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Solar panels in Halifax, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,840 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Halifax, in numbers
From 29.2 kWh per kWp in December to 118.4 in May: a roof in Halifax makes 4.1 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 919 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 30.1 |
| February | 47.2 |
| March | 80.5 |
| April | 105 |
| May | 118 |
| June | 110 |
| July | 115 |
| August | 104 |
| September | 85.1 |
| October | 57.6 |
| November | 38.7 |
| December | 29.2 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 919 kWh per kWp in Halifax against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Halifax 1% below it.
How Halifax compares
Halifax is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks 109th of 122 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 93,074 people. At 919 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.6 years on the 12p scenario: £836 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Halifax's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Planning applications here go through Calderdale; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Halifax as a large 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 Halifax (53.72627, -1.87914), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Halifax
Halifax is served by Northern Powergrid: the town's centre falls inside its Yorkshire licence area on NESO's boundary map.
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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Halifax
A heat pump in Halifax
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Halifax make about 190 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Halifax comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
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 Halifax
Halifax's May output, about 750 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.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Halifax
If a system in Halifax is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Halifax
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Halifax?
Halifax averages 2.52 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 919 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,840 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Halifax?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Halifax, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,840 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Halifax, 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 Halifax?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Halifax sends about 4,908 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £589. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Halifax in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Halifax: about 190 kWh from 12 panels, against 750 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Halifax compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Halifax.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Halifax |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax | 919 | this town |
| Shelf and Northowram | 925 | +6 kWh |
| Queensbury | 924 | +5 kWh |
| Elland | 916 | −3 kWh |
| Brighouse | 928 | +9 kWh |
| Huddersfield | 924 | +5 kWh |
| Cleckheaton | 932 | +13 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 Halifax: Solar panels in Halifax from OVO Solar & Battery
Also near Halifax
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Guides worth reading before your call
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Why your inverter is smaller than your panel array, and why that is correct
More panel capacity than inverter capacity is a deliberate design choice.
Read the guide →Adding a battery to solar panels you already own
Retrofitting a battery to working solar is straightforward. The paperwork is where people trip up.
Read the guide →Home EV charger types and speeds, explained properly
Granny cable, 7kW wall unit or 22kW three phase. What each adds per hour, and which you need.
Read the guide →How much does a heat pump cost? The 2026 numbers, before and after the grant
UK median installed cost around £12,908, before the up to £7,500 grant comes off.
Read the guide →Choosing a tariff when you have solar, a battery and an EV
Solar, battery and EV want different tariffs. How to work out which one to protect.
Read the guide →Your MCS certificate: what it shows, when it arrives, and how a Smart Export Guarantee supplier uses it
The document your export payments hang on. Who issues it, what it shows, and how to get a copy.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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