Northumberland
Solar panels in Ponteland, designed on a free call.
About 5,960 kWh a year from 12 panels in Ponteland, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Ponteland roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Ponteland at 937 kWh per kWp a year, 4% above our Northumberland county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 32.3 |
| February | 50.5 |
| March | 82.3 |
| April | 107 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 110 |
| July | 116 |
| August | 105 |
| September | 86.9 |
| October | 58.1 |
| November | 39.8 |
| 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.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Ponteland makes 937 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Ponteland is 1% above it.
How Ponteland compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Ponteland. It is one of 18 Northumberland towns we track, and it ranks 16th of 18 for solar yield, a town of 10,831 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 937 kWh per kWp a year, 2.57 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £850 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £603 from export at 12p.
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 Ponteland's own yield.
Any planning application in Ponteland sits with Northumberland, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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 Ponteland at 55.04045, -1.75836 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 Ponteland
Northern Powergrid owns and runs the local electricity network in Ponteland, as part of its North East England licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Ponteland
A heat pump in Ponteland
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Ponteland make about 180 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Ponteland 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 Ponteland
Ponteland'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.
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 Ponteland
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Ponteland as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Ponteland
How much electricity do solar panels make in Ponteland?
About 5,960 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Ponteland: 937 kWh per kWp, or 2.57 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 770 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Ponteland?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Ponteland, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,960 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Ponteland, and what does it need from me?
Northern Powergrid covers Ponteland. 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 Ponteland?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Ponteland sends about 5,023 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £603. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Ponteland get in December?
December is the low point: about 180 kWh from a 12-panel system in Ponteland, on PVGIS data, rising to 770 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 960 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Ponteland compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Ponteland compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Ponteland |
|---|---|---|
| Ponteland | 937 | this town |
| Ryton | 930 | −7 kWh |
| Crawcrook and Greenside | 927 | −10 kWh |
| Blaydon | 934 | −3 kWh |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 942 | +5 kWh |
| Prudhoe | 924 | −13 kWh |
| Whickham | 950 | +13 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 Ponteland: Solar panels in Ponteland from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Ponteland homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
G98 vs G99: the 28-day form and the eight-week wait, in plain English
One number on your quote decides between a formality and an eight week wait.
Read the guide →Inside a home battery: capacity, power and losses
Usable capacity, kW output, round trip losses and chemistry, in plain terms.
Read the guide →How time of use charging windows actually work
How a cheap overnight window is metered and billed, and what a battery does inside it.
Read the guide →Heat pump running costs versus a gas boiler, assumptions shown
Four numbers decide it: seasonal efficiency, flow temperature, tariff and heat demand.
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 →How to check an MCS certificate is genuine, before the deposit leaves your account
A logo proves nothing. Certification is business specific, technology specific and checkable.
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