Lancashire
Solar panels in Audenshaw, with the numbers shown.
About 5,500 kWh a year from 12 panels in Audenshaw, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Audenshaw's solar year
From 24.2 kWh per kWp in January to 112.5 in May: a roof in Audenshaw makes 4.6 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 864 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 24.2 |
| February | 44 |
| March | 76.6 |
| April | 102 |
| May | 113 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 107 |
| August | 93.9 |
| September | 79.6 |
| October | 54 |
| November | 36.1 |
| December | 25.9 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 864 kWh per kWp in Audenshaw against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Audenshaw 7% below it.
How Audenshaw compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Audenshaw. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks joint 93rd of 109 for solar yield, a town of 14,362 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 864 kWh per kWp a year, 2.37 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £794 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £547 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Audenshaw's own yield, and prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.
Tameside is the planning authority covering Audenshaw, 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Audenshaw's own coordinates (53.47344, -2.12787), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
Who runs the grid in Audenshaw
Audenshaw is served by Electricity North West: the town's centre falls inside its North West England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: Electricity North West is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Audenshaw
A heat pump in Audenshaw
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Audenshaw make about 830 kWh, against 2,680 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
Grant support in England comes from the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £7,500 for an air source or ground source heat pump, £2,500 for air-to-air, and an extra £1,500 until March 2027 where the home is heated by oil or LPG off the gas grid (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Audenshaw
From April to September, 70% of a Audenshaw roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 720 kWh in May on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
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 Audenshaw
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Audenshaw as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Audenshaw: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Audenshaw?
Each kWp of panels in Audenshaw makes 864 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,500 kWh, from about 150 kWh in January up to 720 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Audenshaw?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Audenshaw before a battery. What Audenshaw changes is the return, about 5,500 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Audenshaw need approval from the network operator?
Audenshaw is on Electricity North West's network (North West England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: Electricity North West is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. 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. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Audenshaw?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Audenshaw exports about 4,558 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £547; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Audenshaw in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 70% of a Audenshaw roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 830 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Audenshaw compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Audenshaw.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Audenshaw |
|---|---|---|
| Audenshaw | 864 | this town |
| Droylsden | 864 | level |
| Denton | 864 | level |
| Dukinfield | 859 | −5 kWh |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 860 | −4 kWh |
| Failsworth | 875 | +11 kWh |
| Hyde | 859 | −5 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
Also for Audenshaw: Solar panels in Audenshaw from OVO Solar & Battery
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