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Solar panels in Redcar, designed on a free call.
About 6,020 kWh a year from 12 panels in Redcar, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Redcar, in numbers
PVGIS puts Redcar at 946 kWh per kWp a year, 2% below our Yorkshire 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 | 31.6 |
| February | 48.5 |
| March | 83.3 |
| April | 110 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 112 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 106 |
| September | 87.5 |
| October | 59.1 |
| November | 40.3 |
| December | 29.4 |
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: Redcar makes 946 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Redcar is 2% above it.
How Redcar compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Redcar is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 78th of 122 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 38,055 residents, and its roofs see 2.59 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,017 kWh of generation, of which around 5,080 kWh is exported at 12p for £610 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
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 Redcar's own yield.
Any planning application in Redcar sits with Redcar and Cleveland, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is medium 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 Redcar (54.60971, -1.0897), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Redcar
Redcar sits in Northern Powergrid's North East England licence area, so Northern Powergrid is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
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 Redcar
A heat pump in Redcar
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Redcar make about 190 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Redcar 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 Redcar
Redcar's May output, about 780 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.
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 Redcar
If a system in Redcar is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Redcar: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Redcar?
Redcar averages 2.59 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 946 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,020 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Redcar?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Redcar, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,020 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Redcar, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is Northern Powergrid. 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. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What could I earn from exporting in Redcar?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Redcar sends about 5,080 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £610. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Redcar in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Redcar: about 190 kWh from 12 panels, against 780 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Redcar compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Redcar |
|---|---|---|
| Redcar | 946 | this town |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 953 | +7 kWh |
| Eston | 934 | −12 kWh |
| Guisborough | 909 | −37 kWh |
| Middlesbrough | 939 | −7 kWh |
| Hartlepool | 954 | +8 kWh |
| Billingham | 947 | +1 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 Redcar: Solar panels in Redcar from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Redcar
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How many solar panels do I need? The honest way to count
One panel is 2.26 square metres. The rest is measuring your roof honestly.
Read the guide →Does a standalone battery actually pay back?
No panels means one job: buy cheap, use later. The tariff decides whether it pays.
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 →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 →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 →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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