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Solar panels in Tidworth, designed on a free call.
About 6,640 kWh a year from 12 panels in Tidworth, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Tidworth, in numbers
From 37.1 kWh per kWp in December to 126.5 in May: a roof in Tidworth makes 3.4 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,044 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 40.9 |
| February | 54.1 |
| March | 92.8 |
| April | 118 |
| May | 127 |
| June | 125 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 112 |
| September | 97 |
| October | 67.2 |
| November | 47.6 |
| December | 37.1 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,044 kWh per kWp in Tidworth against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Tidworth 13% above it.
How Tidworth compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Tidworth. It is one of 20 Wiltshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 3rd of 20 for solar yield, a town of 10,940 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,044 kWh per kWp a year, 2.86 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £931 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £684 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Tidworth'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 Tidworth sits with Wiltshire, 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 Tidworth (51.23669, -1.66999), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
SSEN and your Tidworth connection
Tidworth sits in Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks' Southern England licence area, so SSEN 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 SSEN within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); SSEN, micro-generation connections page, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Tidworth
A heat pump in Tidworth
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Tidworth, a 12-panel system makes about 240 kWh in December and 260 kWh in January, a fraction of its 800 kWh in May, 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 Tidworth
Tidworth's May output, about 800 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
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.
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 Tidworth
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Tidworth as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Tidworth
How much electricity do solar panels make in Tidworth?
About 6,640 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Tidworth: 1,044 kWh per kWp, or 2.86 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 800 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Tidworth?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Tidworth, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,640 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Tidworth, and what does it need from me?
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) covers Tidworth. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to SSEN within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
What could I earn from exporting in Tidworth?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Tidworth sends about 5,703 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £684. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Tidworth get in December?
December is the low point: about 240 kWh from a 12-panel system in Tidworth, on PVGIS data, rising to 800 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,140 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Tidworth compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Tidworth.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Tidworth |
|---|---|---|
| Tidworth | 1,044 | this town |
| Durrington and Bulford | 1,045 | +1 kWh |
| Amesbury | 1,044 | level |
| Andover | 1,037 | −7 kWh |
| Salisbury | 1,056 | +12 kWh |
| Marlborough | 1,017 | −27 kWh |
| Devizes | 1,025 | −19 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 Tidworth: Solar panels in Tidworth from OVO Solar & Battery
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