GEPCO area - 5.2 peak-sun hrs/day

Solar calculator for Gujranwala

Gujranwala solar estimates should reflect GEPCO billing, dense residential roofs, and small-industrial daytime usage. Use this page to size a system and compare quote assumptions before you buy.

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Gujranwala solar estimate at a glance

This shared model uses 5.2 peak-sun hours per day, a 75% performance ratio, 55% direct self-consumption, Rs. 60/unit retail value, and Rs. 8.13/unit export credit. These are illustrative assumptions, not an official flat GEPCO tariff. Enter the actual units from your bill, then ask your installer to recalculate savings using your agreement rates and measured daytime load.

DISCO
GEPCO
Gujranwala Electric Power Company
Peak sun
5.2
hours per day used for sizing
Province
Punjab
geographic context
Default type
Hybrid
on-grid costs are shown below too
Illustrative load profiles: these scenarios use the shared calculation model. They are not monitored local installations, measured bills or installer quotations. Shops and industrial sites need their actual tariff and operating schedule checked separately.
Use caseMonthly unitsHybrid sizeCost estimateMonthly generationSavingsPayback
Small home350 kWh3 kWRs. 460K - Rs. 540K351 kWhRs. 12,9003.2 years
Family home600 kWh6 kWRs. 910K - Rs. 1.09M702 kWhRs. 25,7003.2 years
Large home900 kWh8 kWRs. 1.21M - Rs. 1.45M936 kWhRs. 34,3003.2 years
Shop or office1,500 kWh13 kWRs. 1.97M - Rs. 2.36M1,521 kWhRs. 55,8003.2 years
System prices

Gujranwala 5 kW, 7 kW, 10 kW, and 15 kW solar cost guide

These are starting budgets from the shared Pakistan model rather than a local supplier quotation survey. Request separate prices for roof repairs, elevated structures, coastal protection, the exact battery capacity and utility works.

5 kW

On-grid range
Rs. 410K - Rs. 500K
Hybrid range
Rs. 760K - Rs. 910K
Estimated monthly generation
585 kWh

7 kW

On-grid range
Rs. 580K - Rs. 690K
Hybrid range
Rs. 1.06M - Rs. 1.27M
Estimated monthly generation
819 kWh

10 kW

On-grid range
Rs. 830K - Rs. 990K
Hybrid range
Rs. 1.52M - Rs. 1.82M
Estimated monthly generation
1,170 kWh

15 kW

On-grid range
Rs. 1.24M - Rs. 1.49M
Hybrid range
Rs. 2.28M - Rs. 2.72M
Estimated monthly generation
1,755 kWh
Local sizing notes

What changes in Gujranwala

Gujranwala uses a 5.2 peak-sun-hour planning default. For a mixed home-and-workshop property, separate the household bill profile from workshop machinery and check the actual GEPCO connection category. A monthly total that includes welding or motor loads is not enough to select a backup inverter.

Dense streets, parapet shade, and dust from workshops can affect output. Ask for a panel layout that keeps strings away from predictable shade.

Model TownSatellite TownPeoples ColonyWapda TownDC ColonyRahwali

Area names are examples for survey planning. Verify the actual electricity supplier on your own bill.

Net billing

GEPCO savings logic

GEPCO users with daytime shop or workshop load may get better value from self-consumption than from exporting a large surplus.

The calculator separates direct savings from export credit because imported units and exported units have different cash values. This is why two Gujranwala homes with the same kW size can have different payback.

Site survey

Evidence to request for a Gujranwala roof

Use your own bill, roof photographs and operating schedule to turn these local checks into a written design. Ask for the evidence behind each proposal before comparing total prices.

Test machinery demand beyond average units

For welding sets, compressors or motors, ask an electrician to record starting demand and phase loading. The quote should identify which circuits receive backup and how generator and utility supplies are isolated. Do not treat an inverter's kW rating as a guarantee that every machine can start on battery.

Inspect soiling sources and neighboring rooflines

Photograph nearby exhaust outlets and workshop activity during the survey, then agree how panels can be inspected and cleaned safely. Request a shade layout for high adjoining walls. Use an observed cleaning schedule after commissioning rather than a universal promised percentage gain from cleaning.

A comparison to make before you buy

For a workshop near Rahwali, compare a solar design covering steady daytime demand with a backup design that also serves selected machinery. Keep the motor-starting requirement, battery discharge limit and closed-day exports visible in each quote. The city table does not simulate those electrical transients.

Quote checklist

Before you sign a Gujranwala solar quote

Keep every installer on the same scope. Otherwise a cheaper quote may simply be missing protection gear, stronger mounting, monitoring, battery wiring, or GEPCO paperwork.

1

Confirm the GEPCO filing scope, fees, drawings, testing, inspection, and bidirectional meter timeline.

2

Ask for panel brand, exact model, wattage, serial verification, product warranty, and performance warranty.

3

Require inverter make, model, warranty channel, monitoring access, surge protection, earthing, and breaker details.

4

Separate panels, inverter, mounting, protection gear, battery, labor, and net-billing filing into line items.

5

Ask Gujranwala installers for three-phase compatibility, monitoring, surge protection, earthing, and documented GEPCO filing scope.

FAQ

Gujranwala solar calculator questions

Answers to local planning questions before you request a quote.

Are bill units enough for a Gujranwala workshop?

Also check motor starts, welder and compressor demand, phase loading and backup circuits. Monthly units describe energy, not the immediate power needed to start equipment.

How should cleaning be planned near a workshop?

Document dust and exhaust sources during the survey, provide safe access and establish a cleaning schedule from actual soiling and output after commissioning.

Official sources

Verify the application and generation assumptions

Use the original utility sources for application rules, fees and approval steps. The sun-hours and price bands on this page are this site's planning assumptions; they are not an official tariff or a measured local yield dataset.

GEPCO official net-billing portal

PITC lists GEPCO among its supported utilities and links applications, tracking, NEPRA regulations, contact information and transformer checks. Read the current notices before a new application or capacity change.

Check monthly yield in Global Solar Atlas

Select your roof's location and compare monthly PVOUT for the proposed orientation and tilt. The Atlas model excludes building and vegetation shade, so a local shade survey is still needed. Its kWh/kWp yield is a different quantity from this calculator's peak-sun-hour input.

Read the Atlas methodology

Official links reviewed: 6 October 2026. See the calculator methodology and limits

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