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A 12-panel roof in Pudsey makes about 5,950 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.

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Sunlight in Pudsey

Pudsey's solar year

PVGIS puts Pudsey at 936 kWh per kWp a year, 3% below our Yorkshire county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.

Map showing Pudsey in Yorkshire A simplified outline map of Yorkshire with neighbouring counties shown faintly, and a pin marking the location of Pudsey.
Pudsey in Yorkshire

Generation per kWp, month by month

Pudsey, 936 kWh per kWp a year
Pudsey, monthly generation per kWp Bar chart, twelve months January to December. Peak May at 119 kWh/kWp. Lowest December at 29.6 kWh/kWp. Full values are in the table below this chart. 137 0 JFMAMJJASOND 119
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Pudsey, monthly generation per kWp - monthly figures (kWh/kWp)
MonthkWh/kWp
January32.5
February49.9
March82.7
April106
May119
June111
July116
August107
September86.1
October58.1
November39.4
December29.6

Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.

5,950kWh a year, 12 panels
760kWh in May, the peak
190kWh in December

Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 936, Pudsey is 1% above it.

How Pudsey compares

Among the places we publish figures for, Pudsey is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks 93rd of 122 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 35,071 residents, and its roofs see 2.57 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,953 kWh of generation, of which around 5,016 kWh is exported at 12p for £602 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.

These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Pudsey'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.

Leeds is the planning authority covering Pudsey, which the House of Commons Library classes as a medium town.

12 panels
530W panels. Most semi-detached roofs take 10 to 16 on one pitch.
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Installed prices. The named packages are the ones running on our current offers; the Duracell prices are for an installation alongside solar.
Electricity use
Export rate scenario
EV charger?
Estimated benefit, year one
£848
£71 a month · payback 7.5 yrs
System price, installed
£6,360
Simple payback
7.5 yrs
Generates a year
5,953 kWh
Exported
5,016 kWh at 12p
Where the money comes from
Solar you use, Export income, Off-peak shifting,

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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Pudsey's own coordinates (53.8003, -1.67068), 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.

Local grid

Who runs the grid in Pudsey

Northern Powergrid owns and runs the local electricity network in Pudsey, as part of its Yorkshire licence area.

What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.

Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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.

Aerial view of a residential UK street where several homes have black solar panels fitted to rear roof pitches
Several homes on the same street, all now fitted with solar.
Beyond solar

Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Pudsey

A heat pump in Pudsey

A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Pudsey make about 960 kWh, against 2,880 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.

Grant support in England comes from the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £7,500 for an air source or ground source heat pump, £2,500 for air-to-air, and an extra £1,500 until March 2027 where the home is heated by oil or LPG off the gas grid (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).

How heat pumps work

Charging an EV in Pudsey

From April to September, 69% of a Pudsey roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 760 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.

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).

EV charging explained

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Solar panel servicing and repair in Pudsey

Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Pudsey as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.

FAQs

Pudsey solar questions

What does a solar panel system produce in Pudsey?

Each kWp of panels in Pudsey makes 936 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,950 kWh, from about 190 kWh in December up to 760 kWh in May.

How much are solar panels in Pudsey?

The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Pudsey before a battery. What Pudsey changes is the return, about 5,950 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.

Would a system in Pudsey need approval from the network operator?

Pudsey is on Northern Powergrid's network (Yorkshire licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.

How much can I earn from exporting solar in Pudsey?

With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Pudsey exports about 5,016 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £602; 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 Pudsey in winter?

It works, but the year is lopsided. 69% of a Pudsey roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 960 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.

How Pudsey compares with its neighbours

The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Pudsey.

TownkWh per kWp a yearvs Pudsey
Pudsey936this town
Bradford926−10 kWh
Gomersal and Birkenshaw941+5 kWh
Yeadon940+4 kWh
Morley947+11 kWh
Shipley929−7 kWh
Leeds946+10 kWh

Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.

Also for Pudsey: Solar panels in Pudsey from OVO Solar & Battery

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