Solar panels in Guiseley, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Guiseley makes about 5,950 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Guiseley, in numbers
Guiseley's best month is May, at 119.2 kWh per kWp; December manages 30.4. Over the year that comes to 935 kWh per kWp, 3% below our Yorkshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 31.7 |
| February | 49.6 |
| March | 82.5 |
| April | 107 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 110 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 85.9 |
| October | 57.8 |
| November | 39.9 |
| December | 30.4 |
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: Guiseley makes 935 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Guiseley is 1% above it.
How Guiseley compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Guiseley. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks 94th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 12,628 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 935 kWh per kWp a year, 2.56 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £848 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £601 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Guiseley'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 Guiseley 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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Modelled for Guiseley at 53.87373, -1.71576 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Northern Powergrid and your Guiseley connection
On NESO's licence-area map, Guiseley is in Yorkshire, which Northern Powergrid operates. That makes Northern Powergrid the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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 Guiseley
A heat pump in Guiseley
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Guiseley, a 12-panel system makes about 190 kWh in December and 200 kWh in January, a fraction of its 760 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 Guiseley
Guiseley's May output, about 760 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
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 Guiseley
If a system in Guiseley is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Guiseley solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Guiseley?
Guiseley averages 2.56 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 935 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,950 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Guiseley?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Guiseley, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,950 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Guiseley, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is Northern Powergrid. 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. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What could I earn from exporting in Guiseley?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Guiseley sends about 5,010 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £601. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Guiseley in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Guiseley: about 190 kWh from 12 panels, against 760 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Guiseley compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Guiseley compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Guiseley |
|---|---|---|
| Guiseley | 935 | this town |
| Yeadon | 940 | +5 kWh |
| Otley | 932 | −3 kWh |
| Baildon | 931 | −4 kWh |
| Shipley | 929 | −6 kWh |
| Bingley | 924 | −11 kWh |
| Pudsey | 936 | +1 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 Guiseley: Solar panels in Guiseley from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Guiseley homeowners
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