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Solar panels in Keighley, sized to your roof.
About 5,720 kWh a year from 12 panels in Keighley, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Keighley's solar year
Keighley's best month is May, at 118.2 kWh per kWp; December manages 24.4. Over the year that comes to 900 kWh per kWp, 7% below our Yorkshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 27.5 |
| February | 45.1 |
| March | 78 |
| April | 106 |
| May | 118 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 114 |
| August | 103 |
| September | 83.7 |
| October | 54.5 |
| November | 37 |
| December | 24.4 |
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 900, Keighley is 3% below it.
How Keighley compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Keighley is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks 114th of 122 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 50,601 residents, and its roofs see 2.47 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,724 kWh of generation, of which around 4,787 kWh is exported at 12p for £574 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Keighley's own yield, and prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.
Bradford is the planning authority covering Keighley, which the House of Commons Library classes 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Keighley's own coordinates (53.86674, -1.90772), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
Who runs the grid in Keighley
Keighley 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Keighley
A heat pump in Keighley
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Keighley make about 850 kWh, against 2,830 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 Keighley
A 12-panel roof in Keighley makes about 750 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.
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 Keighley
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Keighley as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Keighley: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Keighley?
Each kWp of panels in Keighley makes 900 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,720 kWh, from about 160 kWh in December up to 750 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Keighley?
£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 Keighley differs is output: about 5,720 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Keighley need approval from the network operator?
Keighley 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 Keighley?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,787 kWh of the 5,720 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Keighley goes to the grid, around £574 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 Keighley in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 70% of a Keighley 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 Keighley compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Keighley compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Keighley |
|---|---|---|
| Keighley | 900 | this town |
| Silsden | 907 | +7 kWh |
| Bingley | 924 | +24 kWh |
| Cross Hills and Steeton | 883 | −17 kWh |
| Ilkley | 913 | +13 kWh |
| Baildon | 931 | +31 kWh |
| Shipley | 929 | +29 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 Keighley: Solar panels in Keighley from OVO Solar & Battery
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