Lancashire
Solar panels in Clayton-le-Moors, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,560 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Clayton-le-Moors, in numbers
Clayton-le-Moors' best month is May, at 115.9 kWh per kWp; December manages 22.6. Over the year that comes to 874 kWh per kWp, 1% above our Lancashire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 24.5 |
| February | 44.1 |
| March | 77.5 |
| April | 105 |
| May | 116 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 111 |
| August | 96.5 |
| September | 79.1 |
| October | 52.7 |
| November | 35.9 |
| December | 22.6 |
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 874, Clayton-le-Moors is 6% below it.
How Clayton-le-Moors compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Clayton-le-Moors. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks 89th of 109 for solar yield, a town of 7,981 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 874 kWh per kWp a year, 2.40 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £802 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £555 from export at 12p.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Clayton-le-Moors' own yield.
Planning applications here go through Hyndburn; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Clayton-le-Moors 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 Clayton-le-Moors' own coordinates (53.77536, -2.38285), 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.
The network operator for Clayton-le-Moors
Clayton-le-Moors sits in Electricity North West's North West England licence area, so Electricity North West is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, Electricity North West only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Clayton-le-Moors
A heat pump in Clayton-le-Moors
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Clayton-le-Moors, a 12-panel system makes about 140 kWh in December and 160 kWh in January, a fraction of its 740 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Clayton-le-Moors
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Clayton-le-Moors make about 740 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.
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 Clayton-le-Moors
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Clayton-le-Moors as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Clayton-le-Moors
How much electricity do solar panels make in Clayton-le-Moors?
About 5,560 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Clayton-le-Moors: 874 kWh per kWp, or 2.40 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 740 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Clayton-le-Moors?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Clayton-le-Moors, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,560 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Clayton-le-Moors, and what does it need from me?
Electricity North West covers Clayton-le-Moors. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to Electricity North West within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Clayton-le-Moors?
Around £555 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,622 kWh a 12-panel system in Clayton-le-Moors exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Clayton-le-Moors get in December?
December is the low point: about 140 kWh from a 12-panel system in Clayton-le-Moors, on PVGIS data, rising to 740 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 810 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Clayton-le-Moors compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Clayton-le-Moors compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Clayton-le-Moors |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton-le-Moors | 874 | this town |
| Great Harwood | 872 | −2 kWh |
| Accrington | 875 | +1 kWh |
| Oswaldtwistle | 876 | +2 kWh |
| Padiham | 864 | −10 kWh |
| Blackburn | 875 | +1 kWh |
| Burnley | 863 | −11 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
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