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Solar panels in Wickford, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,800 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Wickford, in numbers
From 38.3 kWh per kWp in December to 129.5 in July: a roof in Wickford makes 3.4 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,069 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 40.9 |
| February | 55.6 |
| March | 91.3 |
| April | 120 |
| May | 128 |
| June | 129 |
| July | 130 |
| August | 117 |
| September | 100 |
| October | 69.8 |
| November | 50.4 |
| December | 38.3 |
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: Wickford makes 1,069 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Wickford is 16% above it.
How Wickford compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Wickford is one of 46 Essex towns we track, and it ranks 19th of 46 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 27,825 residents, and its roofs see 2.93 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,799 kWh of generation, of which around 5,862 kWh is exported at 12p for £703 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Wickford'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.
Any planning application in Wickford sits with Basildon, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is medium 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Wickford's own coordinates (51.60867, 0.52372), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
The network operator for Wickford
Wickford is served by UK Power Networks: the town's centre falls inside its East 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: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Wickford
A heat pump in Wickford
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Wickford make about 240 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Wickford 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 Wickford
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Wickford make about 820 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.
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).
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Wickford
If a system in Wickford is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Wickford solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Wickford?
Wickford averages 2.93 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,069 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,800 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Wickford?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Wickford, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,800 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Wickford, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is UK Power 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 UK Power Networks as it does every network operator. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Wickford?
Around £703 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,862 kWh a 12-panel system in Wickford exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Wickford in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Wickford: about 240 kWh from 12 panels, against 820 kWh in July. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Wickford compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Wickford.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Wickford |
|---|---|---|
| Wickford | 1,069 | this town |
| Runwell | 1,070 | +1 kWh |
| Basildon | 1,068 | −1 kWh |
| Rayleigh | 1,072 | +3 kWh |
| Thundersley and South Benfleet | 1,070 | +1 kWh |
| South Woodham Ferrers | 1,088 | +19 kWh |
| Billericay | 1,062 | −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.
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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.
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Read the guide →Charging an EV from your own solar
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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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