Lancashire
Solar panels in Shaw, designed on a free call.
About 5,370 kWh a year from 12 panels in Shaw, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Shaw, in numbers
PVGIS puts Shaw at 844 kWh per kWp a year, 3% below our Lancashire county estimate. 70% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 23.1 |
| February | 41.6 |
| March | 74.6 |
| April | 101 |
| May | 111 |
| June | 106 |
| July | 106 |
| August | 92.8 |
| September | 77.6 |
| October | 51.8 |
| November | 34.2 |
| December | 24.1 |
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 844, Shaw is 9% below it.
How Shaw compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Shaw. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks 108th of 109 for solar yield, a town of 18,379 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 844 kWh per kWp a year, 2.31 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £779 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £532 from export at 12p.
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 Shaw's own yield.
Planning applications here go through Oldham; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Shaw 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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Modelled for Shaw at 53.58095, -2.09566 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
The network operator for Shaw
Shaw sits in Electricity North West's North West England licence area, so Electricity North West is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
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.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Shaw
A heat pump in Shaw
In January, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Shaw make about 150 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Shaw comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
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 Shaw
Shaw's May output, about 700 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.
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).
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 Shaw
If a system in Shaw is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Shaw: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Shaw?
Shaw averages 2.31 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 844 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,370 kWh, 70% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Shaw?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Shaw, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,370 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Shaw, 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 Shaw?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Shaw sends about 4,431 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £532. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Shaw in the winter months?
January is the weakest month in Shaw: about 150 kWh from 12 panels, against 700 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Shaw compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Shaw compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Shaw |
|---|---|---|
| Shaw | 844 | this town |
| Royton | 854 | +10 kWh |
| Milnrow | 853 | +9 kWh |
| Oldham | 862 | +18 kWh |
| Lees | 861 | +17 kWh |
| Rochdale | 863 | +19 kWh |
| Chadderton | 876 | +32 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.
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