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Solar panels in Newton Aycliffe, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Newton Aycliffe makes about 5,960 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Newton Aycliffe, in numbers
PVGIS puts Newton Aycliffe at 937 kWh per kWp a year, level with 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 |
| February | 48.8 |
| March | 83 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 111 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 86.6 |
| October | 58 |
| November | 39.8 |
| December | 28.5 |
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: Newton Aycliffe makes 937 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Newton Aycliffe is 1% above it.
How Newton Aycliffe compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Newton Aycliffe is one of 35 Durham towns we track, and it ranks 26th of 35 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 26,175 residents, and its roofs see 2.57 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,959 kWh of generation, of which around 5,023 kWh is exported at 12p for £603 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Newton Aycliffe'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.
Any planning application in Newton Aycliffe sits with County Durham, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Newton Aycliffe's own coordinates (54.6143, -1.57609), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
Northern Powergrid and your Newton Aycliffe connection
Newton Aycliffe is served by Northern Powergrid: the town's centre falls inside its North East England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
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: Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Newton Aycliffe
A heat pump in Newton Aycliffe
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Newton Aycliffe, a 12-panel system makes about 180 kWh in December and 200 kWh in January, a fraction of its 770 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 Newton Aycliffe
Newton Aycliffe's May output, about 770 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.
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.
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Newton Aycliffe
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Newton Aycliffe as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Newton Aycliffe solar questions
How much electricity do solar panels make in Newton Aycliffe?
About 5,960 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Newton Aycliffe: 937 kWh per kWp, or 2.57 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 770 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Newton Aycliffe?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Newton Aycliffe, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,960 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Newton Aycliffe, and what does it need from me?
Northern Powergrid covers Newton Aycliffe. 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 could I earn from exporting in Newton Aycliffe?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Newton Aycliffe sends about 5,023 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £603. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Newton Aycliffe get in December?
December is the low point: about 180 kWh from a 12-panel system in Newton Aycliffe, on PVGIS data, rising to 770 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 950 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Newton Aycliffe compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Newton Aycliffe compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Newton Aycliffe |
|---|---|---|
| Newton Aycliffe | 937 | this town |
| Shildon | 936 | −1 kWh |
| Bishop Auckland | 935 | −2 kWh |
| Ferryhill | 949 | +12 kWh |
| Darlington | 934 | −3 kWh |
| Spennymoor | 945 | +8 kWh |
| Brandon (County Durham) | 941 | +4 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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