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A 12-panel roof in Mansfield Woodhouse makes about 6,150 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 Mansfield Woodhouse roof makes, month by month

Mansfield Woodhouse's best month is May, at 121 kWh per kWp; December manages 33.2. Over the year that comes to 967 kWh per kWp, 2% below our Nottinghamshire county estimate.

Map showing Mansfield Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire A simplified outline map of Nottinghamshire with neighbouring counties shown faintly, and a pin marking the location of Mansfield Woodhouse.
Mansfield Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire

Generation per kWp, month by month

Mansfield Woodhouse, 967 kWh per kWp a year
Mansfield Woodhouse, monthly generation per kWp Bar chart, twelve months January to December. Peak May at 121 kWh/kWp. Lowest December at 33.2 kWh/kWp. Full values are in the table below this chart. 139 0 JFMAMJJASOND 121
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Mansfield Woodhouse, monthly generation per kWp - monthly figures (kWh/kWp)
MonthkWh/kWp
January34.4
February51.5
March85.3
April108
May121
June112
July118
August109
September91
October61.4
November43.1
December33.2

Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.

6,150kWh a year, 12 panels
770kWh in May, the peak
210kWh in December

Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 967, Mansfield Woodhouse is 5% above it.

How Mansfield Woodhouse compares

Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Mansfield Woodhouse. It is one of 29 Nottinghamshire towns we track, and it ranks 26th of 29 for solar yield, a town of 19,555 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 967 kWh per kWp a year, 2.65 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £873 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £626 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 Mansfield Woodhouse's own yield.

Any planning application in Mansfield Woodhouse sits with Mansfield, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is small town.

12 panels
530W panels. Most semi-detached roofs take 10 to 16 on one pitch.
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Installed prices. The named packages are the ones running on our current offers; the Duracell prices are for an installation alongside solar.
Electricity use
Export rate scenario
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Estimated benefit, year one
£872
£73 a month · payback 7.3 yrs
System price, installed
£6,360
Simple payback
7.3 yrs
Generates a year
6,150 kWh
Exported
5,213 kWh at 12p
Where the money comes from
Solar you use, Export income, Off-peak shifting,

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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Mansfield Woodhouse's own coordinates (53.16724, -1.18912), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.

Local grid

The network operator for Mansfield Woodhouse

Mansfield Woodhouse 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.

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.

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.

Aerial view of a red-brick new-build home with a dark solar panel array on the front roof pitch
A dense panel array fitted to a new-build home's front roof pitch.
Beyond solar

Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Mansfield Woodhouse

A heat pump in Mansfield Woodhouse

Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Mansfield Woodhouse, a 12-panel system makes about 210 kWh in December and 220 kWh in January, a fraction of its 770 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).

How heat pumps work

Charging an EV in Mansfield Woodhouse

Mansfield Woodhouse's May output, about 770 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.

If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.

EV charging explained

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Solar panel servicing and repair in Mansfield Woodhouse

If a system in Mansfield Woodhouse is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.

FAQs

Common questions about solar in Mansfield Woodhouse

How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Mansfield Woodhouse?

Mansfield Woodhouse averages 2.65 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 967 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,150 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.

Is solar more expensive in Mansfield Woodhouse?

Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Mansfield Woodhouse, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,150 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.

Who is the network operator in Mansfield Woodhouse, 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 Mansfield Woodhouse?

On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Mansfield Woodhouse sends about 5,213 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £626. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.

How does solar perform in Mansfield Woodhouse in the winter months?

December is the weakest month in Mansfield Woodhouse: about 210 kWh from 12 panels, against 770 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.

How Mansfield Woodhouse compares with its neighbours

The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Mansfield Woodhouse.

TownkWh per kWp a yearvs Mansfield Woodhouse
Mansfield Woodhouse967this town
Mansfield970+3 kWh
Forest Town971+4 kWh
Shirebrook966−1 kWh
Sutton in Ashfield960−7 kWh
Rainworth979+12 kWh
Kirkby-in-Ashfield959−8 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 Mansfield Woodhouse: Solar panels in Mansfield Woodhouse from OVO Solar & Battery

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