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About 6,110 kWh a year from 12 panels in Haxby, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.

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What a roof in Haxby can generate

From 31 kWh per kWp in December to 122.8 in May: a roof in Haxby makes 4 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 960 kWh per kWp across the year.

Map showing Haxby in Yorkshire A simplified outline map of Yorkshire with neighbouring counties shown faintly, and a pin marking the location of Haxby.
Haxby in Yorkshire

Generation per kWp, month by month

Haxby, 960 kWh per kWp a year
Haxby, monthly generation per kWp Bar chart, twelve months January to December. Peak May at 123 kWh/kWp. Lowest December at 31 kWh/kWp. Full values are in the table below this chart. 141 0 JFMAMJJASOND 123
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Haxby, monthly generation per kWp - monthly figures (kWh/kWp)
MonthkWh/kWp
January33.6
February49.8
March84
April110
May123
June114
July118
August108
September88.4
October60.9
November40.7
December31

Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.

6,110kWh a year, 12 panels
780kWh in May, the peak
200kWh in December

Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 960, Haxby is 4% above it.

How Haxby compares

Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Haxby. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 43rd of 122 for solar yield, a town of 10,175 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 960 kWh per kWp a year, 2.63 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £867 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £620 from export at 12p.

Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Haxby'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.

Haxby sits within York, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it as a small town.

12 panels
530W panels. Most semi-detached roofs take 10 to 16 on one pitch.
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Installed prices. The named packages are the ones running on our current offers; the Duracell prices are for an installation alongside solar.
Electricity use
Export rate scenario
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Estimated benefit, year one
£867
£72 a month · payback 7.3 yrs
System price, installed
£6,360
Simple payback
7.3 yrs
Generates a year
6,106 kWh
Exported
5,169 kWh at 12p
Where the money comes from
Solar you use, Export income, Off-peak shifting,

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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Haxby's own coordinates (54.01432, -1.07537), 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.

Local grid

Connecting solar to the Haxby network

Haxby sits in Northern Powergrid's North East England licence area, so Northern Powergrid is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.

G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, Northern Powergrid only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.

A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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.

Aerial view of a modern chalet-style house with black solar panels on two roof faces and a flat-roof array
Black panels across two roof faces and a flat-roof array on a modern chalet-style home.
Beyond solar

Heat pumps and EV charging in Haxby

A heat pump in Haxby

Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Haxby's roofs make 990 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,940 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.

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).

How heat pumps work

Charging an EV in Haxby

From April to September, 69% of a Haxby roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 780 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.

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.

EV charging explained

FAQs

Solar in Haxby: your questions answered

What could a roof in Haxby generate?

PVGIS puts a roof in Haxby at 960 kWh per kWp a year, 2.63 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,110 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.

How much are solar panels in Haxby?

The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Haxby before a battery. What Haxby changes is the return, about 6,110 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.

Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Haxby?

Usually not in advance. Northern Powergrid, the network operator for Haxby, only needs a G98 notification within 28 days of commissioning for systems up to 3.68kW per phase. Bigger inverter or battery outputs need G99 approval first. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. "See our DNO explainer.

How much can I earn from exporting solar in Haxby?

With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Haxby exports about 5,169 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £620; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.

Do solar panels work in winter in Haxby?

Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Haxby 31 kWh per kWp in December and 33.6 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 200 kWh and 210 kWh in those months, against 780 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.

How Haxby compares with its neighbours

The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Haxby.

TownkWh per kWp a yearvs Haxby
Haxby960this town
Huntington962+2 kWh
York961+1 kWh
Pocklington967+7 kWh
Wetherby958−2 kWh
Norton-on-Derwent956−4 kWh
Knaresborough951−9 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 Haxby: Solar panels in Haxby from OVO Solar & Battery

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