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Solar panels in Featherstone, with the numbers shown.
About 6,140 kWh a year from 12 panels in Featherstone, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Featherstone can generate
PVGIS puts Featherstone at 965 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Yorkshire 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 | 33.3 |
| February | 51.7 |
| March | 84.5 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 113 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 89 |
| October | 62.1 |
| November | 42.4 |
| December | 32.6 |
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 965, Featherstone is 4% above it.
How Featherstone compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Featherstone. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 36th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 11,702 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 965 kWh per kWp a year, 2.64 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £871 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £624 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Featherstone'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.
Featherstone sits within Wakefield, 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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Modelled for Featherstone at 53.67913, -1.35793 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Connecting solar to the Featherstone network
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Featherstone 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.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Featherstone
A heat pump in Featherstone
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Featherstone's roofs make 1,020 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,930 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Featherstone
From April to September, 68% of a Featherstone roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 770 kWh in May on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
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.
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 Featherstone
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Featherstone: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Featherstone solar questions
What could a roof in Featherstone generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Featherstone at 965 kWh per kWp a year, 2.64 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,140 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
How much are solar panels in Featherstone?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Featherstone before a battery. What Featherstone changes is the return, about 6,140 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Featherstone?
Usually not in advance. Northern Powergrid, the network operator for Featherstone, 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 can I earn from exporting solar in Featherstone?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Featherstone exports about 5,201 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £624; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Do solar panels work in winter in Featherstone?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Featherstone 32.6 kWh per kWp in December and 33.3 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 210 kWh and 210 kWh in those months, against 770 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Featherstone compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Featherstone compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Featherstone |
|---|---|---|
| Featherstone | 965 | this town |
| Pontefract | 969 | +4 kWh |
| Normanton | 956 | −9 kWh |
| Castleford | 962 | −3 kWh |
| Hemsworth | 963 | −2 kWh |
| Knottingley | 973 | +8 kWh |
| Wakefield | 956 | −9 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 Featherstone: Solar panels in Featherstone from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Featherstone homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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The one component you should expect to replace, and the decision tree when it goes.
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Read the guide →How time of use charging windows actually work
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Read the guide →The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, explained
A fixed amount, claimed on your behalf by our installation teams, with a real deadline on the £9,000 version.
Read the guide →Which tariffs are actually built for battery charging
A battery buys cheap and uses dear. The tariff decides how much that is worth.
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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