Nottinghamshire
Solar panels in Keyworth, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Keyworth makes about 6,270 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Keyworth, in numbers
PVGIS puts Keyworth at 986 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Nottinghamshire 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 | 35.7 |
| February | 51 |
| March | 85.9 |
| April | 111 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 121 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 91.5 |
| October | 62.9 |
| November | 44.6 |
| December | 34.2 |
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 986, Keyworth is 7% above it.
How Keyworth compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Keyworth. It is one of 29 Nottinghamshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 8th of 29 for solar yield, a town of 7,697 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 986 kWh per kWp a year, 2.70 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £887 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £640 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 Keyworth's own yield.
Any planning application in Keyworth sits with Rushcliffe, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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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Modelled for Keyworth at 52.87461, -1.08391 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
NGED and your Keyworth connection
Keyworth sits in National Grid Electricity Distribution's East Midlands licence area, so NGED is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Keyworth
A heat pump in Keyworth
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Keyworth make about 220 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Keyworth comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Keyworth
Keyworth's May output, about 780 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
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.
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Keyworth
If a system in Keyworth is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Keyworth: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Keyworth?
Keyworth averages 2.70 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 986 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,270 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Keyworth?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Keyworth, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,270 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Keyworth, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED). 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. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What could I earn from exporting in Keyworth?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Keyworth sends about 5,334 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £640. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Keyworth in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Keyworth: about 220 kWh from 12 panels, against 780 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Keyworth 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 Keyworth |
|---|---|---|
| Keyworth | 986 | this town |
| Ruddington | 985 | −1 kWh |
| Cotgrave | 991 | +5 kWh |
| West Bridgford | 983 | −3 kWh |
| Clifton | 983 | −3 kWh |
| East Leake | 986 | level |
| Radcliffe on Trent | 991 | +5 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
Also for Keyworth: Solar panels in Keyworth from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Keyworth
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
0% VAT on solar and batteries: what qualifies, and what does not
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Read the guide →Smart charge point regulations, explained
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Read the guide →What are the disadvantages of a heat pump? Six honest ones
Six real disadvantages, worth planning around rather than a reason to rule one out.
Read the guide →Choosing a tariff when you have solar, a battery and an EV
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Read the guide →Your MCS certificate: what it shows, when it arrives, and how a Smart Export Guarantee supplier uses it
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Read the guide →Get my free quote
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