Gloucestershire
Solar panels in Yate, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,360 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Yate, in numbers
From 33.7 kWh per kWp in December to 124.1 in July: a roof in Yate makes 3.7 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,000 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 36.8 |
| February | 51.5 |
| March | 86.7 |
| April | 114 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 120 |
| July | 124 |
| August | 107 |
| September | 94 |
| October | 64 |
| November | 44.5 |
| December | 33.7 |
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 1,000, Yate is 8% above it.
How Yate compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Yate is one of 24 Gloucestershire towns we track, and it ranks 13th of 24 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 30,762 residents, and its roofs see 2.74 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,360 kWh of generation, of which around 5,423 kWh is exported at 12p for £651 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Yate's own yield.
Any planning application in Yate sits with South Gloucestershire, 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Yate (51.54272, -2.42167), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Yate
On NESO's licence-area map, Yate is in West Midlands, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED the network operator for any system fitted here.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Yate
A heat pump in Yate
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Yate make about 210 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Yate comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Yate
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Yate make about 790 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.
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.
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Yate
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Yate as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Yate
How much electricity do solar panels make in Yate?
About 6,360 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Yate: 1,000 kWh per kWp, or 2.74 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 790 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Yate?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Yate, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,360 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Yate, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Yate. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Yate?
Around £651 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,423 kWh a 12-panel system in Yate exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Yate get in December?
December is the low point: about 210 kWh from a 12-panel system in Yate, on PVGIS data, rising to 790 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,060 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Yate 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 Yate |
|---|---|---|
| Yate | 1,000 | this town |
| Chipping Sodbury | 1,006 | +6 kWh |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 1,001 | +1 kWh |
| Bradley Stoke | 1,009 | +9 kWh |
| Stoke Gifford | 1,010 | +10 kWh |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 1,019 | +19 kWh |
| Thornbury | 1,024 | +24 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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