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Solar panels in Market Harborough, sized to your roof.
A 12-panel roof in Market Harborough makes about 6,460 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Market Harborough's solar year
PVGIS puts Market Harborough at 1,015 kWh per kWp a year, 3% above our Leicestershire county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 37.7 |
| February | 51.8 |
| March | 88.4 |
| April | 113 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 121 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 112 |
| September | 95.5 |
| October | 66.2 |
| November | 45.8 |
| December | 35.8 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,015 kWh per kWp in Market Harborough against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Market Harborough 10% above it.
How Market Harborough compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Market Harborough is one of 26 Leicestershire towns we track, and it ranks 1st of 26 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 25,994 residents, and its roofs see 2.78 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,455 kWh of generation, of which around 5,519 kWh is exported at 12p for £662 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Market Harborough'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.
Harborough is the planning authority covering Market Harborough, which the House of Commons Library classes as a medium 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 Market Harborough at 52.47816, -0.92166 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Who runs the grid in Market Harborough
On NESO's licence-area map, Market Harborough is in East Midlands, which National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) operates. That makes NGED the network operator for any system fitted here.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Market Harborough
A heat pump in Market Harborough
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Market Harborough make about 1,090 kWh, against 3,060 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
Grant support in England comes from the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £7,500 for an air source or ground source heat pump, £2,500 for air-to-air, and an extra £1,500 until March 2027 where the home is heated by oil or LPG off the gas grid (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Market Harborough
A 12-panel roof in Market Harborough makes about 790 kWh in July. 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).
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 Market Harborough
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Market Harborough as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Market Harborough solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Market Harborough?
Each kWp of panels in Market Harborough makes 1,015 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,460 kWh, from about 230 kWh in December up to 790 kWh in July.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Market Harborough?
£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 Market Harborough differs is output: about 6,460 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Market Harborough need approval from the network operator?
Market Harborough is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's network (East Midlands licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Market Harborough?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,519 kWh of the 6,460 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Market Harborough goes to the grid, around £662 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Market Harborough in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Market Harborough roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,090 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Market Harborough compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Market Harborough compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Market Harborough |
|---|---|---|
| Market Harborough | 1,015 | this town |
| Desborough | 1,023 | +8 kWh |
| Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt | 1,014 | −1 kWh |
| Rothwell (North Northamptonshire) | 1,023 | +8 kWh |
| Corby | 1,019 | +4 kWh |
| Kettering | 1,022 | +7 kWh |
| Oadby | 1,005 | −10 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
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