Northumberland
Solar panels in Bedlington, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,160 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Bedlington's solar year
From 28.2 kWh per kWp in December to 125.6 in May: a roof in Bedlington makes 4.5 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 968 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 33 |
| February | 51.7 |
| March | 84.7 |
| April | 112 |
| May | 126 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 120 |
| August | 107 |
| September | 89.3 |
| October | 60.5 |
| November | 41 |
| December | 28.2 |
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: Bedlington makes 968 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Bedlington is 5% above it.
How Bedlington compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Bedlington. It is one of 18 Northumberland towns we track, and it ranks 7th of 18 for solar yield, a town of 16,663 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 968 kWh per kWp a year, 2.65 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £873 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £626 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Bedlington'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.
Northumberland is the planning authority covering Bedlington, 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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Modelled for Bedlington at 55.13569, -1.58796 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Who runs the grid in Bedlington
Northern Powergrid owns and runs the local electricity network in Bedlington, as part of its North East England licence area.
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: Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Bedlington
A heat pump in Bedlington
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Bedlington make about 980 kWh, against 2,980 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 Bedlington
A 12-panel roof in Bedlington makes about 800 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.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Bedlington
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Bedlington as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Bedlington solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Bedlington?
Each kWp of panels in Bedlington makes 968 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,160 kWh, from about 180 kWh in December up to 800 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Bedlington?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Bedlington before a battery. What Bedlington changes is the return, about 6,160 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Bedlington need approval from the network operator?
Bedlington is on Northern Powergrid's network (North East England 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 can I earn from exporting solar in Bedlington?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Bedlington exports about 5,220 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £626; 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 Bedlington in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 69% of a Bedlington roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 980 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Bedlington 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 Bedlington |
|---|---|---|
| Bedlington | 968 | this town |
| Stakeford | 976 | +8 kWh |
| Blyth | 980 | +12 kWh |
| Ashington | 976 | +8 kWh |
| Cramlington | 952 | −16 kWh |
| Morpeth | 957 | −11 kWh |
| Seaton Delaval | 967 | −1 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 Bedlington: Solar panels in Bedlington from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Bedlington
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Solar installation day: exactly what happens, hour by hour
The week before, the day itself hour by hour, and the paperwork that follows.
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Read the guide →G98 or G99: which one applies, what the application involves, and how long it takes
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Read the guide →Get my free quote
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