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Solar panels in Dinnington, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,210 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Dinnington can generate
Dinnington's best month is May, at 122.8 kWh per kWp; December manages 33. Over the year that comes to 976 kWh per kWp, 1% above our Yorkshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.1 |
| February | 52.3 |
| March | 85.6 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 114 |
| July | 120 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 91 |
| October | 61.8 |
| November | 42.7 |
| December | 33 |
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: Dinnington makes 976 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Dinnington is 6% above it.
How Dinnington compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Dinnington. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 20th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 11,758 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 976 kWh per kWp a year, 2.67 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £879 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £632 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 Dinnington's own yield.
Dinnington sits within Rotherham, 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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Modelled for Dinnington at 53.37095, -1.21473 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Connecting solar to the Dinnington network
Dinnington is served by Northern Powergrid: the town's centre falls inside its Yorkshire 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: Northern Powergrid 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. 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 Dinnington
A heat pump in Dinnington
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Dinnington's roofs make 1,030 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,970 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, open in England and Wales, takes £7,500 off an air source or ground source heat pump, or £2,500 off an air-to-air unit. Homes on oil or LPG with no mains gas get £1,500 more until March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Dinnington
A 12-panel roof in Dinnington makes about 780 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 Dinnington
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Dinnington: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Solar in Dinnington: your questions answered
What could a roof in Dinnington generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Dinnington at 976 kWh per kWp a year, 2.67 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,210 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Dinnington?
£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 Dinnington differs is output: about 6,210 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Dinnington?
Usually not in advance. Northern Powergrid, the network operator for Dinnington, 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. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. "See our DNO explainer.
How much would export pay on a system in Dinnington?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,271 kWh of the 6,210 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Dinnington goes to the grid, around £632 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Do solar panels work in winter in Dinnington?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Dinnington 33 kWh per kWp in December and 34.1 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 210 kWh and 220 kWh in those months, against 780 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Dinnington compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Dinnington compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Dinnington |
|---|---|---|
| Dinnington | 976 | this town |
| Maltby | 977 | +1 kWh |
| Swallownest and Aston | 956 | −20 kWh |
| Wickersley and Bramley | 968 | −8 kWh |
| Killamarsh | 957 | −19 kWh |
| Worksop | 959 | −17 kWh |
| Brinsworth | 951 | −25 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 Dinnington: Solar panels in Dinnington from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Dinnington homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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Read the guide →Get my free quote
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