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Solar panels in Burnley, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Burnley makes about 5,490 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Burnley, in numbers
PVGIS puts Burnley at 863 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Lancashire county estimate. 71% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 24.3 |
| February | 42.4 |
| March | 75.4 |
| April | 104 |
| May | 115 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 110 |
| August | 96.6 |
| September | 79.2 |
| October | 51.2 |
| November | 35.2 |
| December | 22.5 |
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 863, Burnley is 7% below it.
How Burnley compares
Burnley is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks joint 98th of 109 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 82,594 people. At 863 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 8.0 years on the 12p scenario: £793 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Burnley'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.
Burnley is its own local planning authority area, and its House of Commons Library settlement class is large 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 Burnley (53.79299, -2.24678), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Electricity North West and your Burnley connection
Burnley is served by Electricity North West: the town's centre falls inside its North West England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to Electricity North West within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Burnley
A heat pump in Burnley
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Burnley make about 140 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Burnley comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Burnley
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Burnley make about 730 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.
The calculator above includes a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed. Renters and flat owners with off-street parking can claim 75% of a chargepoint's cost, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
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 Burnley
If a system in Burnley is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Burnley: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Burnley?
Burnley averages 2.36 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 863 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,490 kWh, 71% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Burnley?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Burnley, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,490 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Burnley, 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 Burnley?
Around £546 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,552 kWh a 12-panel system in Burnley 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 Burnley in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Burnley: about 140 kWh from 12 panels, against 730 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Burnley compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Burnley.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Burnley |
|---|---|---|
| Burnley | 863 | this town |
| Brierfield | 863 | level |
| Padiham | 864 | +1 kWh |
| Nelson | 864 | +1 kWh |
| Colne | 853 | −10 kWh |
| Accrington | 875 | +12 kWh |
| Clayton-le-Moors | 874 | +11 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 Burnley: Solar panels in Burnley from OVO Solar & Battery
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