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Solar panels in Failsworth, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Failsworth makes about 5,570 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Failsworth, in numbers
PVGIS puts Failsworth at 875 kWh per kWp a year, 1% above our Lancashire county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 25.3 |
| February | 45 |
| March | 77.8 |
| April | 103 |
| May | 113 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 108 |
| August | 95.5 |
| September | 80.1 |
| October | 55 |
| November | 36.9 |
| December | 27.4 |
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: Failsworth makes 875 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Failsworth is 5% below it.
How Failsworth compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Failsworth. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks joint 86th of 109 for solar yield, a town of 20,485 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 875 kWh per kWp a year, 2.40 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £802 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £555 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Failsworth'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.
Any planning application in Failsworth sits with Oldham, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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 Failsworth (53.50732, -2.15577), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Electricity North West and your Failsworth connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Failsworth is Electricity North West, which runs the North West England licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means Electricity North West is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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 Electricity North West 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Failsworth
A heat pump in Failsworth
In January, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Failsworth make about 160 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Failsworth comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
Grant support in England comes from the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £7,500 for an air source or ground source heat pump, £2,500 for air-to-air, and an extra £1,500 until March 2027 where the home is heated by oil or LPG off the gas grid (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Failsworth
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Failsworth make about 720 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.
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 Failsworth
If a system in Failsworth is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Failsworth: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Failsworth?
Failsworth averages 2.40 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 875 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,570 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Failsworth?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Failsworth, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,570 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Failsworth, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is Electricity North West. 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. 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 Electricity North West as it does every network operator. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Failsworth?
Around £555 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,628 kWh a 12-panel system in Failsworth 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 Failsworth in the winter months?
January is the weakest month in Failsworth: about 160 kWh from 12 panels, against 720 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Failsworth compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Failsworth.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Failsworth |
|---|---|---|
| Failsworth | 875 | this town |
| Droylsden | 864 | −11 kWh |
| Chadderton | 876 | +1 kWh |
| Audenshaw | 864 | −11 kWh |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 860 | −15 kWh |
| Oldham | 862 | −13 kWh |
| Middleton | 865 | −10 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 Failsworth: Solar panels in Failsworth from OVO Solar & Battery
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