Cheshire
Solar panels in Hadfield, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Hadfield makes about 5,250 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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How much a Hadfield roof makes, month by month
Hadfield's best month is May, at 110 kWh per kWp; January manages 21.5. Over the year that comes to 825 kWh per kWp, 13% below our Cheshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 21.5 |
| February | 39.6 |
| March | 72.1 |
| April | 99.5 |
| May | 110 |
| June | 105 |
| July | 104 |
| August | 91.2 |
| September | 76.3 |
| October | 50.6 |
| November | 32.5 |
| December | 22.7 |
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 825, Hadfield is 11% below it.
How Hadfield compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Hadfield. It is one of 45 Cheshire towns we track, and it ranks 45th of 45 for solar yield, a town of 16,618 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 825 kWh per kWp a year, 2.26 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £764 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £517 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 Hadfield's own yield.
Any planning application in Hadfield sits with High Peak, 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 Hadfield at 53.46009, -1.98708 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Electricity North West and your Hadfield connection
On NESO's licence-area map, Hadfield is in North West England, which Electricity North West operates. That makes Electricity North West 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 Electricity North West 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. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds Electricity North West as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Hadfield
A heat pump in Hadfield
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Hadfield, a 12-panel system makes about 140 kWh in December and 140 kWh in January, a fraction of its 700 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 Hadfield
Hadfield's May output, about 700 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 Hadfield
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Hadfield as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Hadfield
How much electricity do solar panels make in Hadfield?
About 5,250 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Hadfield: 825 kWh per kWp, or 2.26 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 700 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Hadfield?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Hadfield, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,250 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Hadfield, and what does it need from me?
Electricity North West covers Hadfield. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to Electricity North West within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds Electricity North West as it does every network operator.
What could I earn from exporting in Hadfield?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Hadfield sends about 4,310 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £517. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Hadfield get in December?
December is the low point: about 140 kWh from a 12-panel system in Hadfield, on PVGIS data, rising to 700 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 740 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Hadfield compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Hadfield compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Hadfield |
|---|---|---|
| Hadfield | 825 | this town |
| Glossop | 842 | +17 kWh |
| Stalybridge | 845 | +20 kWh |
| Hyde | 859 | +34 kWh |
| Dukinfield | 859 | +34 kWh |
| Mossley | 843 | +18 kWh |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 860 | +35 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 Hadfield: Solar panels in Hadfield from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Hadfield homeowners
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