Thursday, 17 September 2026
Solar generation in Ballymena, Thursday, 17 September 2026
Overcast in Ballymena. A 4kW install would still produce about 3.3 kWh of free electricity today.
4kW system
Typical 3-bed NI home (10-12 panels)
3.3 kWh
£1.12 of electricity
6kW system
Larger home, EV owner, or heat pump
5 kWh
£1.68 of electricity
Weather on the day
- Sunshine
- 0.3 h
- Cloud cover
- 75%
- Max temp
- 14.6°C
- Solar radiation
- 1.07 kWh/m²
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How we worked this out
We used daily shortwave radiation data for Ballymena from Open-Meteo and applied the standard PV yield model:energy = radiation × system kWp × performance ratio. The performance ratio is 0.78 (accounts for inverter and temperature losses, orientation and soiling). Electricity is valued at 33.5p/kWh, the tracker's fixed assumption. Power NI's standard credit rate is 32.100p, so a Power NI household should read these savings as slightly high.
Figures are an estimate based on observed conditions and a representative install. Actual generation varies with roof orientation, shading and hardware.