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Independent guidance on solar and battery storage for Wells 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 Wells at 1,015 kWh per kWp a year, 2% below our Somerset county estimate.
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What a roof in Wells can generate
Real satellite data for Wells, real installed pricing, and the same honest model we run for every place we cover.
How Wells compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Wells. It is one of 21 Somerset towns we track, and it ranks joint 15th of 21 for solar yield, a town of 12,049 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,015 kWh per kWp a year, 2.78 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £909 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £662 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, defaulted to Wells's own yield, and at Wells's 1,015 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 Wells 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 Wells generates around 6,455 kWh a year, worth around £909 in year one on the 12p export scenario.
Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Wells's own coordinates (51.2101, -2.65029), 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 Wells
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Wells as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Wells
What could a roof in Wells generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Wells at 1,015 kWh per kWp a year, 2.78 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons.
What does a typical solar system cost in Wells?
A typical 12 panel, 6.36 kWp system in Wells costs around £6,360 installed, at £1,000 per kWp before any battery.
Would a system in Wells 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 Wells before anything is booked; our G98 vs G99 guide explains the difference in full.
What could I earn from exporting in Wells?
On the 12p export scenario, that 12 panel system sends about 5,519 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £662. The tariff guide compares the export rates that could apply to your setup.
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Reading for Wells homeowners
Independent, sourced and dated. 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 →Whole home backup or partial backup? The runtime arithmetic
Whole home backup sounds obvious until you do the runtime maths. Here is how to choose the right tier.
Read the guide →Smart charge point regulations, explained
Why your charger arrives pre-set to charge overnight, and why it waits before it starts.
Read the guide →Are heat pumps worth it? The real 2026 numbers
Electricity costs 3.3x gas per kWh. A heat pump is about 3x as efficient. The numbers nearly cancel out.
Read the guide →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
Identical kit, five times the export income. The tariff decision worked through with August 2026 rates.
Read the guide →G98 or G99: which one applies, what the application involves, and how long it takes
The G98 line sits at 3.68kW per phase. Above it, your network operator has to say yes first.
Read the guide →How Wells 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 Wells |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells | 1,015 | 2.78 | — |
| Shepton Mallet | 1,015 | 2.78 | level |
| Glastonbury | 1,033 | 2.83 | +18 kWh |
| Street | 1,032 | 2.83 | +17 kWh |
| Midsomer Norton | 1,005 | 2.75 | -10 kWh |
| Radstock | 1,003 | 2.75 | -12 kWh |
| Frome | 1,008 | 2.76 | -7 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 Wells: Solar panels in Wells from OVO Solar & Battery