Cheshire
Solar panels in Elworth, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Elworth makes about 5,920 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Elworth, in numbers
From 30 kWh per kWp in January to 119 in May: a roof in Elworth makes 4 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 931 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 30 |
| February | 49.1 |
| March | 80.9 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 114 |
| July | 114 |
| August | 102 |
| September | 86.5 |
| October | 58.8 |
| November | 39.5 |
| December | 30.3 |
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 931, Elworth is 1% above it.
How Elworth compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Elworth. It is one of 45 Cheshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 17th of 45 for solar yield, a town of 7,999 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 931 kWh per kWp a year, 2.55 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £845 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £598 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Elworth'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 Cheshire East; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Elworth 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 Elworth at 53.14586, -2.39199 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
SP Energy Networks and your Elworth connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Elworth is SP Energy Networks, which runs the North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means SP Energy Networks is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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 SP Energy Networks 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Elworth
A heat pump in Elworth
In January, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Elworth make about 190 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Elworth comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
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 Elworth
Elworth's May output, about 760 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.
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 Elworth
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Elworth as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Elworth
How much electricity do solar panels make in Elworth?
About 5,920 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Elworth: 931 kWh per kWp, or 2.55 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 760 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Elworth?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Elworth, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,920 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Elworth, and what does it need from me?
SP Energy Networks covers Elworth. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to SP Energy Networks within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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 SP Energy Networks as it does every network operator.
What could I earn from exporting in Elworth?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Elworth sends about 4,984 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £598. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Elworth get in December?
December is the low point: about 190 kWh from a 12-panel system in Elworth, on PVGIS data, rising to 760 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 950 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Elworth compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Elworth compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Elworth |
|---|---|---|
| Elworth | 931 | this town |
| Sandbach | 931 | level |
| Middlewich | 936 | +5 kWh |
| Crewe | 945 | +14 kWh |
| Alsager | 930 | −1 kWh |
| Winsford | 946 | +15 kWh |
| Kidsgrove | 917 | −14 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 Elworth: Solar panels in Elworth from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Elworth homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
G98 vs G99: the 28-day form and the eight-week wait, in plain English
One number on your quote decides between a formality and an eight week wait.
Read the guide →Does a standalone battery actually pay back?
No panels means one job: buy cheap, use later. The tariff decides whether it pays.
Read the guide →How time of use charging windows actually work
How a cheap overnight window is metered and billed, and what a battery does inside it.
Read the guide →Heat pump running costs versus a gas boiler, assumptions shown
Four numbers decide it: seasonal efficiency, flow temperature, tariff and heat demand.
Read the guide →Choosing a tariff when you have solar, a battery and an EV
Solar, battery and EV want different tariffs. How to work out which one to protect.
Read the guide →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
The badge that decides whether your solar earns export payments. It cannot be added later.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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