Staffordshire
Solar panels in Wednesbury, sized to your roof.
A 12-panel roof in Wednesbury 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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Wednesbury's solar year
PVGIS puts Wednesbury at 962 kWh per kWp a year, 1% above our Staffordshire 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 | 35.4 |
| February | 50.6 |
| March | 85 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 118 |
| June | 115 |
| July | 118 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 89.2 |
| October | 61.7 |
| November | 41.9 |
| December | 34.3 |
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 962, Wednesbury is 4% above it.
How Wednesbury compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Wednesbury. It is one of 44 Staffordshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 11th of 44 for solar yield, a town of 20,545 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 962 kWh per kWp a year, 2.63 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £869 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £622 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Wednesbury'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.
Sandwell is the planning authority covering Wednesbury, which the House of Commons Library classes as a 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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Modelled for Wednesbury at 52.5565, -2.01424 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Who runs the grid in Wednesbury
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Wednesbury is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), which runs the West Midlands licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, NGED only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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 Wednesbury
A heat pump in Wednesbury
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Wednesbury make about 1,030 kWh, against 2,900 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
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 Wednesbury
A 12-panel roof in Wednesbury makes about 750 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.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds 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 Wednesbury
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Wednesbury as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Wednesbury solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Wednesbury?
Each kWp of panels in Wednesbury makes 962 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,120 kWh, from about 220 kWh in December up to 750 kWh in July.
How much are solar panels in Wednesbury?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Wednesbury before a battery. What Wednesbury changes is the return, about 6,120 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Wednesbury need approval from the network operator?
Wednesbury is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's network (West Midlands licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Wednesbury?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Wednesbury exports about 5,182 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £622; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Wednesbury in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Wednesbury roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,030 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Wednesbury 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 Wednesbury |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesbury | 962 | this town |
| Darlaston | 962 | level |
| West Bromwich | 966 | +4 kWh |
| Walsall | 966 | +4 kWh |
| Tipton | 957 | −5 kWh |
| Bilston | 955 | −7 kWh |
| Willenhall | 962 | level |
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.
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Further reading for Wednesbury
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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The week before, the day itself hour by hour, and the paperwork that follows.
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Read the guide →Get my free quote
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