Lancashire
Solar panels in Hindley, priced before anyone visits.
About 5,910 kWh a year from 12 panels in Hindley, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Hindley roof makes, month by month
From 28.2 kWh per kWp in December to 121.6 in May: a roof in Hindley makes 4.3 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 930 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 29.1 |
| February | 49.6 |
| March | 82.3 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 113 |
| July | 115 |
| August | 102 |
| September | 85.1 |
| October | 57.2 |
| November | 38.6 |
| December | 28.2 |
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 930, Hindley is 1% above it.
How Hindley compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Hindley is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks joint 37th of 109 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 25,339 residents, and its roofs see 2.55 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,915 kWh of generation, of which around 4,978 kWh is exported at 12p for £597 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
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 Hindley's own yield.
Planning applications here go through Wigan; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Hindley as a medium 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 Hindley at 53.53141, -2.56232 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
The network operator for Hindley
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Hindley is Electricity North West, which runs the North West England licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, Electricity North West only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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 Hindley
A heat pump in Hindley
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Hindley, a 12-panel system makes about 180 kWh in December and 190 kWh in January, a fraction of its 770 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Hindley
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Hindley make about 770 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.
If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Hindley
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Hindley as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Hindley: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Hindley?
About 5,910 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Hindley: 930 kWh per kWp, or 2.55 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 770 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Hindley?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Hindley, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,910 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Hindley, and what does it need from me?
Electricity North West covers Hindley. 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 happens to the solar I do not use in Hindley?
Around £597 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,978 kWh a 12-panel system in Hindley 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 Hindley get in December?
December is the low point: about 180 kWh from a 12-panel system in Hindley, on PVGIS data, rising to 770 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 930 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Hindley compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Hindley |
|---|---|---|
| Hindley | 930 | this town |
| Platt Bridge and Abram | 930 | level |
| Ince-in-Makerfield | 933 | +3 kWh |
| Westhoughton | 928 | −2 kWh |
| Leigh | 926 | −4 kWh |
| Atherton | 923 | −7 kWh |
| Wigan | 937 | +7 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 Hindley: Solar panels in Hindley from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Hindley
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How many solar panels do I need? The honest way to count
One panel is 2.26 square metres. The rest is measuring your roof honestly.
Read the guide →What a battery gateway actually does
Without a gateway your system shuts down when the grid does. Here is what the box actually does.
Read the guide →Charging an EV from your own solar
Every surplus kWh is 3.6 to 5 miles. Whether that beats a 7p overnight rate is arithmetic.
Read the guide →Heat pump running costs versus a gas boiler, assumptions shown
Four numbers decide it: seasonal efficiency, flow temperature, tariff and heat demand.
Read the guide →Why the best export rates always carry conditions
The top export rates are acquisition offers. Here is how to price the condition.
Read the guide →G98 or G99: which one applies, what the application involves, and how long it takes
The G98 line sits at 3.68kW per phase. Above it, your network operator has to say yes first.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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