Flintshire
Solar panels in Prestatyn, with the numbers shown.
A 12-panel roof in Prestatyn makes about 6,000 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Prestatyn's solar year
From 27.2 kWh per kWp in December to 124.9 in May: a roof in Prestatyn makes 4.6 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 943 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 30.7 |
| February | 50.2 |
| March | 84.1 |
| April | 111 |
| May | 125 |
| June | 118 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 102 |
| September | 84.5 |
| October | 57.9 |
| November | 36.7 |
| December | 27.2 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 943 kWh per kWp in Prestatyn against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Prestatyn 2% above it.
How Prestatyn compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Prestatyn. It is one of 8 Flintshire towns we track, and it ranks 8th of 8 for solar yield, a town of 16,444 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 943 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 £854 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £607 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Prestatyn'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.
Denbighshire is the planning authority covering Prestatyn, which the House of Commons Library classes 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Prestatyn's own coordinates (53.33268, -3.41202), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
Who runs the grid in Prestatyn
Prestatyn is served by SP Energy Networks: the town's centre falls inside its North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area on NESO's boundary map.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to SP Energy Networks 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 SP Energy Networks 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 Prestatyn
A heat pump in Prestatyn
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Prestatyn make about 920 kWh, against 2,930 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more 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 Prestatyn
From April to September, 70% of a Prestatyn roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 790 kWh in May on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
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 Prestatyn
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Prestatyn as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Prestatyn solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Prestatyn?
Each kWp of panels in Prestatyn makes 943 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,000 kWh, from about 170 kWh in December up to 790 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Prestatyn?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Prestatyn before a battery. What Prestatyn changes is the return, about 6,000 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Prestatyn need approval from the network operator?
Prestatyn is on SP Energy Networks' network (North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: SP Energy Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. 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 SP Energy Networks as it does every network operator. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Prestatyn?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Prestatyn exports about 5,061 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £607; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Prestatyn in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 70% of a Prestatyn roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 920 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Prestatyn compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Prestatyn compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Prestatyn |
|---|---|---|
| Prestatyn | 943 | this town |
| Rhyl | 985 | +42 kWh |
| Kinmel Bay | 1,002 | +59 kWh |
| Abergele | 950 | +7 kWh |
| Holywell | 952 | +9 kWh |
| Denbigh | 929 | −14 kWh |
| West Kirby | 991 | +48 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 Prestatyn: Solar panels in Prestatyn from OVO Solar & Battery
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Reading for Prestatyn homeowners
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