Northamptonshire
Solar panels in Raunds, designed on a free call.
About 6,560 kWh a year from 12 panels in Raunds, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Raunds roof makes, month by month
Raunds' best month is July, at 124.8 kWh per kWp; December manages 37.8. Over the year that comes to 1,031 kWh per kWp, 1% above our Northamptonshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 39.2 |
| February | 54 |
| March | 89.2 |
| April | 114 |
| May | 124 |
| June | 122 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 112 |
| September | 97.2 |
| October | 67.5 |
| November | 48.1 |
| December | 37.8 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 1,031 kWh per kWp in Raunds against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Raunds 11% above it.
How Raunds compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Raunds. It is one of 16 Northamptonshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 1st of 16 for solar yield, a town of 10,779 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,031 kWh per kWp a year, 2.82 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £921 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £674 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 Raunds' own yield.
Any planning application in Raunds sits with North Northamptonshire, 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Raunds (52.34496, -0.54311), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
NGED and your Raunds connection
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) owns and runs the local electricity network in Raunds, as part of its East Midlands 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: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Raunds
A heat pump in Raunds
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Raunds make about 240 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Raunds 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 Raunds
Raunds' July output, about 790 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.
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 Raunds
If a system in Raunds is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Raunds
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Raunds?
Raunds averages 2.82 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 1,031 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,560 kWh, 67% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Raunds?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Raunds, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,560 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Raunds, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED). 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. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What could I earn from exporting in Raunds?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Raunds sends about 5,620 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £674. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Raunds in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Raunds: about 240 kWh from 12 panels, against 790 kWh in July. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Raunds compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Raunds.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Raunds |
|---|---|---|
| Raunds | 1,031 | this town |
| Higham Ferrers | 1,024 | −7 kWh |
| Irthlingborough | 1,021 | −10 kWh |
| Thrapston | 1,031 | level |
| Rushden | 1,026 | −5 kWh |
| Burton Latimer | 1,021 | −10 kWh |
| Wellingborough | 1,022 | −9 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 Raunds: Solar panels in Raunds 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 →Inside a home battery: capacity, power and losses
Usable capacity, kW output, round trip losses and chemistry, in plain terms.
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 →How much does a heat pump cost? The 2026 numbers, before and after the grant
UK median installed cost around £12,908, before the up to £7,500 grant comes off.
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 →Your MCS certificate: what it shows, when it arrives, and how a Smart Export Guarantee supplier uses it
The document your export payments hang on. Who issues it, what it shows, and how to get a copy.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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