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Solar panels in Thame, priced before anyone visits.
About 6,420 kWh a year from 12 panels in Thame, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Thame roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Thame at 1,009 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Oxfordshire county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 38.5 |
| February | 52 |
| March | 87.9 |
| April | 114 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 123 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 94.9 |
| October | 65.5 |
| November | 44.5 |
| December | 34.1 |
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: Thame makes 1,009 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Thame is 9% above it.
How Thame compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Thame. It is one of 10 Oxfordshire towns we track, and it ranks 9th of 10 for solar yield, a town of 13,259 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,009 kWh per kWp a year, 2.76 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £905 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £658 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Thame'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.
Any planning application in Thame sits with South Oxfordshire, 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 Thame (51.7455, -0.97436), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
UK Power Networks and your Thame connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Thame is UK Power Networks, which runs the 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Thame
A heat pump in Thame
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Thame, a 12-panel system makes about 220 kWh in December and 240 kWh in January, a fraction of its 790 kWh in July, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
Grant support in England comes from the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £7,500 for an air source or ground source heat pump, £2,500 for air-to-air, and an extra £1,500 until March 2027 where the home is heated by oil or LPG off the gas grid (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Thame
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Thame make about 790 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).
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Thame
If a system in Thame is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Thame
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Thame?
Thame averages 2.76 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,009 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,420 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Thame?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Thame, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,420 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Thame, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is UK Power Networks. 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. 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. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Thame?
Around £658 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,481 kWh a 12-panel system in Thame 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 Thame in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Thame: about 220 kWh from 12 panels, against 790 kWh in July. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Thame compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Thame.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Thame |
|---|---|---|
| Thame | 1,009 | this town |
| Chinnor | 1,005 | −4 kWh |
| Princes Risborough | 997 | −12 kWh |
| Aylesbury | 995 | −14 kWh |
| Wendover | 1,000 | −9 kWh |
| Prestwood and Great Missenden | 1,002 | −7 kWh |
| Oxford | 1,022 | +13 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 Thame: Solar panels in Thame 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.
How many solar panels do I need? The honest way to count
One panel is 2.26 square metres. The rest is measuring your roof honestly.
Read the guide →Does a standalone battery actually pay back?
No panels means one job: buy cheap, use later. The tariff decides whether it pays.
Read the guide →Charging an EV from your own solar
Every surplus kWh is 3.6 to 5 miles. Whether that beats a 7p overnight rate is arithmetic.
Read the guide →Do you need to replace your radiators for a heat pump?
Some change, most do not. The room by room arithmetic that decides which.
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 →How to check an MCS certificate is genuine, before the deposit leaves your account
A logo proves nothing. Certification is business specific, technology specific and checkable.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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