Cheshire
Solar panels in Poynton, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,560 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Poynton, in numbers
Poynton's best month is May, at 113.2 kWh per kWp; January manages 24.7. Over the year that comes to 874 kWh per kWp, 7% below our Cheshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 24.7 |
| February | 44.3 |
| March | 76.8 |
| April | 104 |
| May | 113 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 109 |
| August | 96.1 |
| September | 81 |
| October | 54 |
| November | 36.6 |
| December | 25.8 |
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: Poynton makes 874 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Poynton is 6% below it.
How Poynton compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Poynton. It is one of 45 Cheshire towns we track, and it ranks 37th of 45 for solar yield, a town of 13,675 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 874 kWh per kWp a year, 2.39 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £802 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £555 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 Poynton's own yield.
Planning applications here go through Cheshire East; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Poynton 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Poynton (53.3476, -2.11887), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Poynton
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Poynton is Electricity North West, which runs the North West 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 Electricity North West is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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 Poynton
A heat pump in Poynton
In January, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Poynton make about 160 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Poynton 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 Poynton
Poynton's May output, about 720 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.
If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices 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 Poynton
If a system in Poynton is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Poynton: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Poynton?
Poynton averages 2.39 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 874 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,560 kWh, 70% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Poynton?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Poynton, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,560 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Poynton, 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 could I earn from exporting in Poynton?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Poynton sends about 4,622 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £555. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Poynton in the winter months?
January is the weakest month in Poynton: about 160 kWh from 12 panels, against 720 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Poynton compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Poynton.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Poynton |
|---|---|---|
| Poynton | 874 | this town |
| Hazel Grove | 880 | +6 kWh |
| Bramhall | 897 | +23 kWh |
| Cheadle Hulme | 897 | +23 kWh |
| Marple | 866 | −8 kWh |
| Stockport | 882 | +8 kWh |
| Cheadle (Stockport) | 903 | +29 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 Poynton: Solar panels in Poynton from OVO Solar & Battery
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Guides worth reading before your call
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
What the January price cap means for solar, and what it does not
The whole-bill forecast is gas-led. What solar actually competes with is smaller, and mostly unpublished.
Read the guide →Which battery size band does your home fall into?
Where UK homes actually land, why oversizing costs you, and what shifts the band.
Read the guide →Charging an EV from your own solar
Every surplus kWh is 3.6 to 5 miles. Whether that beats a 7p overnight rate is arithmetic.
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 →Choosing a tariff when you have solar, a battery and an EV
Solar, battery and EV want different tariffs. How to work out which one to protect.
Read the guide →HIES explained: what the badge actually protects, and when
What HIES protects: deposits up to 25 percent capped at 5,000 pounds, and your workmanship guarantee.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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