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Solar panels in Guisborough, with the numbers shown.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,780 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Guisborough's solar year
PVGIS puts Guisborough at 909 kWh per kWp a year, 6% below our Yorkshire county estimate. 70% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 28.1 |
| February | 44.7 |
| March | 79.2 |
| April | 106 |
| May | 118 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 115 |
| August | 104 |
| September | 85.1 |
| October | 56.1 |
| November | 38 |
| December | 25.5 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 909 kWh per kWp in Guisborough against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Guisborough 2% below it.
How Guisborough compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Guisborough. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks 112th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 18,278 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 909 kWh per kWp a year, 2.49 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £828 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £581 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Guisborough'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.
Redcar and Cleveland is the planning authority covering Guisborough, which the House of Commons Library classes 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 Guisborough's own coordinates (54.53165, -1.06307), 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.
Who runs the grid in Guisborough
On NESO's licence-area map, Guisborough is in North East England, which Northern Powergrid operates. That makes Northern Powergrid the network operator for any system fitted here.
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.
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 Guisborough
A heat pump in Guisborough
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Guisborough make about 870 kWh, against 2,840 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more 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 Guisborough
From April to September, 70% of a Guisborough roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 750 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.
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 Guisborough
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Guisborough as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Guisborough solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Guisborough?
Each kWp of panels in Guisborough makes 909 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,780 kWh, from about 160 kWh in December up to 750 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Guisborough?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Guisborough before a battery. What Guisborough changes is the return, about 5,780 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Guisborough need approval from the network operator?
Guisborough is on Northern Powergrid's network (North East England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Guisborough?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Guisborough exports about 4,845 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £581; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Guisborough in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 70% of a Guisborough roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 870 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Guisborough compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Guisborough.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Guisborough |
|---|---|---|
| Guisborough | 909 | this town |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 953 | +44 kWh |
| Eston | 934 | +25 kWh |
| Redcar | 946 | +37 kWh |
| Middlesbrough | 939 | +30 kWh |
| Thornaby-on-Tees | 938 | +29 kWh |
| Billingham | 947 | +38 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 Guisborough: Solar panels in Guisborough from OVO Solar & Battery
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Guides worth reading before your call
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What is a DNO, and why does a company you have never heard of get a say in your solar?
The company that owns your street's cables decides what solar you can connect.
Read the guide →Which battery size band does your home fall into?
Where UK homes actually land, why oversizing costs you, and what shifts the band.
Read the guide →How solar aware EV charging actually works
The CT clamp, the surplus tracking and the 1.4kW floor that catches people out.
Read the guide →Sizing a heat pump: what a proper survey covers
Sized by calculation, not by rule of thumb. What the survey covers, and what guessing costs.
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 →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
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