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Solar panels in Horbury, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Horbury makes about 6,050 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 Horbury roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Horbury at 952 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Yorkshire 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 | 33.5 |
| February | 50.7 |
| March | 83.7 |
| April | 107 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 111 |
| July | 118 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 88.2 |
| October | 60.7 |
| November | 41 |
| December | 31.3 |
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 952, Horbury is 3% above it.
How Horbury compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Horbury. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 64th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 9,905 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 952 kWh per kWp a year, 2.61 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £861 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £614 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Horbury'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 Wakefield; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Horbury as a 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Horbury (53.66035, -1.55518), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Northern Powergrid and your Horbury connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Horbury is Northern Powergrid, which runs the Yorkshire licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Horbury
A heat pump in Horbury
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Horbury make about 200 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Horbury 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 Horbury
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Horbury make about 750 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).
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 Horbury
If a system in Horbury is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Horbury
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Horbury?
Horbury averages 2.61 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 952 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,050 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Horbury?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Horbury, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,050 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Horbury, 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 happens to the solar I do not use in Horbury?
Around £614 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,118 kWh a 12-panel system in Horbury exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Horbury in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Horbury: about 200 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 Horbury compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Horbury.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Horbury |
|---|---|---|
| Horbury | 952 | this town |
| Ossett | 952 | level |
| Wakefield | 956 | +4 kWh |
| Dewsbury | 952 | level |
| East Ardsley | 947 | −5 kWh |
| Darton | 956 | +4 kWh |
| Batley | 944 | −8 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 Horbury: Solar panels in Horbury from OVO Solar & Battery
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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.
DNO application timescales, network by network: from a G98 notification to a G99 approval
Fit and notify within 28 days, or wait ten working days to 45 for a yes. System size decides which.
Read the guide →Inside a home battery: capacity, power and losses
Usable capacity, kW output, round trip losses and chemistry, in plain terms.
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 →What MCS certification actually buys you on a heat pump job
The gate on the £7,500 grant, the design standard behind your running costs, and the noise sign-off.
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 →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
The badge that decides whether your solar earns export payments. It cannot be added later.
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