Nottinghamshire
Solar panels in Harworth and Bircotes.
Twelve panels here make about 6,230 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Harworth and Bircotes, in numbers
PVGIS puts Harworth and Bircotes at 980 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Nottinghamshire county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.9 |
| February | 53 |
| March | 86.1 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 114 |
| July | 120 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 92.2 |
| October | 61.9 |
| November | 43.5 |
| December | 33.9 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 980 kWh per kWp in Harworth and Bircotes against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Harworth and Bircotes 6% above it.
How Harworth and Bircotes compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Harworth and Bircotes. It is one of 29 Nottinghamshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 16th of 29 for solar yield, a town of 8,936 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 980 kWh per kWp a year, 2.69 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £883 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £636 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 Harworth and Bircotes' own yield.
Any planning application in Harworth and Bircotes sits with Bassetlaw, 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Harworth and Bircotes' own coordinates (53.41825, -1.06377), 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.
The network operator for Harworth and Bircotes
Northern Powergrid owns and runs the local electricity network in Harworth and Bircotes, as part of its Yorkshire licence area.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
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 Harworth and Bircotes
A heat pump in Harworth and Bircotes
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Harworth and Bircotes make about 220 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Harworth and Bircotes comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Harworth and Bircotes
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Harworth and Bircotes make about 780 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 Harworth and Bircotes
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Harworth and Bircotes as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Harworth and Bircotes
How much electricity do solar panels make in Harworth and Bircotes?
About 6,230 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Harworth and Bircotes: 980 kWh per kWp, or 2.69 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 780 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Harworth and Bircotes?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Harworth and Bircotes, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,230 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Harworth and Bircotes, and what does it need from me?
Northern Powergrid covers Harworth and Bircotes. 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 Harworth and Bircotes?
Around £636 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,296 kWh a 12-panel system in Harworth and Bircotes 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 Harworth and Bircotes get in December?
December is the low point: about 220 kWh from a 12-panel system in Harworth and Bircotes, on PVGIS data, rising to 780 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,050 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Harworth and Bircotes compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Harworth and Bircotes compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Harworth and Bircotes |
|---|---|---|
| Harworth and Bircotes | 980 | this town |
| New Rossington and Rossington | 977 | −3 kWh |
| Maltby | 977 | −3 kWh |
| Warmsworth | 985 | +5 kWh |
| Dinnington | 976 | −4 kWh |
| Doncaster | 980 | level |
| Worksop | 959 | −21 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.
Also for Harworth and Bircotes: Solar panels in Harworth and Bircotes from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Harworth and Bircotes homeowners
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