Solar panels in Gloucester

Comfortably above the UK average for generation.

Yield in Gloucester

990

kWh per kWp a year

A 4 kWp system

3,960

kWh generated

Worth per year

£814

saved plus exported

Payback

6.9

years, south-facing

Gloucester sits in the South West solar region, at roughly 94% of what the same panels would produce in Cornwall and Devon. Bristol, Somerset and Wiltshire — comfortably above the UK average.

Work out your own roof

System size (kWp)

4 kWp is about 10 panels

Roof faces

Your electricity use (kWh/year)

Used at home (%)

50% typical, 75% with a battery

Pays for itself in

6.9 years

£814 a year in South West, against about £5,600 installed. Over 25 years you would be roughly £14,749 ahead.

Generated per year

3,960 kWh

990 kWh per kWp here

Used at home

1,980 kWh

£517 off your bill

Exported

1,980 kWh

£297 earned

Solar in other cities

London Manchester Birmingham Leeds Glasgow Edinburgh Bristol Liverpool Sheffield Newcastle Nottingham Leicester Southampton Portsmouth Brighton Plymouth

Or see the South West regional page.