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Solar panels in Royton, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Royton makes about 5,430 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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How much a Royton roof makes, month by month
From 24.4 kWh per kWp in January to 111.7 in May: a roof in Royton makes 4.6 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 854 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 24.4 |
| February | 43.4 |
| March | 75.8 |
| April | 101 |
| May | 112 |
| June | 107 |
| July | 106 |
| August | 93 |
| September | 78.5 |
| October | 52.5 |
| November | 35.7 |
| December | 25.1 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 854 kWh per kWp in Royton against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Royton 8% below it.
How Royton compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Royton. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks 104th of 109 for solar yield, a town of 23,892 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 854 kWh per kWp a year, 2.34 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £786 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £539 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Royton'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.
Any planning application in Royton sits with Oldham, 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 Royton (53.56718, -2.12217), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Royton
On NESO's licence-area map, Royton is in North West England, which Electricity North West operates. That makes Electricity North West the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to Electricity North West within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
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 Royton
A heat pump in Royton
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Royton, a 12-panel system makes about 160 kWh in December and 160 kWh in January, a fraction of its 710 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
Grant support in England comes from the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: £7,500 for an air source or ground source heat pump, £2,500 for air-to-air, and an extra £1,500 until March 2027 where the home is heated by oil or LPG off the gas grid (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Royton
Royton's May output, about 710 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.
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 Royton
If a system in Royton is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Royton: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Royton?
Royton averages 2.34 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 854 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,430 kWh, 70% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Royton?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Royton, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,430 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Royton, 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 Royton?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Royton sends about 4,495 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £539. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Royton in the winter months?
January is the weakest month in Royton: about 160 kWh from 12 panels, against 710 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Royton compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Royton.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Royton |
|---|---|---|
| Royton | 854 | this town |
| Shaw | 844 | −10 kWh |
| Oldham | 862 | +8 kWh |
| Chadderton | 876 | +22 kWh |
| Milnrow | 853 | −1 kWh |
| Lees | 861 | +7 kWh |
| Middleton | 865 | +11 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 Royton: Solar panels in Royton 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.
G98 vs G99: the 28-day form and the eight-week wait, in plain English
One number on your quote decides between a formality and an eight week wait.
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Read the guide →What MCS certification actually buys you on a heat pump job
The gate on the £7,500 grant, the design standard behind your running costs, and the noise sign-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.
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