Cheshire
Solar panels in Crewe, sized to your roof.
About 6,010 kWh a year from 12 panels in Crewe, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Crewe's solar year
PVGIS puts Crewe at 945 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Cheshire county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 31 |
| February | 49.6 |
| March | 82.3 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 115 |
| July | 116 |
| August | 103 |
| September | 88.5 |
| October | 59.3 |
| November | 40 |
| December | 31 |
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: Crewe makes 945 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Crewe is 2% above it.
How Crewe compares
Crewe is one of 45 Cheshire towns we track, and it ranks 12th of 45 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 79,978 people. At 945 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.4 years on the 12p scenario: £855 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 Crewe'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.
Cheshire East is the planning authority covering Crewe, which the House of Commons Library classes as a 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Crewe's own coordinates (53.09575, -2.44924), 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 Crewe
SP Energy Networks owns and runs the local electricity network in Crewe, as part of its North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire 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: SP Energy Networks 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. 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 SP Energy Networks 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 Crewe
A heat pump in Crewe
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Crewe make about 960 kWh, against 2,890 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 Crewe
A 12-panel roof in Crewe makes about 760 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.
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).
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 Crewe
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Crewe as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Crewe solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Crewe?
Each kWp of panels in Crewe makes 945 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,010 kWh, from about 200 kWh in January up to 760 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Crewe?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Crewe differs is output: about 6,010 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Crewe need approval from the network operator?
Crewe is on SP Energy Networks' network (North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: SP Energy Networks 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 SP Energy Networks as it does every network operator. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Crewe?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,074 kWh of the 6,010 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Crewe goes to the grid, around £609 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Crewe in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 69% of a Crewe roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 960 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Crewe compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Crewe.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Crewe |
|---|---|---|
| Crewe | 945 | this town |
| Nantwich | 952 | +7 kWh |
| Elworth | 931 | −14 kWh |
| Sandbach | 931 | −14 kWh |
| Alsager | 930 | −15 kWh |
| Middlewich | 936 | −9 kWh |
| Winsford | 946 | +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 Crewe: Solar panels in Crewe from OVO Solar & Battery
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