Shropshire
Solar panels in Whitchurch, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Whitchurch makes about 6,100 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Whitchurch, in numbers
PVGIS puts Whitchurch at 959 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Shropshire county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 33.1 |
| February | 50.8 |
| March | 83.8 |
| April | 110 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 117 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 89.2 |
| October | 60.7 |
| November | 41.1 |
| December | 30.4 |
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 959, Whitchurch is 4% above it.
How Whitchurch compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Whitchurch. It is one of 9 Shropshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 7th of 9 for solar yield, a town of 9,855 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 959 kWh per kWp a year, 2.63 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £867 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £620 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Whitchurch's 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.
Planning applications here go through Shropshire; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Whitchurch 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 Whitchurch at 52.96831, -2.68383 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
SP Energy Networks and your Whitchurch connection
SP Energy Networks owns and runs the local electricity network in Whitchurch, as part of its North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area.
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: SP Energy Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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 SP Energy 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Whitchurch
A heat pump in Whitchurch
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Whitchurch make about 190 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Whitchurch comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Whitchurch
Whitchurch's May output, about 770 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
The calculator above includes a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed. Renters and flat owners with off-street parking can claim 75% of a chargepoint's cost, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
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 Whitchurch
If a system in Whitchurch is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Whitchurch
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Whitchurch?
Whitchurch averages 2.63 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 959 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,100 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Whitchurch?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Whitchurch, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,100 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Whitchurch, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is SP Energy Networks. Most home systems use the G98 route, a notification within 28 days of switch-on for up to 3.68kW per phase, so nothing waits on the network. Above that, G99 applies and has to be granted first. 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 SP Energy Networks as it does every network operator. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What could I earn from exporting in Whitchurch?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Whitchurch sends about 5,163 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £620. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Whitchurch in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Whitchurch: about 190 kWh from 12 panels, against 770 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Whitchurch compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Whitchurch compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Whitchurch |
|---|---|---|
| Whitchurch | 959 | this town |
| Market Drayton | 951 | −8 kWh |
| Nantwich | 952 | −7 kWh |
| Crewe | 945 | −14 kWh |
| Wrexham | 959 | level |
| Rhosllannerchrugog | 957 | −2 kWh |
| Gwersyllt | 956 | −3 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
Also for Whitchurch: Solar panels in Whitchurch from OVO Solar & Battery
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