Lancashire
Solar panels in Kearsley, with the numbers shown.
About 5,760 kWh a year from 12 panels in Kearsley, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Kearsley's solar year
From 27.3 kWh per kWp in December to 117.8 in May: a roof in Kearsley makes 4.3 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 906 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 27.5 |
| February | 47.4 |
| March | 80.4 |
| April | 105 |
| May | 118 |
| June | 112 |
| July | 111 |
| August | 99.1 |
| September | 83.7 |
| October | 56.6 |
| November | 37.9 |
| December | 27.3 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Kearsley makes 906 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Kearsley is 2% below it.
How Kearsley compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Kearsley. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks 60th of 109 for solar yield, a town of 10,444 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 906 kWh per kWp a year, 2.48 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £826 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £579 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Kearsley'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.
Bolton is the planning authority covering Kearsley, 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 Kearsley (53.5409, -2.37119), 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 Kearsley
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Kearsley is Electricity North West, which runs the North West England licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means Electricity North West is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Kearsley
A heat pump in Kearsley
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Kearsley make about 890 kWh, against 2,800 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
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).
Charging an EV in Kearsley
From April to September, 69% of a Kearsley roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 750 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.
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 Kearsley
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Kearsley as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in Kearsley
What does a solar panel system produce in Kearsley?
Each kWp of panels in Kearsley makes 906 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,760 kWh, from about 170 kWh in December up to 750 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Kearsley?
£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 Kearsley differs is output: about 5,760 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Kearsley need approval from the network operator?
Kearsley is on Electricity North West's network (North West England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: Electricity North West is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. 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. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Kearsley?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,825 kWh of the 5,760 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Kearsley goes to the grid, around £579 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 Kearsley in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 69% of a Kearsley roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 890 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Kearsley compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Kearsley.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Kearsley |
|---|---|---|
| Kearsley | 906 | this town |
| Little Lever | 900 | −6 kWh |
| Farnworth | 918 | +12 kWh |
| Walkden | 917 | +11 kWh |
| Little Hulton | 918 | +12 kWh |
| Radcliffe | 893 | −13 kWh |
| Swinton (Salford) | 901 | −5 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 Kearsley: Solar panels in Kearsley from OVO Solar & Battery
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