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Solar panels in Otley, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Otley makes about 5,930 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Otley, in numbers
From 27.7 kWh per kWp in December to 118.9 in May: a roof in Otley makes 4.3 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 932 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 30.5 |
| February | 49.1 |
| March | 82.1 |
| April | 107 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 111 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 106 |
| September | 85.5 |
| October | 57.7 |
| November | 39.9 |
| December | 27.7 |
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 932, Otley is 1% above it.
How Otley compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Otley. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 96th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 14,477 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 932 kWh per kWp a year, 2.55 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £846 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £599 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Otley'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.
Planning applications here go through Leeds; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Otley 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 Otley at 53.90737, -1.69765 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 Otley
Otley sits in Northern Powergrid's Yorkshire licence area, so Northern Powergrid is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, Northern Powergrid only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
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 Otley
A heat pump in Otley
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Otley make about 180 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Otley 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 Otley
Otley's May output, about 760 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 Otley
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Otley as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Otley solar questions
How much electricity do solar panels make in Otley?
About 5,930 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Otley: 932 kWh per kWp, or 2.55 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 760 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Otley?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Otley, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,930 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Otley, and what does it need from me?
Northern Powergrid covers Otley. 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 Otley?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Otley sends about 4,991 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £599. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Otley get in December?
December is the low point: about 180 kWh from a 12-panel system in Otley, on PVGIS data, rising to 760 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 940 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Otley compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Otley compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Otley |
|---|---|---|
| Otley | 932 | this town |
| Guiseley | 935 | +3 kWh |
| Yeadon | 940 | +8 kWh |
| Baildon | 931 | −1 kWh |
| Ilkley | 913 | −19 kWh |
| Shipley | 929 | −3 kWh |
| Bingley | 924 | −8 kWh |
PVGIS v5.2 for each town centroid, identical assumptions throughout. A few kWh either way is weather-year noise; a spread beyond about 30 kWh per kWp is real geography.
Also for Otley: Solar panels in Otley from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Otley homeowners
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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 →Are heat pumps worth it? The real 2026 numbers
Electricity costs 3.3x gas per kWh. A heat pump is about 3x as efficient. The numbers nearly cancel out.
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 →G98 or G99: which one applies, what the application involves, and how long it takes
The G98 line sits at 3.68kW per phase. Above it, your network operator has to say yes first.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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