Derbyshire
Solar panels in Matlock, designed on a free call.
About 6,000 kWh a year from 12 panels in Matlock, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Matlock roof makes, month by month
Matlock's best month is May, at 119.7 kWh per kWp; December manages 28.7. Over the year that comes to 943 kWh per kWp, level with our Derbyshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 31.7 |
| February | 48.3 |
| March | 84.4 |
| April | 107 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 113 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 106 |
| September | 88.5 |
| October | 58.7 |
| November | 39 |
| December | 28.7 |
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: Matlock makes 943 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Matlock is 2% above it.
How Matlock compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Matlock. It is one of 28 Derbyshire towns we track, and it ranks 25th of 28 for solar yield, a town of 11,792 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 943 kWh per kWp a year, 2.58 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £854 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £607 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Matlock'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.
Planning applications here go through Derbyshire Dales; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Matlock 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 Matlock at 53.14164, -1.55298 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
The network operator for Matlock
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) owns and runs the local electricity network in Matlock, as part of its East Midlands licence area.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Matlock
A heat pump in Matlock
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Matlock, a 12-panel system makes about 180 kWh in December and 200 kWh in January, a fraction of its 760 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 Matlock
Matlock's May output, about 760 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.
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 Matlock
If a system in Matlock is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Matlock: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Matlock?
Matlock averages 2.58 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 943 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,000 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Matlock?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Matlock, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,000 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Matlock, 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 Matlock?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Matlock sends about 5,061 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £607. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Matlock in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Matlock: about 180 kWh from 12 panels, against 760 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Matlock compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Matlock |
|---|---|---|
| Matlock | 943 | this town |
| Clay Cross | 959 | +16 kWh |
| Alfreton | 965 | +22 kWh |
| North Wingfield and Holmewood | 954 | +11 kWh |
| Chesterfield | 957 | +14 kWh |
| Somercotes and Swanwick | 965 | +22 kWh |
| Belper | 964 | +21 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 Matlock: Solar panels in Matlock from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Matlock
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
G98 vs G99: the 28-day form and the eight-week wait, in plain English
One number on your quote decides between a formality and an eight week wait.
Read the guide →Does a standalone battery actually pay back?
No panels means one job: buy cheap, use later. The tariff decides whether it pays.
Read the guide →How solar aware EV charging actually works
The CT clamp, the surplus tracking and the 1.4kW floor that catches people out.
Read the guide →Are heat pumps worth it? The real 2026 numbers
Electricity costs 3.3x gas per kWh. A heat pump is about 3x as efficient. The numbers nearly cancel out.
Read the guide →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
Identical kit, five times the export income. The tariff decision worked through with August 2026 rates.
Read the guide →G98 or G99: which one applies, what the application involves, and how long it takes
The G98 line sits at 3.68kW per phase. Above it, your network operator has to say yes first.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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