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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Torquay homes in Devon: a free remote design call first, then an MCS-certified installation team for your area if you decide to go ahead. PVGIS puts a roof in Torquay at 1,058 kWh per kWp a year, 8% above our Devon county estimate.
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What a roof in Torquay can generate
Real satellite data for Torquay, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Torquay compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Torquay is one of 23 Devon towns we track, and it ranks 12th of 23 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 52,266 residents, and its roofs see 2.90 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,729 kWh of generation, of which around 5,792 kWh is exported at 12p for £695 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Torquay's own yield, and at Torquay's 1,058 kWh per kWp it prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.
Planning applications here go through Torbay; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Torquay as a medium 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Torquay generates around 6,729 kWh a year, worth around £942 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Torquay's own coordinates (50.47867, -3.52747), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate, with the full methodology, sourcing and assumptions set out on our help page.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Torquay
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Torquay as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Torquay
What could a roof in Torquay generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Torquay at 1,058 kWh per kWp a year, 2.90 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Torquay?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Torquay costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Torquay need a G99 application?
Most home solar and battery systems qualify for the simpler G98 notification, made to the network operator (DNO) after installation rather than before. A minority, usually larger systems, need the fuller G99 process instead. Your design call checks which applies in Torquay before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Torquay?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,792 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £695. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Takes about two minutes. We work out your options, then confirm your free remote design call, on video, at a time that suits you. It starts with your roof and your numbers, and the design is built around them rather than around a product someone needs to shift.
Reading for Torquay homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Why your inverter is smaller than your panel array, and why that is correct
More panel capacity than inverter capacity is a deliberate design choice.
Read the guide →GivEnergy in administration: what owners should do now
The sourced timeline, the warranty position, and the owner's checklist for this month.
Read the guide →How solar aware EV charging actually works
The CT clamp, the surplus tracking and the 1.4kW floor that catches people out.
Read the guide →Heat pump running costs versus a gas boiler, assumptions shown
Four numbers decide it: seasonal efficiency, flow temperature, tariff and heat demand.
Read the guide →Choosing a tariff when you have solar, a battery and an EV
Solar, battery and EV want different tariffs. How to work out which one to protect.
Read the guide →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
Read the guide →How Torquay compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp | Peak sun hours | vs Torquay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torquay | 1,058 | 2.90 | — |
| Paignton | 1,085 | 2.97 | +27 kWh |
| Newton Abbot | 1,051 | 2.88 | -7 kWh |
| Teignmouth | 1,032 | 2.83 | -26 kWh |
| Kingsteignton | 1,063 | 2.91 | +5 kWh |
| Brixham | 1,098 | 3.01 | +40 kWh |
| Totnes | 1,067 | 2.92 | +9 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 Torquay: Solar panels in Torquay from OVO Solar & Battery