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Solar panels in Garforth, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Garforth makes about 6,070 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Garforth, in numbers
Garforth's best month is May, at 120.5 kWh per kWp; January manages 32.7. Over the year that comes to 954 kWh per kWp, 1% below our Yorkshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 32.7 |
| February | 50.4 |
| March | 83.6 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 111 |
| July | 118 |
| August | 108 |
| September | 86.9 |
| October | 60.9 |
| November | 42.1 |
| December | 32.7 |
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 954, Garforth is 3% above it.
How Garforth compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Garforth. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 59th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 15,677 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 954 kWh per kWp a year, 2.61 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £863 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £616 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 Garforth's own yield.
Any planning application in Garforth sits with Leeds, 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 Garforth (53.79166, -1.38171), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Garforth
Garforth sits in Northern Powergrid's Yorkshire licence area, so Northern Powergrid is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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 Garforth
A heat pump in Garforth
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Garforth, a 12-panel system makes about 210 kWh in December and 210 kWh in January, a fraction of its 770 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Garforth
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Garforth make about 770 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).
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 Garforth
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Garforth as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Garforth
How much electricity do solar panels make in Garforth?
About 6,070 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Garforth: 954 kWh per kWp, or 2.61 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 770 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Garforth?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Garforth, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,070 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Garforth, and what does it need from me?
Northern Powergrid covers Garforth. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Garforth?
Around £616 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,131 kWh a 12-panel system in Garforth exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Garforth get in December?
December is the low point: about 210 kWh from a 12-panel system in Garforth, on PVGIS data, rising to 770 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,000 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Garforth compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Garforth |
|---|---|---|
| Garforth | 954 | this town |
| Kippax | 953 | −1 kWh |
| Rothwell (Leeds) | 947 | −7 kWh |
| Castleford | 962 | +8 kWh |
| Sherburn in Elmet | 969 | +15 kWh |
| Normanton | 956 | +2 kWh |
| Leeds | 946 | −8 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
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Further reading for Garforth
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