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Solar panels in Knottingley, sized to your roof.
A 12-panel roof in Knottingley makes about 6,190 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 Knottingley can generate
Knottingley's best month is May, at 122.6 kWh per kWp; January manages 33.5. Over the year that comes to 973 kWh per kWp, 1% above our Yorkshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 33.5 |
| February | 52 |
| March | 85 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 114 |
| July | 120 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 89.2 |
| October | 61.8 |
| November | 43 |
| December | 33.9 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 973 kWh per kWp in Knottingley against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Knottingley 5% above it.
How Knottingley compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Knottingley. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 22nd of 122 for solar yield, a town of 10,036 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 973 kWh per kWp a year, 2.67 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £877 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £630 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Knottingley'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.
Knottingley sits within Wakefield, 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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Modelled for Knottingley at 53.70324, -1.24981 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Connecting solar to the Knottingley network
Knottingley sits in Northern Powergrid's Yorkshire licence area, so Northern Powergrid 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 Northern Powergrid within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Knottingley
A heat pump in Knottingley
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Knottingley's roofs make 1,030 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,960 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Knottingley
A 12-panel roof in Knottingley makes about 780 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 Knottingley
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Knottingley: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Knottingley
What could a roof in Knottingley generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Knottingley at 973 kWh per kWp a year, 2.67 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,190 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Knottingley?
£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 Knottingley differs is output: about 6,190 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Knottingley?
Usually not in advance. Northern Powergrid, the network operator for Knottingley, 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 Knottingley?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,252 kWh of the 6,190 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Knottingley goes to the grid, around £630 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 Knottingley?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Knottingley 33.9 kWh per kWp in December and 33.5 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 220 kWh and 210 kWh in those months, against 780 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Knottingley compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Knottingley compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Knottingley |
|---|---|---|
| Knottingley | 973 | this town |
| Pontefract | 969 | −4 kWh |
| Castleford | 962 | −11 kWh |
| Featherstone | 965 | −8 kWh |
| Sherburn in Elmet | 969 | −4 kWh |
| Normanton | 956 | −17 kWh |
| Kippax | 953 | −20 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 Knottingley: Solar panels in Knottingley from OVO Solar & Battery
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