Lancashire
Solar panels in Denton, with the numbers shown.
A 12-panel roof in Denton makes about 5,500 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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What a roof in Denton can generate
From 24.2 kWh per kWp in January to 112.5 in May: a roof in Denton makes 4.6 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 864 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 24.2 |
| February | 44 |
| March | 76.7 |
| April | 102 |
| May | 113 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 107 |
| August | 94 |
| September | 79.6 |
| October | 54 |
| November | 36 |
| December | 25.9 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 864 kWh per kWp in Denton against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Denton 7% below it.
How Denton compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Denton is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks joint 93rd of 109 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 37,589 residents, and its roofs see 2.37 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,495 kWh of generation, of which around 4,558 kWh is exported at 12p for £547 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Denton'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.
Denton sits within Tameside, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it as a medium 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 Denton (53.45151, -2.11931), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Connecting solar to the Denton network
Denton is served by Electricity North West: the town's centre falls inside its North West England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
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: Electricity North West 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 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 Denton
A heat pump in Denton
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Denton's roofs make 830 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,680 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Denton
From April to September, 70% of a Denton roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 720 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.
If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices 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 Denton
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Denton: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Denton solar questions
What could a roof in Denton generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Denton at 864 kWh per kWp a year, 2.37 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 5,500 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
How much are solar panels in Denton?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Denton before a battery. What Denton changes is the return, about 5,500 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Denton?
Usually not in advance. Electricity North West, the network operator for Denton, 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 Electricity North West as it does every network operator. "See our DNO explainer.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Denton?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Denton exports about 4,558 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £547; 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 Denton?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Denton 25.9 kWh per kWp in December and 24.2 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 160 kWh and 150 kWh in those months, against 720 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Denton compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Denton.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Denton |
|---|---|---|
| Denton | 864 | this town |
| Audenshaw | 864 | level |
| Reddish | 882 | +18 kWh |
| Bredbury and Woodley | 872 | +8 kWh |
| Hyde | 859 | −5 kWh |
| Dukinfield | 859 | −5 kWh |
| Droylsden | 864 | level |
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 Denton: Solar panels in Denton from OVO Solar & Battery
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