Buckinghamshire
Solar panels in Wendover, with the numbers shown.
About 6,360 kWh a year from 12 panels in Wendover, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Wendover's solar year
From 34.3 kWh per kWp in December to 123.8 in July: a roof in Wendover makes 3.6 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,000 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 37.4 |
| February | 50.6 |
| March | 87.2 |
| April | 113 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 121 |
| July | 124 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 94.8 |
| October | 64.7 |
| November | 44 |
| 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 1,000, Wendover is 8% above it.
How Wendover compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Wendover. It is one of 19 Buckinghamshire towns we track, and it ranks 17th of 19 for solar yield, a town of 8,670 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,000 kWh per kWp a year, 2.74 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £898 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £651 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Wendover's 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.
Buckinghamshire is the planning authority covering Wendover, 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 Wendover at 51.76801, -0.73823 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 Wendover
UK Power Networks owns and runs the local electricity network in Wendover, as part of its East England licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds UK Power Networks as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Wendover
A heat pump in Wendover
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Wendover make about 1,060 kWh, against 3,020 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
Grant support in England comes from the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £7,500 for an air source or ground source heat pump, £2,500 for air-to-air, and an extra £1,500 until March 2027 where the home is heated by oil or LPG off the gas grid (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Wendover
From April to September, 68% of a Wendover roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 790 kWh in July on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
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.
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Wendover
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Wendover as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Wendover: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Wendover?
Each kWp of panels in Wendover makes 1,000 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,360 kWh, from about 220 kWh in December up to 790 kWh in July.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Wendover?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Wendover differs is output: about 6,360 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Wendover need approval from the network operator?
Wendover is on UK Power Networks' network (East England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds UK Power Networks as it does every network operator. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Wendover?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,423 kWh of the 6,360 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Wendover goes to the grid, around £651 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Wendover in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Wendover roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,060 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Wendover 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 Wendover |
|---|---|---|
| Wendover | 1,000 | this town |
| Tring | 1,005 | +5 kWh |
| Aylesbury | 995 | −5 kWh |
| Prestwood and Great Missenden | 1,002 | +2 kWh |
| Princes Risborough | 997 | −3 kWh |
| Chesham | 1,009 | +9 kWh |
| Berkhamsted | 1,007 | +7 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
Also for Wendover: Solar panels in Wendover from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Wendover
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
What a solar service costs, and how often you actually need one
MCS advises a contractor visit at year 10 on a privately owned home. Most plans sell one a year.
Read the guide →How much a battery saves by charging on cheap night rates
What charging at 8.5p and using at 26.32p is actually worth over a year.
Read the guide →How time of use charging windows actually work
How a cheap overnight window is metered and billed, and what a battery does inside it.
Read the guide →Are air source heat pumps any good? What owners actually report
The UK's largest survey found 80% of heat pump owners satisfied, against 70% for gas boilers.
Read the guide →The price cap explained, and what it does to solar payback
The cap limits unit rates, not bills. That changes what solar payback means.
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 →Get my free quote
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