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About 6,060 kWh a year from 12 panels in Marske-by-the-Sea, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.

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Sunlight in Marske-by-the-Sea

Sunlight in Marske-by-the-Sea, in numbers

PVGIS puts Marske-by-the-Sea at 953 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Yorkshire county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.

Map showing Marske-by-the-Sea in Yorkshire A simplified outline map of Yorkshire with neighbouring counties shown faintly, and a pin marking the location of Marske-by-the-Sea.
Marske-by-the-Sea in Yorkshire

Generation per kWp, month by month

Marske-by-the-Sea, 953 kWh per kWp a year
Marske-by-the-Sea, monthly generation per kWp Bar chart, twelve months January to December. Peak May at 123 kWh/kWp. Lowest December at 30 kWh/kWp. Full values are in the table below this chart. 141 0 JFMAMJJASOND 123
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Marske-by-the-Sea, monthly generation per kWp - monthly figures (kWh/kWp)
MonthkWh/kWp
January31.9
February49.4
March83.8
April111
May123
June113
July117
August106
September88.9
October59.5
November40
December30

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

6,060kWh a year, 12 panels
780kWh in May, the peak
190kWh in December

Against Great Britain as a whole: Marske-by-the-Sea makes 953 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Marske-by-the-Sea is 3% above it.

How Marske-by-the-Sea compares

Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Marske-by-the-Sea. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 62nd of 122 for solar yield, a town of 7,539 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 953 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 £862 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £615 from export at 12p.

Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Marske-by-the-Sea's own yield, and prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.

Any planning application in Marske-by-the-Sea sits with Redcar and Cleveland, 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
£861
£72 a month · payback 7.4 yrs
System price, installed
£6,360
Simple payback
7.4 yrs
Generates a year
6,061 kWh
Exported
5,124 kWh at 12p
Where the money comes from
Solar you use, Export income, Off-peak shifting,

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Modelled for Marske-by-the-Sea at 54.59207, -1.02013 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.

Local grid

Northern Powergrid and your Marske-by-the-Sea connection

The distribution network operator (DNO) for Marske-by-the-Sea is Northern Powergrid, which runs the North East England licence area.

For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.

Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.

Aerial view of a flat-roof garden building with a black solar panel array, on a residential street
A flat-roof garden building fitted with its own solar array.
Beyond solar

Heat pumps and EV charging in Marske-by-the-Sea

A heat pump in Marske-by-the-Sea

In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Marske-by-the-Sea make about 190 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Marske-by-the-Sea comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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).

How heat pumps work

Charging an EV in Marske-by-the-Sea

Marske-by-the-Sea's May output, about 780 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.

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).

EV charging explained

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Solar panel servicing and repair in Marske-by-the-Sea

If a system in Marske-by-the-Sea is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.

FAQs

Marske-by-the-Sea solar questions

How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Marske-by-the-Sea?

Marske-by-the-Sea averages 2.61 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 953 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,060 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.

Is solar more expensive in Marske-by-the-Sea?

Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Marske-by-the-Sea, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,060 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.

Who is the network operator in Marske-by-the-Sea, and do I need a G99 application?

The operator is Northern Powergrid. 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. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. Your design call checks which route yours needs.

What could I earn from exporting in Marske-by-the-Sea?

On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Marske-by-the-Sea sends about 5,124 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £615. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.

How does solar perform in Marske-by-the-Sea in the winter months?

December is the weakest month in Marske-by-the-Sea: about 190 kWh from 12 panels, against 780 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.

How Marske-by-the-Sea compares with its neighbours

How the towns nearest Marske-by-the-Sea compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.

TownkWh per kWp a yearvs Marske-by-the-Sea
Marske-by-the-Sea953this town
Redcar946−7 kWh
Guisborough909−44 kWh
Eston934−19 kWh
Middlesbrough939−14 kWh
Hartlepool954+1 kWh
Billingham947−6 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.

Also for Marske-by-the-Sea: Solar panels in Marske-by-the-Sea from OVO Solar & Battery

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