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Solar panels in Knaresborough, with the numbers shown.
A 12-panel roof in Knaresborough makes about 6,050 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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What a roof in Knaresborough can generate
PVGIS puts Knaresborough at 951 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Yorkshire county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 32.1 |
| February | 49 |
| March | 83.9 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 112 |
| July | 119 |
| August | 108 |
| September | 86.9 |
| October | 59 |
| November | 41.4 |
| December | 29.9 |
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: Knaresborough makes 951 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Knaresborough is 3% above it.
How Knaresborough compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Knaresborough. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 70th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 16,655 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 951 kWh per kWp a year, 2.61 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £860 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £613 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 Knaresborough's own yield.
Knaresborough sits within North Yorkshire, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it 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 Knaresborough (54.00786, -1.46099), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Connecting solar to the Knaresborough network
On NESO's licence-area map, Knaresborough is in North East England, which Northern Powergrid operates. That makes Northern Powergrid the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Knaresborough
A heat pump in Knaresborough
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Knaresborough's roofs make 970 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,930 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Knaresborough
From April to September, 69% of a Knaresborough 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.
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 Knaresborough
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Knaresborough: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Knaresborough
What could a roof in Knaresborough generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Knaresborough at 951 kWh per kWp a year, 2.61 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,050 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Knaresborough?
£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 Knaresborough differs is output: about 6,050 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Knaresborough?
Usually not in advance. Northern Powergrid, the network operator for Knaresborough, 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 Knaresborough?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,112 kWh of the 6,050 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Knaresborough goes to the grid, around £613 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 Knaresborough?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Knaresborough 29.9 kWh per kWp in December and 32.1 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 190 kWh and 200 kWh in those months, against 770 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Knaresborough compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Knaresborough.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Knaresborough |
|---|---|---|
| Knaresborough | 951 | this town |
| Harrogate | 948 | −3 kWh |
| Wetherby | 958 | +7 kWh |
| Ripon | 952 | +1 kWh |
| Otley | 932 | −19 kWh |
| Yeadon | 940 | −11 kWh |
| Guiseley | 935 | −16 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 Knaresborough: Solar panels in Knaresborough from OVO Solar & Battery
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