Lancashire
Solar panels in Orrell, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,980 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Orrell can generate
Orrell's best month is May, at 122.9 kWh per kWp; December manages 27.6. Over the year that comes to 941 kWh per kWp, 9% above our Lancashire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 29.8 |
| February | 50.9 |
| March | 83.6 |
| April | 110 |
| May | 123 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 104 |
| September | 85.9 |
| October | 56.8 |
| November | 38.5 |
| December | 27.6 |
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: Orrell makes 941 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Orrell is 2% above it.
How Orrell compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Orrell. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks 27th of 109 for solar yield, a town of 23,836 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 941 kWh per kWp a year, 2.58 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £853 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £606 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Orrell'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.
Orrell sits within Wigan, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it as a small 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 Orrell at 53.53557, -2.71176 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Connecting solar to the Orrell network
On NESO's licence-area map, Orrell is in North West England, which Electricity North West operates. That makes Electricity North West the network operator for any system fitted here.
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.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for 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.
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 Orrell
A heat pump in Orrell
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Orrell's roofs make 930 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,920 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Orrell
A 12-panel roof in Orrell makes about 780 kWh in May. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
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.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Orrell
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Orrell: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Orrell
What could a roof in Orrell generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Orrell at 941 kWh per kWp a year, 2.58 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 5,980 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Orrell?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Orrell differs is output: about 5,980 kWh a year from that system.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Orrell?
Usually not in advance. Electricity North West, the network operator for Orrell, only needs a G98 notification within 28 days of commissioning for systems up to 3.68kW per phase. Bigger inverter or battery outputs need G99 approval 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. "See our DNO explainer.
How much would export pay on a system in Orrell?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,048 kWh of the 5,980 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Orrell goes to the grid, around £606 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Do solar panels work in winter in Orrell?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Orrell 27.6 kWh per kWp in December and 29.8 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 180 kWh and 190 kWh in those months, against 780 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Orrell compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Orrell compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Orrell |
|---|---|---|
| Orrell | 941 | this town |
| Wigan | 937 | −4 kWh |
| Skelmersdale | 945 | +4 kWh |
| Ashton-in-Makerfield | 930 | −11 kWh |
| Standish | 932 | −9 kWh |
| Ince-in-Makerfield | 933 | −8 kWh |
| Haydock | 933 | −8 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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Read the guide →Get my free quote
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