Lancashire
Solar panels in Newton-le-Willows, designed on a free call.
About 5,910 kWh a year from 12 panels in Newton-le-Willows, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Newton-le-Willows, in numbers
Newton-le-Willows' best month is May, at 120.4 kWh per kWp; December manages 28.2. Over the year that comes to 929 kWh per kWp, 7% above our Lancashire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 29.5 |
| February | 49.7 |
| March | 82.5 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 113 |
| July | 114 |
| August | 102 |
| September | 85.2 |
| October | 58 |
| November | 38.5 |
| December | 28.2 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 929, Newton-le-Willows is level with it.
How Newton-le-Willows compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Newton-le-Willows is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks joint 40th of 109 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 25,636 residents, and its roofs see 2.55 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,908 kWh of generation, of which around 4,972 kWh is exported at 12p for £597 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-le-Willows' 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 St. Helens; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Newton-le-Willows 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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Modelled for Newton-le-Willows at 53.45287, -2.63331 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 Newton-le-Willows
Newton-le-Willows is served by Electricity North West: the town's centre falls inside its North West England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to Electricity North West within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Newton-le-Willows
A heat pump in Newton-le-Willows
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Newton-le-Willows make about 180 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Newton-le-Willows comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Newton-le-Willows
Newton-le-Willows' 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.
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.
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-le-Willows
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Newton-le-Willows as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Newton-le-Willows solar questions
How much electricity do solar panels make in Newton-le-Willows?
About 5,910 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Newton-le-Willows: 929 kWh per kWp, or 2.55 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 770 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Newton-le-Willows?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Newton-le-Willows, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,910 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Newton-le-Willows, and what does it need from me?
Electricity North West covers Newton-le-Willows. 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 could I earn from exporting in Newton-le-Willows?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Newton-le-Willows sends about 4,972 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £597. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Newton-le-Willows get in December?
December is the low point: about 180 kWh from a 12-panel system in Newton-le-Willows, on PVGIS data, rising to 770 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 930 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Newton-le-Willows compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Newton-le-Willows compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Newton-le-Willows |
|---|---|---|
| Newton-le-Willows | 929 | this town |
| Haydock | 933 | +4 kWh |
| Golborne | 929 | level |
| Ashton-in-Makerfield | 930 | +1 kWh |
| St Helens | 939 | +10 kWh |
| Warrington | 936 | +7 kWh |
| Platt Bridge and Abram | 930 | +1 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 Newton-le-Willows: Solar panels in Newton-le-Willows from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Newton-le-Willows homeowners
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