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Solar panels in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Kirkby-in-Ashfield makes about 6,100 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, in numbers
Kirkby-in-Ashfield's best month is May, at 120.1 kWh per kWp; December manages 31.6. Over the year that comes to 959 kWh per kWp, 3% below our Nottinghamshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 33.6 |
| February | 50.1 |
| March | 84.3 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 112 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 108 |
| September | 89.4 |
| October | 60.7 |
| November | 42.5 |
| December | 31.6 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 959 kWh per kWp in Kirkby-in-Ashfield against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Kirkby-in-Ashfield 4% above it.
How Kirkby-in-Ashfield compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Kirkby-in-Ashfield. It is one of 29 Nottinghamshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 28th of 29 for solar yield, a town of 21,753 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 959 kWh per kWp a year, 2.63 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £867 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £620 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 Kirkby-in-Ashfield's own yield.
Planning applications here go through Ashfield; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Kirkby-in-Ashfield 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 Kirkby-in-Ashfield (53.10162, -1.25215), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
NGED and your Kirkby-in-Ashfield connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Kirkby-in-Ashfield is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), which runs the East Midlands licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, NGED only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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 Kirkby-in-Ashfield
A heat pump in Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Kirkby-in-Ashfield, a 12-panel system makes about 200 kWh in December and 210 kWh in January, a fraction of its 760 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Kirkby-in-Ashfield make about 760 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
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).
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 Kirkby-in-Ashfield
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Kirkby-in-Ashfield as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Kirkby-in-Ashfield
How much electricity do solar panels make in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
About 6,100 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Kirkby-in-Ashfield: 959 kWh per kWp, or 2.63 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 760 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,100 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Kirkby-in-Ashfield. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?
Around £620 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,163 kWh a 12-panel system in Kirkby-in-Ashfield exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Kirkby-in-Ashfield get in December?
December is the low point: about 200 kWh from a 12-panel system in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, on PVGIS data, rising to 760 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,000 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Kirkby-in-Ashfield compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Kirkby-in-Ashfield |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield | 959 | this town |
| Sutton in Ashfield | 960 | +1 kWh |
| South Normanton | 955 | −4 kWh |
| Mansfield | 970 | +11 kWh |
| Hucknall | 970 | +11 kWh |
| Mansfield Woodhouse | 967 | +8 kWh |
| Somercotes and Swanwick | 965 | +6 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.
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