Nottinghamshire
Solar panels in Nottingham, designed on a free call.
About 6,220 kWh a year from 12 panels in Nottingham, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Nottingham, in numbers
Nottingham's best month is May, at 121.1 kWh per kWp; December manages 34.4. Over the year that comes to 978 kWh per kWp, 1% below our Nottinghamshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 35.6 |
| February | 51.4 |
| March | 85.2 |
| April | 110 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 114 |
| July | 120 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 91.2 |
| October | 62.2 |
| November | 44.2 |
| December | 34.4 |
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: Nottingham makes 978 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Nottingham is 6% above it.
How Nottingham compares
Nottingham is one of 29 Nottinghamshire towns we track, and it ranks 19th of 29 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement classification puts it in the core city class, with a population of 307,075, which makes it one of the largest places we publish figures for. Scale changes nothing about the physics: PVGIS gives a roof here 978 kWh per kWp a year, 2.68 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and on the 12p scenario about £247 of the year one benefit comes from solar you use yourself, with export income adding £634.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Nottingham'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.
Nottingham is its own local planning authority area, and its House of Commons Library settlement class is core city.
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 Nottingham at 52.96882, -1.17825 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 Nottingham
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Nottingham is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), which runs the East Midlands licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, NGED only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Nottingham
A heat pump in Nottingham
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Nottingham make about 220 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Nottingham comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme, open in England and Wales, takes £7,500 off an air source or ground source heat pump, or £2,500 off an air-to-air unit. Homes on oil or LPG with no mains gas get £1,500 more until March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Nottingham
Nottingham'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.
The calculator above includes a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed. Renters and flat owners with off-street parking can claim 75% of a chargepoint's cost, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
What else is true of Nottingham
Nottingham City Council's 2024-2028 housing strategy records over a quarter of the city's houses as more than 100 years old and over half more than 50 years old, much of it Victorian terraced housing on narrow urban plots. The former Lace Market warehouse quarter, dense rows of four to seven storey Victorian red-brick buildings, has been converted into flats rather than demolished, so pitched slate or tile roofs on compact terraced footprints are the typical starting point for a system design across much of the city.
Nottingham sits in National Grid Electricity Distribution territory, on its East Midlands licence. National Grid Electricity Distribution's own published Guaranteed Standard is 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with a complete application acknowledged within 10 working days; most single home systems use the quicker 28-day G98 route instead. Nottingham City Council is the planning authority and has designated 33 conservation areas for their architectural or historic interest.
The council has committed to becoming the UK's first carbon neutral city by 2028, a genuinely ambitious target agreed after it declared a climate emergency back in 2019. Its Eastcroft Depot already runs solar and battery storage on site, three arrays generating 138kWp paired with two 300kW battery units giving 720kWh of capacity, alongside 40 vehicle-to-grid EV chargers serving the council's own fleet.
Planning authority: Nottingham City Council
Sources: nottinghamcity.gov.uk · nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Solar panel servicing and repair in Nottingham
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Nottingham as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Nottingham
How much electricity do solar panels make in Nottingham?
About 6,220 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Nottingham: 978 kWh per kWp, or 2.68 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 770 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Nottingham?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Nottingham, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,220 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Nottingham, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Nottingham. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
What could I earn from exporting in Nottingham?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Nottingham sends about 5,283 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £634. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Nottingham get in December?
December is the low point: about 220 kWh from a 12-panel system in Nottingham, on PVGIS data, rising to 770 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,050 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Nottingham 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 Nottingham |
|---|---|---|
| Nottingham | 978 | this town |
| Nuthall and Watnall | 976 | −2 kWh |
| Arnold | 976 | −2 kWh |
| West Bridgford | 983 | +5 kWh |
| Carlton | 985 | +7 kWh |
| Beeston | 983 | +5 kWh |
| Clifton | 983 | +5 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
Also for Nottingham: Solar panels in Nottingham from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Nottingham
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
What solar actually costs in 2026, and where every pound goes
Around £8,677 average, £1,550 to £1,800 per kW. Where every pound actually goes.
Read the guide →How much a battery saves by charging on cheap night rates
What charging at 8.5p and using at 26.32p is actually worth over a year.
Read the guide →Smart charge point regulations, explained
Why your charger arrives pre-set to charge overnight, and why it waits before it starts.
Read the guide →What MCS certification actually buys you on a heat pump job
The gate on the £7,500 grant, the design standard behind your running costs, and the noise sign-off.
Read the guide →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
Identical kit, five times the export income. The tariff decision worked through with August 2026 rates.
Read the guide →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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