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Solar panels in Ashton-under-Lyne, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Ashton-under-Lyne makes about 5,470 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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How much a Ashton-under-Lyne roof makes, month by month
Ashton-under-Lyne's best month is May, at 112.6 kWh per kWp; January manages 23.3. Over the year that comes to 860 kWh per kWp, 1% below our Lancashire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 23.3 |
| February | 43.1 |
| March | 75.8 |
| April | 102 |
| May | 113 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 108 |
| August | 94.1 |
| September | 79.1 |
| October | 53.6 |
| November | 35.4 |
| December | 25.1 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Ashton-under-Lyne makes 860 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Ashton-under-Lyne is 7% below it.
How Ashton-under-Lyne compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Ashton-under-Lyne is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks 103rd of 109 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 50,529 residents, and its roofs see 2.36 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,470 kWh of generation, of which around 4,533 kWh is exported at 12p for £544 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Ashton-under-Lyne'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.
Any planning application in Ashton-under-Lyne sits with Tameside, 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 Ashton-under-Lyne (53.49447, -2.09279), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Ashton-under-Lyne
On NESO's licence-area map, Ashton-under-Lyne is in North West England, which Electricity North West operates. That makes Electricity North West 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 Electricity North West within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds Electricity North West as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Ashton-under-Lyne
A heat pump in Ashton-under-Lyne
In January, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Ashton-under-Lyne make about 150 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Ashton-under-Lyne comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Ashton-under-Lyne
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Ashton-under-Lyne make about 720 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.
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.
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Ashton-under-Lyne
If a system in Ashton-under-Lyne is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Ashton-under-Lyne
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Ashton-under-Lyne?
Ashton-under-Lyne averages 2.36 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 860 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,470 kWh, 70% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Ashton-under-Lyne?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Ashton-under-Lyne, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,470 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Ashton-under-Lyne, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is Electricity North West. Most home systems use the G98 route, a notification within 28 days of switch-on for up to 3.68kW per phase, so nothing waits on the network. Above that, G99 applies and has to be granted first. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds Electricity North West as it does every network operator. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Ashton-under-Lyne?
Around £544 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,533 kWh a 12-panel system in Ashton-under-Lyne exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Ashton-under-Lyne in the winter months?
January is the weakest month in Ashton-under-Lyne: about 150 kWh from 12 panels, against 720 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Ashton-under-Lyne compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Ashton-under-Lyne.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Ashton-under-Lyne |
|---|---|---|
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 860 | this town |
| Dukinfield | 859 | −1 kWh |
| Stalybridge | 845 | −15 kWh |
| Audenshaw | 864 | +4 kWh |
| Droylsden | 864 | +4 kWh |
| Failsworth | 875 | +15 kWh |
| Mossley | 843 | −17 kWh |
PVGIS v5.2 for each town centroid, identical assumptions throughout. A few kWh either way is weather-year noise; a spread beyond about 30 kWh per kWp is real geography.
Also for Ashton-under-Lyne: Solar panels in Ashton-under-Lyne from OVO Solar & Battery
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