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Solar panels in Armthorpe, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,230 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Armthorpe's solar year
From 33.5 kWh per kWp in December to 123.3 in May: a roof in Armthorpe makes 3.7 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 980 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.6 |
| February | 53.2 |
| March | 86.6 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 114 |
| July | 120 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 91.3 |
| October | 61.9 |
| November | 43.6 |
| December | 33.5 |
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 980, Armthorpe is 6% above it.
How Armthorpe compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Armthorpe. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 12th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 14,496 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 980 kWh per kWp a year, 2.69 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £883 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £636 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Armthorpe'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.
Doncaster is the planning authority covering Armthorpe, which the House of Commons Library classes 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Armthorpe (53.53679, -1.04664), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Armthorpe
Armthorpe sits in Northern Powergrid's Yorkshire licence area, so Northern Powergrid is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, Northern Powergrid only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Northern Powergrid, generation connections page, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Armthorpe
A heat pump in Armthorpe
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Armthorpe make about 1,050 kWh, against 2,970 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more 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 Armthorpe
A 12-panel roof in Armthorpe makes about 780 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.
If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Armthorpe
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Armthorpe as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Armthorpe solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Armthorpe?
Each kWp of panels in Armthorpe makes 980 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,230 kWh, from about 210 kWh in December up to 780 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Armthorpe?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Armthorpe differs is output: about 6,230 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Armthorpe need approval from the network operator?
Armthorpe is on Northern Powergrid's network (Yorkshire licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Armthorpe?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,296 kWh of the 6,230 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Armthorpe goes to the grid, around £636 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Armthorpe in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Armthorpe roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,050 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Armthorpe 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 Armthorpe |
|---|---|---|
| Armthorpe | 980 | this town |
| Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe | 971 | −9 kWh |
| Dunscroft and Hatfield | 978 | −2 kWh |
| Doncaster | 980 | level |
| Bentley | 980 | level |
| New Rossington and Rossington | 977 | −3 kWh |
| Scawthorpe and Cusworth | 983 | +3 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.
Also for Armthorpe: Solar panels in Armthorpe from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Armthorpe
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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