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Solar panels in Woodbridge, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,960 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Woodbridge can generate
PVGIS puts Woodbridge at 1,095 kWh per kWp a year, 4% above our Suffolk county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 40.7 |
| February | 55.6 |
| March | 93.3 |
| April | 125 |
| May | 133 |
| June | 133 |
| July | 133 |
| August | 119 |
| September | 103 |
| October | 71.3 |
| November | 49.7 |
| December | 38.4 |
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 1,095, Woodbridge is 18% above it.
How Woodbridge compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Woodbridge. It is one of 16 Suffolk towns we track, and it ranks 1st of 16 for solar yield, a town of 10,639 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,095 kWh per kWp a year, 3.00 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £970 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £723 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Woodbridge'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.
Woodbridge sits within East Suffolk, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it 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 Woodbridge at 52.09518, 1.30975 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Connecting solar to the Woodbridge network
UK Power Networks owns and runs the local electricity network in Woodbridge, 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.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for 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.
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 Woodbridge
A heat pump in Woodbridge
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Woodbridge's roofs make 1,170 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 3,300 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Woodbridge
A 12-panel roof in Woodbridge makes about 850 kWh in May. 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 Woodbridge
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Woodbridge: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Woodbridge
What could a roof in Woodbridge generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Woodbridge at 1,095 kWh per kWp a year, 3.00 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,960 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
How much are solar panels in Woodbridge?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Woodbridge before a battery. What Woodbridge changes is the return, about 6,960 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Woodbridge?
Usually not in advance. UK Power Networks, the network operator for Woodbridge, only needs a G98 notification within 28 days of commissioning for systems up to 3.68kW per phase. Bigger inverter or battery outputs need G99 approval 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. "See our DNO explainer.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Woodbridge?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Woodbridge exports about 6,028 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £723; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Do solar panels work in winter in Woodbridge?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Woodbridge 38.4 kWh per kWp in December and 40.7 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 240 kWh and 260 kWh in those months, against 850 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Woodbridge 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 Woodbridge |
|---|---|---|
| Woodbridge | 1,095 | this town |
| Kesgrave | 1,090 | −5 kWh |
| Ipswich | 1,079 | −16 kWh |
| Felixstowe | 1,074 | −21 kWh |
| Harwich | 1,092 | −3 kWh |
| Stowmarket | 1,056 | −39 kWh |
| Hadleigh | 1,072 | −23 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.
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