Flintshire
Solar panels in Rhyl, priced before anyone visits.
About 6,260 kWh a year from 12 panels in Rhyl, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Rhyl, in numbers
Rhyl's best month is May, at 129.1 kWh per kWp; December manages 30.5. Over the year that comes to 985 kWh per kWp, 7% above our Flintshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 34.4 |
| February | 53.6 |
| March | 88.3 |
| April | 114 |
| May | 129 |
| June | 122 |
| July | 118 |
| August | 106 |
| September | 89 |
| October | 60.6 |
| November | 39.6 |
| December | 30.5 |
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 985, Rhyl is 6% above it.
How Rhyl compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Rhyl is one of 8 Flintshire towns we track, and it ranks 1st of 8 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 27,897 residents, and its roofs see 2.70 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,265 kWh of generation, of which around 5,328 kWh is exported at 12p for £639 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Rhyl'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 Denbighshire; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Rhyl 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Rhyl's own coordinates (53.31783, -3.47574), 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.
SP Energy Networks and your Rhyl connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Rhyl is SP Energy Networks, which runs the North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, SP Energy Networks only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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 SP Energy Networks 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 Rhyl
A heat pump in Rhyl
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Rhyl, a 12-panel system makes about 190 kWh in December and 220 kWh in January, a fraction of its 820 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Rhyl
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Rhyl make about 820 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
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).
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Rhyl
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Rhyl as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Rhyl: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Rhyl?
About 6,260 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Rhyl: 985 kWh per kWp, or 2.70 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 820 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Rhyl?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Rhyl, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,260 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Rhyl, and what does it need from me?
SP Energy Networks covers Rhyl. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to SP Energy Networks within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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 SP Energy Networks as it does every network operator.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Rhyl?
Around £639 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,328 kWh a 12-panel system in Rhyl exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Rhyl get in December?
December is the low point: about 190 kWh from a 12-panel system in Rhyl, on PVGIS data, rising to 820 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 1,010 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Rhyl compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Rhyl compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Rhyl |
|---|---|---|
| Rhyl | 985 | this town |
| Kinmel Bay | 1,002 | +17 kWh |
| Prestatyn | 943 | −42 kWh |
| Abergele | 950 | −35 kWh |
| Denbigh | 929 | −56 kWh |
| Colwyn Bay | 933 | −52 kWh |
| Holywell | 952 | −33 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 Rhyl: Solar panels in Rhyl from OVO Solar & Battery
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