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Solar panels in Salford, priced before anyone visits.
About 5,690 kWh a year from 12 panels in Salford, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Salford, in numbers
Salford's best month is May, at 115.3 kWh per kWp; January manages 27.1. Over the year that comes to 895 kWh per kWp, 3% above our Lancashire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 27.1 |
| February | 46.9 |
| March | 79.6 |
| April | 104 |
| May | 115 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 109 |
| August | 96.8 |
| September | 81.9 |
| October | 56.7 |
| November | 38.8 |
| December | 28.6 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 895 kWh per kWp in Salford against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Salford 3% below it.
How Salford compares
Salford is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks joint 68th of 109 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 127,065 people. At 895 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.8 years on the 12p scenario: £817 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
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 Salford's own yield.
Salford is its own local planning authority area, and its House of Commons Library settlement class is large 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 Salford (53.49116, -2.28396), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
The network operator for Salford
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Salford is Electricity North West, which runs the North West England licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, Electricity North West 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 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Salford
A heat pump in Salford
In January, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Salford make about 170 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Salford 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 Salford
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Salford make about 730 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).
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 Salford
If a system in Salford is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Salford
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Salford?
Salford averages 2.45 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 895 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,690 kWh, 69% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Salford?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Salford, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,690 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Salford, 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 happens to the solar I do not use in Salford?
Around £571 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,756 kWh a 12-panel system in Salford exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Salford in the winter months?
January is the weakest month in Salford: about 170 kWh from 12 panels, against 730 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Salford compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Salford.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Salford |
|---|---|---|
| Salford | 895 | this town |
| Old Trafford | 908 | +13 kWh |
| Pendlebury and Clifton | 899 | +4 kWh |
| Prestwich | 895 | level |
| Swinton (Salford) | 901 | +6 kWh |
| Manchester | 887 | −8 kWh |
| Stretford | 908 | +13 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 Salford: Solar panels in Salford 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.
DNO application timescales, network by network: from a G98 notification to a G99 approval
Fit and notify within 28 days, or wait ten working days to 45 for a yes. System size decides which.
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Read the guide →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
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