Nottinghamshire
Solar panels in Forest Town, with the numbers shown.
A 12-panel roof in Forest Town makes about 6,180 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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What a roof in Forest Town can generate
Forest Town's best month is May, at 121.5 kWh per kWp; December manages 33.3. Over the year that comes to 971 kWh per kWp, 2% below our Nottinghamshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.9 |
| February | 51.8 |
| March | 85.3 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 112 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 91.6 |
| October | 61.5 |
| November | 43 |
| December | 33.3 |
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 971, Forest Town is 5% above it.
How Forest Town compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Forest Town. It is one of 29 Nottinghamshire towns we track, and it ranks 22nd of 29 for solar yield, a town of 19,507 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 971 kWh per kWp a year, 2.66 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £876 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £629 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Forest Town'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.
Forest Town sits within Mansfield, 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Forest Town's own coordinates (53.1575, -1.14609), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
Connecting solar to the Forest Town network
Forest Town is served by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED): the town's centre falls inside its East Midlands licence area on NESO's boundary map.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Forest Town
A heat pump in Forest Town
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Forest Town's roofs make 1,040 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,940 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 Forest Town
From April to September, 68% of a Forest Town 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.
If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices 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 Forest Town
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Forest Town: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Forest Town solar questions
What could a roof in Forest Town generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Forest Town at 971 kWh per kWp a year, 2.66 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,180 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
How much are solar panels in Forest Town?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Forest Town before a battery. What Forest Town changes is the return, about 6,180 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Forest Town?
Usually not in advance. NGED, the network operator for Forest Town, 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. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. "See our DNO explainer.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Forest Town?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Forest Town exports about 5,239 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £629; 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 Forest Town?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Forest Town 33.3 kWh per kWp in December and 34.9 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 210 kWh and 220 kWh in those months, against 770 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Forest Town compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Forest Town.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Forest Town |
|---|---|---|
| Forest Town | 971 | this town |
| Mansfield Woodhouse | 967 | −4 kWh |
| Mansfield | 970 | −1 kWh |
| Rainworth | 979 | +8 kWh |
| Shirebrook | 966 | −5 kWh |
| Sutton in Ashfield | 960 | −11 kWh |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield | 959 | −12 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
Also for Forest Town: Solar panels in Forest Town from OVO Solar & Battery
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