Derbyshire
Solar panels in Dronfield, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,070 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 Dronfield roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Dronfield at 954 kWh per kWp a year, 1% above our Derbyshire county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 33.6 |
| February | 50.5 |
| March | 84.6 |
| April | 107 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 112 |
| July | 118 |
| August | 108 |
| September | 88.7 |
| October | 60.2 |
| November | 41.2 |
| December | 30.9 |
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: Dronfield makes 954 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Dronfield is 3% above it.
How Dronfield compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Dronfield. It is one of 28 Derbyshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 22nd of 28 for solar yield, a town of 21,089 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 954 kWh per kWp a year, 2.61 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £863 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £616 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Dronfield's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Planning applications here go through North East Derbyshire; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Dronfield 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 Dronfield (53.30257, -1.4742), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Northern Powergrid and your Dronfield connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Dronfield 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.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Dronfield
A heat pump in Dronfield
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Dronfield, a 12-panel system makes about 200 kWh in December and 210 kWh in January, a fraction of its 760 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Dronfield
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Dronfield make about 760 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
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.
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 Dronfield
If a system in Dronfield is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Dronfield
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Dronfield?
Dronfield averages 2.61 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 954 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,070 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Dronfield?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Dronfield, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,070 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Dronfield, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is Northern Powergrid. 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. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Dronfield?
Around £616 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,131 kWh a 12-panel system in Dronfield exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Dronfield in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Dronfield: about 200 kWh from 12 panels, against 760 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Dronfield compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Dronfield compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Dronfield |
|---|---|---|
| Dronfield | 954 | this town |
| Chesterfield | 957 | +3 kWh |
| Brimington | 954 | level |
| Sheffield | 943 | −11 kWh |
| Staveley | 957 | +3 kWh |
| Killamarsh | 957 | +3 kWh |
| Swallownest and Aston | 956 | +2 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 Dronfield: Solar panels in Dronfield from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Dronfield homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Why your inverter is smaller than your panel array, and why that is correct
More panel capacity than inverter capacity is a deliberate design choice.
Read the guide →What a battery gateway actually does
Without a gateway your system shuts down when the grid does. Here is what the box actually does.
Read the guide →What it really costs to charge an EV at home versus in public
Home off-peak charging costs a fraction of the public price. The arithmetic, and the tariff it depends on.
Read the guide →How much does a heat pump cost? The 2026 numbers, before and after the grant
UK median installed cost around £12,908, before the up to £7,500 grant comes off.
Read the guide →Why the best export rates always carry conditions
The top export rates are acquisition offers. Here is how to price the condition.
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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