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Solar panels in Ilkley, sized to your roof.
About 5,810 kWh a year from 12 panels in Ilkley, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Ilkley's solar year
PVGIS puts Ilkley at 913 kWh per kWp a year, 5% below our Yorkshire county estimate. 70% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 27.1 |
| February | 47.4 |
| March | 79.9 |
| April | 106 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 111 |
| July | 116 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 84.9 |
| October | 56.7 |
| November | 36.7 |
| December | 23.1 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 913 kWh per kWp in Ilkley against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Ilkley 1% below it.
How Ilkley compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Ilkley. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks 111th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 14,651 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 913 kWh per kWp a year, 2.50 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £831 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £584 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 Ilkley's own yield.
Bradford is the planning authority covering Ilkley, which the House of Commons Library classes 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 Ilkley (53.92504, -1.82019), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Ilkley
Ilkley is served by Northern Powergrid: the town's centre falls inside its Yorkshire licence area on NESO's boundary map.
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.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Ilkley
A heat pump in Ilkley
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Ilkley make about 850 kWh, against 2,870 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Ilkley
A 12-panel roof in Ilkley makes about 760 kWh in May. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
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.
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 Ilkley
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Ilkley as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in Ilkley
What does a solar panel system produce in Ilkley?
Each kWp of panels in Ilkley makes 913 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,810 kWh, from about 150 kWh in December up to 760 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Ilkley?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Ilkley differs is output: about 5,810 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Ilkley need approval from the network operator?
Ilkley is on Northern Powergrid's network (Yorkshire licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Ilkley?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,870 kWh of the 5,810 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Ilkley goes to the grid, around £584 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Ilkley in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 70% of a Ilkley roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 850 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Ilkley 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 Ilkley |
|---|---|---|
| Ilkley | 913 | this town |
| Silsden | 907 | −6 kWh |
| Otley | 932 | +19 kWh |
| Bingley | 924 | +11 kWh |
| Keighley | 900 | −13 kWh |
| Guiseley | 935 | +22 kWh |
| Baildon | 931 | +18 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 Ilkley: Solar panels in Ilkley from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Ilkley
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Read the guide →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
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