Lancashire
Solar panels in Oldham, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,480 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Oldham roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Oldham at 862 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Lancashire county estimate. 70% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 23.7 |
| February | 43.9 |
| March | 76.7 |
| April | 102 |
| May | 112 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 107 |
| August | 94.3 |
| September | 79.6 |
| October | 53.9 |
| November | 35.7 |
| December | 25.1 |
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: Oldham makes 862 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Oldham is 7% below it.
How Oldham compares
Oldham is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks 102nd of 109 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 116,362 people. At 862 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 8.0 years on the 12p scenario: £792 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
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 Oldham's own yield.
Oldham is its own local planning authority area, and its House of Commons Library settlement class is large 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 Oldham at 53.53784, -2.10652 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Electricity North West and your Oldham connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Oldham is Electricity North West, which runs the North West England licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, Electricity North West only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Oldham
A heat pump in Oldham
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Oldham, a 12-panel system makes about 160 kWh in December and 150 kWh in January, a fraction of its 710 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 Oldham
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Oldham make about 710 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 Oldham
If a system in Oldham is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Oldham: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Oldham?
Oldham averages 2.36 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 862 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,480 kWh, 70% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Oldham?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Oldham, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,480 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Oldham, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is Electricity North West. Most home systems use the G98 route, a notification within 28 days of switch-on for up to 3.68kW per phase, so nothing waits on the network. Above that, G99 applies and has to be granted first. 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. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Oldham?
Around £545 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,546 kWh a 12-panel system in Oldham exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Oldham in the winter months?
January is the weakest month in Oldham: about 150 kWh from 12 panels, against 710 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Oldham 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 Oldham |
|---|---|---|
| Oldham | 862 | this town |
| Lees | 861 | −1 kWh |
| Chadderton | 876 | +14 kWh |
| Royton | 854 | −8 kWh |
| Failsworth | 875 | +13 kWh |
| Shaw | 844 | −18 kWh |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 860 | −2 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 Oldham: Solar panels in Oldham from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Oldham
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Do you need planning permission for solar panels? Usually not
Usually not, provided the installation stays within the limits updated on 27 August 2026.
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