Cheshire
Solar panels in Davenham, with the numbers shown.
About 6,000 kWh a year from 12 panels in Davenham, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Davenham can generate
PVGIS puts Davenham at 944 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 | 30.7 |
| February | 50.4 |
| March | 83.8 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 115 |
| July | 115 |
| August | 104 |
| September | 86.8 |
| October | 59.4 |
| November | 39.3 |
| December | 30.1 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 944 kWh per kWp in Davenham against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Davenham 2% above it.
How Davenham compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Davenham. It is one of 45 Cheshire towns we track, and it ranks 13th of 45 for solar yield, a town of 14,456 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 944 kWh per kWp a year, 2.59 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £855 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £608 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 Davenham's own yield.
Davenham sits within Cheshire West and Chester, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it 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 Davenham (53.23701, -2.51368), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Connecting solar to the Davenham network
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Davenham is SP Energy Networks, which runs the North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, SP Energy Networks only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Davenham
A heat pump in Davenham
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Davenham's roofs make 960 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,900 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Davenham
From April to September, 69% of a Davenham roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 770 kWh in May on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
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.
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 Davenham
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Davenham: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Solar in Davenham: your questions answered
What could a roof in Davenham generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Davenham at 944 kWh per kWp a year, 2.59 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,000 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
How much are solar panels in Davenham?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Davenham before a battery. What Davenham changes is the return, about 6,000 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Davenham?
Usually not in advance. SP Energy Networks, the network operator for Davenham, only needs a G98 notification within 28 days of commissioning for systems up to 3.68kW per phase. Bigger inverter or battery outputs need G99 approval 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. "See our DNO explainer.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Davenham?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Davenham exports about 5,067 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £608; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Do solar panels work in winter in Davenham?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Davenham 30.1 kWh per kWp in December and 30.7 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 190 kWh and 200 kWh in those months, against 770 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Davenham compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Davenham.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Davenham |
|---|---|---|
| Davenham | 944 | this town |
| Northwich | 942 | −2 kWh |
| Winsford | 946 | +2 kWh |
| Middlewich | 936 | −8 kWh |
| Knutsford | 919 | −25 kWh |
| Elworth | 931 | −13 kWh |
| Sandbach | 931 | −13 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 Davenham: Solar panels in Davenham from OVO Solar & Battery
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