Lancashire
Solar panels in Dalton-in-Furness, designed on a free call.
About 6,390 kWh a year from 12 panels in Dalton-in-Furness, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Dalton-in-Furness roof makes, month by month
From 23.4 kWh per kWp in December to 137.7 in May: a roof in Dalton-in-Furness makes 5.9 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 1,005 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 27.8 |
| February | 52 |
| March | 88.3 |
| April | 119 |
| May | 138 |
| June | 130 |
| July | 130 |
| August | 115 |
| September | 89.4 |
| October | 57.9 |
| November | 36 |
| December | 23.4 |
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 1,005, Dalton-in-Furness is 9% above it.
How Dalton-in-Furness compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Dalton-in-Furness. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks 9th of 109 for solar yield, a town of 7,571 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,005 kWh per kWp a year, 2.75 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £902 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £655 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Dalton-in-Furness' 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.
Planning applications here go through Westmorland and Furness; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Dalton-in-Furness 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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Modelled for Dalton-in-Furness at 54.15563, -3.1842 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
The network operator for Dalton-in-Furness
Electricity North West owns and runs the local electricity network in Dalton-in-Furness, as part of its North West 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 Electricity North West is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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 Dalton-in-Furness
A heat pump in Dalton-in-Furness
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Dalton-in-Furness make about 150 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Dalton-in-Furness 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 Dalton-in-Furness
Dalton-in-Furness' May output, about 880 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.
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 Dalton-in-Furness
If a system in Dalton-in-Furness is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Dalton-in-Furness: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Dalton-in-Furness?
Dalton-in-Furness averages 2.75 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,005 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,390 kWh, 72% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Dalton-in-Furness?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Dalton-in-Furness, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,390 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Dalton-in-Furness, 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 could I earn from exporting in Dalton-in-Furness?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Dalton-in-Furness sends about 5,455 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £655. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Dalton-in-Furness in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Dalton-in-Furness: about 150 kWh from 12 panels, against 880 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Dalton-in-Furness compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Dalton-in-Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Dalton-in-Furness | 1,005 | this town |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 1,023 | +18 kWh |
| Ulverston | 967 | −38 kWh |
| Heysham | 976 | −29 kWh |
| Morecambe | 942 | −63 kWh |
| Lancaster | 900 | −105 kWh |
| Fleetwood | 1,024 | +19 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 Dalton-in-Furness: Solar panels in Dalton-in-Furness from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Dalton-in-Furness
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
DNO application timescales, network by network: from a G98 notification to a G99 approval
Fit and notify within 28 days, or wait ten working days to 45 for a yes. System size decides which.
Read the guide →Which battery size band does your home fall into?
Where UK homes actually land, why oversizing costs you, and what shifts the band.
Read the guide →Charging an EV from your own solar
Every surplus kWh is 3.6 to 5 miles. Whether that beats a 7p overnight rate is arithmetic.
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 →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
Identical kit, five times the export income. The tariff decision worked through with August 2026 rates.
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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