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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Wellington homes in Somerset: 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 Wellington at 1,008 kWh per kWp a year, 3% below our Somerset county estimate.
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What a roof in Wellington can generate
Real satellite data for Wellington, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Wellington compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Wellington. It is one of 21 Somerset towns we track, and it ranks joint 18th of 21 for solar yield, a town of 14,561 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,008 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 £904 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £657 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Wellington's own yield, and at Wellington's 1,008 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.
Any planning application in Wellington sits with Somerset, 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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A 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Wellington generates around 6,411 kWh a year, worth around £903 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Wellington's own coordinates (50.97898, -3.2288), 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 Wellington
If a system in Wellington is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Wellington
What could a roof in Wellington generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Wellington at 1,008 kWh per kWp a year, 2.76 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Wellington?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Wellington costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Wellington 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 Wellington before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Wellington?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,474 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £657. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Wellington homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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Read the guide →How Wellington 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 Wellington |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | 1,008 | 2.76 | — |
| Taunton | 1,026 | 2.81 | +18 kWh |
| Cullompton | 1,026 | 2.81 | +18 kWh |
| Tiverton (Mid Devon) | 1,017 | 2.79 | +9 kWh |
| Honiton | 1,060 | 2.90 | +52 kWh |
| Chard | 1,050 | 2.88 | +42 kWh |
| Bridgwater | 1,047 | 2.87 | +39 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 Wellington: Solar panels in Wellington from OVO Solar & Battery