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Solar panels in Meltham, sized to your roof.
About 5,500 kWh a year from 12 panels in Meltham, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Meltham's solar year
PVGIS puts Meltham at 865 kWh per kWp a year, 10% below our Yorkshire county estimate. 71% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 23.6 |
| February | 40.6 |
| March | 74.7 |
| April | 101 |
| May | 113 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 112 |
| August | 99.5 |
| September | 81.2 |
| October | 53.1 |
| November | 34.5 |
| December | 23.4 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 865 kWh per kWp in Meltham against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Meltham 6% below it.
How Meltham compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Meltham. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks 118th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 8,696 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 865 kWh per kWp a year, 2.37 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £795 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £548 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Meltham'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.
Kirklees is the planning authority covering Meltham, 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Meltham (53.59348, -1.84868), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Meltham
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Meltham is Northern Powergrid, which runs the Yorkshire licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, Northern Powergrid only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Meltham
A heat pump in Meltham
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Meltham make about 780 kWh, against 2,750 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 Meltham
A 12-panel roof in Meltham makes about 720 kWh in May. 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.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
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 Meltham
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Meltham as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Meltham solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Meltham?
Each kWp of panels in Meltham makes 865 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,500 kWh, from about 150 kWh in December up to 720 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Meltham?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Meltham before a battery. What Meltham changes is the return, about 5,500 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Meltham need approval from the network operator?
Meltham is on Northern Powergrid's network (Yorkshire licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Meltham?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Meltham exports about 4,565 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £548; 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 Meltham in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 71% of a Meltham roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 780 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Meltham 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 Meltham |
|---|---|---|
| Meltham | 865 | this town |
| Linthwaite and Slaithwaite | 861 | −4 kWh |
| Honley | 884 | +19 kWh |
| Huddersfield | 924 | +59 kWh |
| Elland | 916 | +51 kWh |
| Uppermill | 832 | −33 kWh |
| Brighouse | 928 | +63 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 Meltham: Solar panels in Meltham from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Meltham
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
What a solar service costs, and how often you actually need one
MCS advises a contractor visit at year 10 on a privately owned home. Most plans sell one a year.
Read the guide →Whole home backup or partial backup? The runtime arithmetic
Whole home backup sounds obvious until you do the runtime maths. Here is how to choose the right tier.
Read the guide →Charging an EV from your own solar
Every surplus kWh is 3.6 to 5 miles. Whether that beats a 7p overnight rate is arithmetic.
Read the guide →Are heat pumps noisy? The 37 dB(A) answer, in plain terms
The 1 metre boundary rule is gone. A 37 dB(A) sound test replaced it.
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 →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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