Dorset
Solar panels in West Moors, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 7,070 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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West Moors' solar year
PVGIS puts West Moors at 1,112 kWh per kWp a year, 2% above our Dorset 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 | 42.6 |
| February | 59.6 |
| March | 97.5 |
| April | 125 |
| May | 133 |
| June | 134 |
| July | 137 |
| August | 120 |
| September | 103 |
| October | 70 |
| November | 50.8 |
| December | 38.6 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: West Moors makes 1,112 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so West Moors is 20% above it.
How West Moors compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for West Moors. It is one of 15 Dorset towns we track, and it ranks joint 4th of 15 for solar yield, a town of 10,244 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,112 kWh per kWp a year, 3.05 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £983 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £736 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on West Moors' 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.
Dorset is the planning authority covering West Moors, 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 West Moors at 50.82134, -1.8794 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 West Moors
West Moors is served by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN): the town's centre falls inside its Southern England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: SSEN is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); SSEN, micro-generation connections page, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in West Moors
A heat pump in West Moors
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in West Moors make about 1,220 kWh, against 3,340 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 West Moors
A 12-panel roof in West Moors makes about 870 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.
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 West Moors
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in West Moors as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in West Moors
What does a solar panel system produce in West Moors?
Each kWp of panels in West Moors makes 1,112 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 7,070 kWh, from about 250 kWh in December up to 870 kWh in July.
How much are solar panels in West Moors?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in West Moors before a battery. What West Moors changes is the return, about 7,070 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in West Moors need approval from the network operator?
West Moors is on Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks' network (Southern England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: SSEN is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in West Moors?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in West Moors exports about 6,136 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £736; 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 West Moors in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a West Moors roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,220 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How West Moors compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest West Moors compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs West Moors |
|---|---|---|
| West Moors | 1,112 | this town |
| Ferndown | 1,112 | level |
| Verwood | 1,082 | −30 kWh |
| Wimborne Minster | 1,099 | −13 kWh |
| Ringwood | 1,125 | +13 kWh |
| Bournemouth | 1,105 | −7 kWh |
| Corfe Mullen | 1,094 | −18 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 West Moors: Solar panels in West Moors from OVO Solar & Battery
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