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Solar panels in Doncaster, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,230 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Doncaster roof makes, month by month
Doncaster's best month is May, at 122.9 kWh per kWp; December manages 34.3. Over the year that comes to 980 kWh per kWp, 2% above our Yorkshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.8 |
| February | 53.6 |
| March | 86 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 114 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 91.2 |
| October | 61.9 |
| November | 43.6 |
| December | 34.3 |
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 980, Doncaster is 6% above it.
How Doncaster compares
Doncaster is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 12th of 122 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 92,556 people. At 980 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.2 years on the 12p scenario: £882 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Doncaster'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.
Doncaster is its own local planning authority area, and its House of Commons Library settlement class is large 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 Doncaster at 53.51564, -1.11327 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 Doncaster
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Doncaster is Northern Powergrid, which runs the Yorkshire licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, Northern Powergrid only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Doncaster
A heat pump in Doncaster
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Doncaster, a 12-panel system makes about 220 kWh in December and 220 kWh in January, a fraction of its 780 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Doncaster
Doncaster's May output, about 780 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 Doncaster
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Doncaster as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Doncaster: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Doncaster?
About 6,230 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Doncaster: 980 kWh per kWp, or 2.69 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 780 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Doncaster?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Doncaster, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,230 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Doncaster, and what does it need from me?
Northern Powergrid covers Doncaster. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection.
What could I earn from exporting in Doncaster?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Doncaster sends about 5,296 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £636. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Doncaster get in December?
December is the low point: about 220 kWh from a 12-panel system in Doncaster, on PVGIS data, rising to 780 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,060 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Doncaster 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 Doncaster |
|---|---|---|
| Doncaster | 980 | this town |
| Bentley | 980 | level |
| Scawthorpe and Cusworth | 983 | +3 kWh |
| Armthorpe | 980 | level |
| New Rossington and Rossington | 977 | −3 kWh |
| Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe | 971 | −9 kWh |
| Warmsworth | 985 | +5 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
Also for Doncaster: Solar panels in Doncaster from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Doncaster
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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