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Solar panels in Wells, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Wells makes about 6,460 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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How much a Wells roof makes, month by month
Wells' best month is May, at 124.4 kWh per kWp; December manages 33.9. Over the year that comes to 1,015 kWh per kWp, 2% below our Somerset county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 38.4 |
| February | 55.4 |
| March | 90.4 |
| April | 118 |
| May | 124 |
| June | 121 |
| July | 124 |
| August | 107 |
| September | 93.8 |
| October | 64 |
| November | 45 |
| December | 33.9 |
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 1,015, Wells is 10% above it.
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, opened on Wells' own yield, and 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Wells (51.2101, -2.65029), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
NGED and your Wells connection
On NESO's licence-area map, Wells is in South West England, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED the network operator for any system fitted here.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Wells
A heat pump in Wells
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Wells, a 12-panel system makes about 220 kWh in December and 240 kWh in January, a fraction of its 790 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Wells
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Wells make about 790 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
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.
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
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.
Wells solar questions
How much electricity do solar panels make in Wells?
About 6,460 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Wells: 1,015 kWh per kWp, or 2.78 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 790 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Wells?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Wells, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,460 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Wells, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Wells. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Wells?
Around £662 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,519 kWh a 12-panel system in Wells exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Wells get in December?
December is the low point: about 220 kWh from a 12-panel system in Wells, on PVGIS data, rising to 790 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,100 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Wells compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Wells.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Wells | 1,015 | this town |
| Shepton Mallet | 1,015 | level |
| Glastonbury | 1,033 | +18 kWh |
| Street | 1,032 | +17 kWh |
| Midsomer Norton | 1,005 | −10 kWh |
| Radstock | 1,003 | −12 kWh |
| Frome | 1,008 | −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
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Guides worth reading before your call
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
G98 vs G99: the 28-day form and the eight-week wait, in plain English
One number on your quote decides between a formality and an eight week wait.
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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 →EV tariffs compared: the cheapest overnight windows
Overnight rates of 6.99p to 9p against a 26.32p capped average, compared.
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 →Get my free quote
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