Lancashire
Solar panels in Nelson, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,500 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Nelson, in numbers
From 22.2 kWh per kWp in December to 114.6 in May: a roof in Nelson makes 5.2 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 864 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 24 |
| February | 42.8 |
| March | 74.2 |
| April | 103 |
| May | 115 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 110 |
| August | 96.8 |
| September | 79.5 |
| October | 52.3 |
| November | 35.3 |
| December | 22.2 |
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: Nelson makes 864 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Nelson is 7% below it.
How Nelson compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Nelson is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks joint 93rd of 109 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 36,324 residents, and its roofs see 2.37 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,495 kWh of generation, of which around 4,558 kWh is exported at 12p for £547 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Nelson'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.
Planning applications here go through Pendle; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Nelson as a medium 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 Nelson (53.83654, -2.20624), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Nelson
Nelson 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.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to Electricity North West within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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 Nelson
A heat pump in Nelson
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Nelson make about 140 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Nelson 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).
Charging an EV in Nelson
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Nelson make about 730 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.
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.
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 Nelson
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Nelson as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Nelson solar questions
How much electricity do solar panels make in Nelson?
About 5,500 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Nelson: 864 kWh per kWp, or 2.37 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 730 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Nelson?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Nelson, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,500 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Nelson, and what does it need from me?
Electricity North West covers Nelson. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to Electricity North West within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Nelson?
Around £547 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,558 kWh a 12-panel system in Nelson 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 Nelson get in December?
December is the low point: about 140 kWh from a 12-panel system in Nelson, on PVGIS data, rising to 730 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 790 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Nelson 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 Nelson |
|---|---|---|
| Nelson | 864 | this town |
| Brierfield | 863 | −1 kWh |
| Colne | 853 | −11 kWh |
| Burnley | 863 | −1 kWh |
| Padiham | 864 | level |
| Barnoldswick | 864 | level |
| Clitheroe | 878 | +14 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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Further reading for Nelson
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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