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Solar panels in Bentley, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Bentley makes about 6,230 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 Bentley roof makes, month by month
From 34.3 kWh per kWp in December to 122.9 in May: a roof in Bentley makes 3.6 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
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.9 |
| February | 53.6 |
| March | 85.8 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 114 |
| July | 120 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 91.3 |
| October | 61.9 |
| November | 43.6 |
| December | 34.3 |
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: Bentley makes 980 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Bentley is 6% above it.
How Bentley compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Bentley. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 12th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 12,556 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.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Bentley'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.
Any planning application in Bentley sits with Doncaster, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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 Bentley at 53.54374, -1.14767 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Northern Powergrid and your Bentley connection
Northern Powergrid owns and runs the local electricity network in Bentley, as part of its Yorkshire licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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 Bentley
A heat pump in Bentley
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Bentley, a 12-panel system makes about 220 kWh in December and 220 kWh in January, a fraction of its 780 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Bentley
Bentley's May output, about 780 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
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 Bentley
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Bentley as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Bentley: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Bentley?
About 6,230 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Bentley: 980 kWh per kWp, or 2.69 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 780 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Bentley?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Bentley, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,230 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Bentley, and what does it need from me?
Northern Powergrid covers Bentley. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection.
What could I earn from exporting in Bentley?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Bentley sends about 5,296 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £636. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Bentley get in December?
December is the low point: about 220 kWh from a 12-panel system in Bentley, on PVGIS data, rising to 780 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,060 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Bentley compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Bentley compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Bentley |
|---|---|---|
| Bentley | 980 | this town |
| Scawthorpe and Cusworth | 983 | +3 kWh |
| Doncaster | 980 | level |
| Adwick le Street | 976 | −4 kWh |
| Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe | 971 | −9 kWh |
| Armthorpe | 980 | level |
| Warmsworth | 985 | +5 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 Bentley: Solar panels in Bentley from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Bentley homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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Read the guide →What an EV charger installation actually involves
Main fuse, DNO notification, load balancing and the paperwork. What really happens.
Read the guide →Heat pump running costs versus a gas boiler, assumptions shown
Four numbers decide it: seasonal efficiency, flow temperature, tariff and heat demand.
Read the guide →Choosing a tariff when you have solar, a battery and an EV
Solar, battery and EV want different tariffs. How to work out which one to protect.
Read the guide →G98 or G99: which one applies, what the application involves, and how long it takes
The G98 line sits at 3.68kW per phase. Above it, your network operator has to say yes first.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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