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Solar panels in Retford, sized to your roof.
About 6,330 kWh a year from 12 panels in Retford, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Retford's solar year
From 34.4 kWh per kWp in December to 124.1 in May: a roof in Retford makes 3.6 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 995 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 35.2 |
| February | 53.1 |
| March | 86.4 |
| April | 110 |
| May | 124 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 121 |
| August | 112 |
| September | 93.9 |
| October | 64.1 |
| November | 44.6 |
| December | 34.4 |
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 995, Retford is 8% above it.
How Retford compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Retford is one of 29 Nottinghamshire towns we track, and it ranks 3rd of 29 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 25,048 residents, and its roofs see 2.73 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,328 kWh of generation, of which around 5,392 kWh is exported at 12p for £647 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 Retford'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.
Bassetlaw is the planning authority covering Retford, which the House of Commons Library classes as a 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 Retford (53.32112, -0.94575), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Retford
Retford is served by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED): the town's centre falls inside its East Midlands 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 NGED 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. 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Retford
A heat pump in Retford
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Retford make about 1,060 kWh, against 3,010 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 Retford
A 12-panel roof in Retford makes about 790 kWh in May. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
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.
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 Retford
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Retford as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Retford solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Retford?
Each kWp of panels in Retford makes 995 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,330 kWh, from about 220 kWh in December up to 790 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Retford?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Retford before a battery. What Retford changes is the return, about 6,330 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Retford need approval from the network operator?
Retford is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's network (East Midlands licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Retford?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Retford exports about 5,392 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £647; 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 Retford in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Retford roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,060 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Retford 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 Retford |
|---|---|---|
| Retford | 995 | this town |
| Worksop | 959 | −36 kWh |
| Harworth and Bircotes | 980 | −15 kWh |
| New Ollerton and Ollerton | 988 | −7 kWh |
| Gainsborough | 979 | −16 kWh |
| Dinnington | 976 | −19 kWh |
| New Rossington and Rossington | 977 | −18 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 Retford: Solar panels in Retford from OVO Solar & Battery
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