Cumberland
Solar panels in Maryport, with the numbers shown.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,080 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Maryport's solar year
Maryport's best month is May, at 132.8 kWh per kWp; December manages 23.1. Over the year that comes to 956 kWh per kWp, 10% above our Cumberland county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 26.8 |
| February | 50 |
| March | 81.3 |
| April | 116 |
| May | 133 |
| June | 124 |
| July | 122 |
| August | 106 |
| September | 82.6 |
| October | 56.2 |
| November | 36 |
| December | 23.1 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Maryport makes 956 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Maryport is 3% above it.
How Maryport compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Maryport. It is one of 6 Cumberland towns we track, and it ranks 2nd of 6 for solar yield, a town of 8,430 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 956 kWh per kWp a year, 2.62 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £864 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £617 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Maryport'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.
Cumberland is the planning authority covering Maryport, which the House of Commons Library classes 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 Maryport at 54.71112, -3.4914 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 Maryport
Maryport sits in Electricity North West's North West England licence area, so Electricity North West 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, Electricity North West only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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 Maryport
A heat pump in Maryport
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Maryport make about 860 kWh, against 3,080 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
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 Maryport
From April to September, 71% of a Maryport roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 840 kWh in May on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
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.
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 Maryport
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Maryport as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in Maryport
What does a solar panel system produce in Maryport?
Each kWp of panels in Maryport makes 956 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,080 kWh, from about 150 kWh in December up to 840 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Maryport?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Maryport before a battery. What Maryport changes is the return, about 6,080 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Maryport need approval from the network operator?
Maryport is on Electricity North West's network (North West England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: Electricity North West is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. 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. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Maryport?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Maryport exports about 5,143 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £617; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Maryport in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 71% of a Maryport roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 860 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Maryport compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Maryport compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Maryport |
|---|---|---|
| Maryport | 956 | this town |
| Workington | 950 | −6 kWh |
| Cockermouth | 868 | −88 kWh |
| Whitehaven | 975 | +19 kWh |
| Annan | 929 | −27 kWh |
| Dumfries | 923 | −33 kWh |
| Carlisle | 915 | −41 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 Maryport: Solar panels in Maryport from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Maryport homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Microinverters, optimisers or a plain string inverter: who needs what
Shade and roof layout decide this. An honest triage of the three approaches.
Read the guide →Inside a home battery: capacity, power and losses
Usable capacity, kW output, round trip losses and chemistry, in plain terms.
Read the guide →What an EV charger installation actually involves
Main fuse, DNO notification, load balancing and the paperwork. What really happens.
Read the guide →Sizing a heat pump: what a proper survey covers
Sized by calculation, not by rule of thumb. What the survey covers, and what guessing costs.
Read the guide →Which tariffs are actually built for battery charging
A battery buys cheap and uses dear. The tariff decides how much that is worth.
Read the guide →Your MCS certificate: what it shows, when it arrives, and how a Smart Export Guarantee supplier uses it
The document your export payments hang on. Who issues it, what it shows, and how to get a copy.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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