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Solar panels in Egglescliffe, sized to your roof.
About 5,980 kWh a year from 12 panels in Egglescliffe, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Egglescliffe can generate
Egglescliffe's best month is May, at 120 kWh per kWp; December manages 29.8. Over the year that comes to 941 kWh per kWp, 1% above our Durham county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 32.4 |
| February | 48.8 |
| March | 82.5 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 112 |
| July | 118 |
| August | 104 |
| September | 86.9 |
| October | 58.2 |
| November | 40.4 |
| December | 29.8 |
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: Egglescliffe makes 941 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Egglescliffe is 2% above it.
How Egglescliffe compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Egglescliffe. It is one of 35 Durham towns we track, and it ranks joint 23rd of 35 for solar yield, a town of 10,927 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 941 kWh per kWp a year, 2.58 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £853 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £606 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 Egglescliffe's own yield.
Egglescliffe sits within Stockton-on-Tees, 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 Egglescliffe (54.5246, -1.35467), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Connecting solar to the Egglescliffe network
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Egglescliffe is Northern Powergrid, which runs the North East England 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.
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 Egglescliffe
A heat pump in Egglescliffe
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Egglescliffe's roofs make 960 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,890 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 Egglescliffe
A 12-panel roof in Egglescliffe makes about 760 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).
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 Egglescliffe
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Egglescliffe: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Egglescliffe
What could a roof in Egglescliffe generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Egglescliffe at 941 kWh per kWp a year, 2.58 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 5,980 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Egglescliffe?
£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 Egglescliffe differs is output: about 5,980 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Egglescliffe?
Usually not in advance. Northern Powergrid, the network operator for Egglescliffe, 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 Egglescliffe?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,048 kWh of the 5,980 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Egglescliffe goes to the grid, around £606 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 Egglescliffe?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Egglescliffe 29.8 kWh per kWp in December and 32.4 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 190 kWh and 210 kWh in those months, against 760 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Egglescliffe compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Egglescliffe.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Egglescliffe |
|---|---|---|
| Egglescliffe | 941 | this town |
| Ingleby Barwick | 942 | +1 kWh |
| Yarm | 921 | −20 kWh |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 938 | −3 kWh |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 945 | +4 kWh |
| Middlesbrough | 939 | −2 kWh |
| Billingham | 947 | +6 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 Egglescliffe: Solar panels in Egglescliffe from OVO Solar & Battery
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