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Solar panels in Murton, priced before anyone visits.
About 6,210 kWh a year from 12 panels in Murton, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Murton roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Murton at 976 kWh per kWp a year, 4% above our Durham county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 32.4 |
| February | 50.7 |
| March | 85.4 |
| April | 113 |
| May | 127 |
| June | 117 |
| July | 121 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 91.1 |
| October | 61.2 |
| November | 40.9 |
| December | 28.9 |
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: Murton makes 976 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Murton is 6% above it.
How Murton compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Murton. It is one of 35 Durham towns we track, and it ranks 5th of 35 for solar yield, a town of 7,519 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 976 kWh per kWp a year, 2.67 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £879 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £632 from export at 12p.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Murton's own yield.
Planning applications here go through County Durham; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Murton 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 Murton at 54.81719, -1.38697 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 Murton
On NESO's licence-area map, Murton is in North East England, which Northern Powergrid operates. That makes Northern Powergrid the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Murton
A heat pump in Murton
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Murton, a 12-panel system makes about 180 kWh in December and 210 kWh in January, a fraction of its 810 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 Murton
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Murton make about 810 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
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 Murton
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Murton as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Murton: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Murton?
About 6,210 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Murton: 976 kWh per kWp, or 2.67 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 810 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Murton?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Murton, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,210 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Murton, and what does it need from me?
Northern Powergrid covers Murton. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Murton?
Around £632 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,271 kWh a 12-panel system in Murton exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Murton get in December?
December is the low point: about 180 kWh from a 12-panel system in Murton, on PVGIS data, rising to 810 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 970 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Murton compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Murton compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Murton |
|---|---|---|
| Murton | 976 | this town |
| Seaham | 978 | +2 kWh |
| Hetton-le-Hole | 952 | −24 kWh |
| Houghton-le-Spring | 953 | −23 kWh |
| Peterlee | 975 | −1 kWh |
| Fence Houses | 948 | −28 kWh |
| Shiney Row and Penshaw | 959 | −17 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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