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Solar panels in Lees, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Lees makes about 5,480 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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How much a Lees roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Lees at 861 kWh per kWp a year, 11% below our Yorkshire county estimate. 70% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 23.3 |
| February | 43.4 |
| March | 76 |
| April | 102 |
| May | 113 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 108 |
| August | 94.5 |
| September | 79.1 |
| October | 53.6 |
| November | 35.4 |
| December | 25 |
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 861, Lees is 7% below it.
How Lees compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Lees. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 120th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 12,657 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 861 kWh per kWp a year, 2.36 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £792 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £545 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Lees' 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.
Planning applications here go through Oldham; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Lees 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 Lees (53.54033, -2.06248), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Lees
On NESO's licence-area map, Lees is in North West England, which Electricity North West operates. That makes Electricity North West 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 Electricity North West within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds Electricity North West as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Lees
A heat pump in Lees
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Lees, a 12-panel system makes about 160 kWh in December and 150 kWh in January, a fraction of its 720 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Lees
Lees' May output, about 720 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 Lees
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Lees as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Lees solar questions
How much electricity do solar panels make in Lees?
About 5,480 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Lees: 861 kWh per kWp, or 2.36 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 720 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Lees?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Lees, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,480 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Lees, and what does it need from me?
Electricity North West covers Lees. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to Electricity North West within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds Electricity North West as it does every network operator.
What could I earn from exporting in Lees?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Lees sends about 4,539 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £545. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Lees get in December?
December is the low point: about 160 kWh from a 12-panel system in Lees, on PVGIS data, rising to 720 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 810 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Lees compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Lees compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Lees |
|---|---|---|
| Lees | 861 | this town |
| Oldham | 862 | +1 kWh |
| Mossley | 843 | −18 kWh |
| Uppermill | 832 | −29 kWh |
| Royton | 854 | −7 kWh |
| Shaw | 844 | −17 kWh |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 860 | −1 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 Lees: Solar panels in Lees from OVO Solar & Battery
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