Lancashire
Solar panels in Reddish, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Reddish makes about 5,610 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Reddish, in numbers
From 25.8 kWh per kWp in January to 113.5 in May: a roof in Reddish makes 4.4 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 882 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 25.8 |
| February | 45.2 |
| March | 78 |
| April | 104 |
| May | 114 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 109 |
| August | 96.8 |
| September | 80.8 |
| October | 55.5 |
| November | 37.5 |
| 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.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 882, Reddish is 5% below it.
How Reddish compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Reddish. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks joint 78th of 109 for solar yield, a town of 22,756 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 882 kWh per kWp a year, 2.42 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £808 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £561 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Reddish's own yield, and prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.
Planning applications here go through Stockport; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Reddish 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 Reddish (53.43803, -2.15841), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Electricity North West and your Reddish connection
On NESO's licence-area map, Reddish is in North West England, which Electricity North West operates. That makes Electricity North West the network operator for any system fitted here.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to Electricity North West within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Reddish
A heat pump in Reddish
In January, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Reddish make about 160 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Reddish comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather 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 Reddish
Reddish'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.
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.
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 Reddish
If a system in Reddish is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Reddish solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Reddish?
Reddish averages 2.42 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 882 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,610 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Reddish?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Reddish, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,610 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Reddish, 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 Reddish?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Reddish sends about 4,673 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £561. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Reddish in the winter months?
January is the weakest month in Reddish: 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 Reddish compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Reddish.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Reddish |
|---|---|---|
| Reddish | 882 | this town |
| Denton | 864 | −18 kWh |
| Stockport | 882 | level |
| Bredbury and Woodley | 872 | −10 kWh |
| Audenshaw | 864 | −18 kWh |
| Droylsden | 864 | −18 kWh |
| Romiley | 873 | −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 Reddish: Solar panels in Reddish from OVO Solar & Battery
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Guides worth reading before your call
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Read the guide →Do you need to replace your radiators for a heat pump?
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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.
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