point: about 260 kWh from a 12-panel system in Tenterden, on PVGIS data, rising to 880 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,190 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Tenterden compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Tenterden.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Tenterden |
|---|---|---|
| Tenterden | 1,116 | this town |
| Ashford | 1,120 | +4 kWh |
| Bearsted | 1,055 | −61 kWh |
| Paddock Wood | 1,071 | −45 kWh |
| Hastings | 1,125 | +9 kWh |
| Maidstone | 1,056 | −60 kWh |
| Hythe | 1,109 | −7 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.
Also for Tenterden: Solar panels in Tenterden from OVO Solar & Battery
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