Dorset
Solar panels in Wimborne Minster, sized to your roof.
About 6,990 kWh a year from 12 panels in Wimborne Minster, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Wimborne Minster's solar year
From 38.2 kWh per kWp in December to 134.8 in July: a roof in Wimborne Minster makes 3.5 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,099 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 42.5 |
| February | 59.2 |
| March | 96.7 |
| April | 124 |
| May | 132 |
| June | 132 |
| July | 135 |
| August | 119 |
| September | 102 |
| October | 69.4 |
| November | 50.1 |
| December | 38.2 |
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 1,099, Wimborne Minster is 19% above it.
How Wimborne Minster compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Wimborne Minster. It is one of 15 Dorset towns we track, and it ranks 7th of 15 for solar yield, a town of 18,619 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,099 kWh per kWp a year, 3.01 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £973 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £726 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Wimborne Minster'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.
Dorset is the planning authority covering Wimborne Minster, 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Wimborne Minster (50.80397, -1.96724), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Wimborne Minster
Wimborne Minster 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.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to SSEN within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Wimborne Minster
A heat pump in Wimborne Minster
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Wimborne Minster make about 1,210 kWh, against 3,290 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, open in England and Wales, takes £7,500 off an air source or ground source heat pump, or £2,500 off an air-to-air unit. Homes on oil or LPG with no mains gas get £1,500 more until March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Wimborne Minster
A 12-panel roof in Wimborne Minster makes about 860 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 Wimborne Minster
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Wimborne Minster as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Wimborne Minster: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Wimborne Minster?
Each kWp of panels in Wimborne Minster makes 1,099 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,990 kWh, from about 240 kWh in December up to 860 kWh in July.
How much are solar panels in Wimborne Minster?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Wimborne Minster before a battery. What Wimborne Minster changes is the return, about 6,990 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Wimborne Minster need approval from the network operator?
Wimborne Minster 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 Wimborne Minster?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Wimborne Minster exports about 6,053 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £726; 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 Wimborne Minster in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Wimborne Minster roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,210 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Wimborne Minster compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Wimborne Minster.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Wimborne Minster |
|---|---|---|
| Wimborne Minster | 1,099 | this town |
| Ferndown | 1,112 | +13 kWh |
| Corfe Mullen | 1,094 | −5 kWh |
| West Moors | 1,112 | +13 kWh |
| Poole | 1,097 | −2 kWh |
| Upton | 1,094 | −5 kWh |
| Bournemouth | 1,105 | +6 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 Wimborne Minster: Solar panels in Wimborne Minster from OVO Solar & Battery
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Read the guide →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
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