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What a roof in Ingleby Barwick can generate

From 29.2 kWh per kWp in December to 120.5 in May: a roof in Ingleby Barwick makes 4.1 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 942 kWh per kWp across the year.

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

Generation per kWp, month by month

Ingleby Barwick, 942 kWh per kWp a year
Ingleby Barwick, monthly generation per kWp Bar chart, twelve months January to December. Peak May at 121 kWh/kWp. Lowest December at 29.2 kWh/kWp. Full values are in the table below this chart. 139 0 JFMAMJJASOND 121
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Ingleby Barwick, monthly generation per kWp - monthly figures (kWh/kWp)
MonthkWh/kWp
January32.3
February48.1
March82.4
April109
May121
June112
July118
August105
September86.5
October58.4
November40.5
December29.2

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

5,990kWh a year, 12 panels
770kWh in May, the peak
190kWh in December

For scale: 942 kWh per kWp in Ingleby Barwick against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Ingleby Barwick 2% above it.

How Ingleby Barwick compares

Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Ingleby Barwick. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks 85th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 24,251 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 942 kWh per kWp a year, 2.58 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £854 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £607 from export at 12p.

These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Ingleby Barwick'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.

Ingleby Barwick sits within Stockton-on-Tees, 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
£853
£71 a month · payback 7.5 yrs
System price, installed
£6,360
Simple payback
7.5 yrs
Generates a year
5,991 kWh
Exported
5,054 kWh at 12p
Where the money comes from
Solar you use, Export income, Off-peak shifting,

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Modelled for Ingleby Barwick at 54.51812, -1.31653 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.

Local grid

Connecting solar to the Ingleby Barwick network

Ingleby Barwick 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.

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Three Tesla Powerwall units, wall-mounted and ready to go.
Beyond solar

Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Ingleby Barwick

A heat pump in Ingleby Barwick

Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Ingleby Barwick's roofs make 950 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,900 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 Ingleby Barwick

From April to September, 69% of a Ingleby Barwick roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 770 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

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Solar panel servicing and repair in Ingleby Barwick

Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Ingleby Barwick: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.

FAQs

Common questions about solar in Ingleby Barwick

What could a roof in Ingleby Barwick generate?

PVGIS puts a roof in Ingleby Barwick at 942 kWh per kWp a year, 2.58 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 5,990 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.

What would 12 solar panels cost in Ingleby Barwick?

£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 Ingleby Barwick differs is output: about 5,990 kWh a year from that system.

Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Ingleby Barwick?

Usually not in advance. Northern Powergrid, the network operator for Ingleby Barwick, 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 would export pay on a system in Ingleby Barwick?

It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,054 kWh of the 5,990 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Ingleby Barwick goes to the grid, around £607 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.

Do solar panels work in winter in Ingleby Barwick?

Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Ingleby Barwick 29.2 kWh per kWp in December and 32.3 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 190 kWh and 210 kWh in those months, against 770 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.

How Ingleby Barwick compares with its neighbours

How the towns nearest Ingleby Barwick compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.

TownkWh per kWp a yearvs Ingleby Barwick
Ingleby Barwick942this town
Egglescliffe941−1 kWh
Yarm921−21 kWh
Thornaby-on-Tees938−4 kWh
Stockton-on-Tees945+3 kWh
Middlesbrough939−3 kWh
Billingham947+5 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 Ingleby Barwick: Solar panels in Ingleby Barwick from OVO Solar & Battery

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