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Solar panels in Crook, sized to your roof.
About 5,930 kWh a year from 12 panels in Crook, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Crook's solar year
From 27.8 kWh per kWp in December to 120.7 in May: a roof in Crook makes 4.3 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 932 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 31.6 |
| February | 49 |
| March | 82.9 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 116 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 86.7 |
| October | 57.1 |
| November | 38.7 |
| December | 27.8 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 932 kWh per kWp in Crook against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Crook 1% above it.
How Crook compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Crook. It is one of 35 Durham towns we track, and it ranks 32nd of 35 for solar yield, a town of 9,808 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 932 kWh per kWp a year, 2.55 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £846 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £599 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 Crook's own yield.
County Durham is the planning authority covering Crook, 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Crook (54.71239, -1.74998), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Crook
Northern Powergrid owns and runs the local electricity network in Crook, as part of its North East England 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.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Crook
A heat pump in Crook
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Crook make about 940 kWh, against 2,870 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 Crook
A 12-panel roof in Crook makes about 770 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).
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Crook
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Crook as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Crook: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Crook?
Each kWp of panels in Crook makes 932 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,930 kWh, from about 180 kWh in December up to 770 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Crook?
£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 Crook differs is output: about 5,930 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Crook need approval from the network operator?
Crook 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 would export pay on a system in Crook?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,991 kWh of the 5,930 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Crook goes to the grid, around £599 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 Crook in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 69% of a Crook roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 940 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Crook compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Crook.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Crook |
|---|---|---|
| Crook | 932 | this town |
| Bishop Auckland | 935 | +3 kWh |
| Brandon (County Durham) | 941 | +9 kWh |
| Spennymoor | 945 | +13 kWh |
| Shildon | 936 | +4 kWh |
| Ferryhill | 949 | +17 kWh |
| Durham | 942 | +10 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 Crook: Solar panels in Crook from OVO Solar & Battery
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