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Solar panels in Shildon, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Shildon makes about 5,950 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Shildon, in numbers
Shildon's best month is May, at 120.5 kWh per kWp; December manages 28.4. Over the year that comes to 936 kWh per kWp, level with our Durham county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 31.3 |
| February | 49.2 |
| March | 83.2 |
| April | 108 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 110 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 104 |
| September | 86.7 |
| October | 57.5 |
| November | 40 |
| December | 28.4 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Shildon makes 936 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Shildon is 1% above it.
How Shildon compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Shildon. It is one of 35 Durham towns we track, and it ranks joint 27th of 35 for solar yield, a town of 10,329 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 936 kWh per kWp a year, 2.56 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £849 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £602 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Shildon'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.
Planning applications here go through County Durham; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Shildon 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Shildon (54.62868, -1.6436), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Northern Powergrid and your Shildon connection
Shildon sits in Northern Powergrid's North East England licence area, so Northern Powergrid is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Northern Powergrid, generation connections page, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Shildon
A heat pump in Shildon
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Shildon make about 180 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Shildon 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 Shildon
Shildon's May output, about 770 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).
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 Shildon
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Shildon as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Shildon
How much electricity do solar panels make in Shildon?
About 5,950 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Shildon: 936 kWh per kWp, or 2.56 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 770 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Shildon?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Shildon, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,950 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Shildon, and what does it need from me?
Northern Powergrid covers Shildon. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection.
What could I earn from exporting in Shildon?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Shildon sends about 5,016 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £602. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Shildon get in December?
December is the low point: about 180 kWh from a 12-panel system in Shildon, on PVGIS data, rising to 770 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 950 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Shildon compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Shildon.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Shildon |
|---|---|---|
| Shildon | 936 | this town |
| Bishop Auckland | 935 | −1 kWh |
| Newton Aycliffe | 937 | +1 kWh |
| Spennymoor | 945 | +9 kWh |
| Ferryhill | 949 | +13 kWh |
| Crook | 932 | −4 kWh |
| Darlington | 934 | −2 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 Shildon: Solar panels in Shildon from OVO Solar & Battery
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Read the guide →Smart charge point regulations, explained
Why your charger arrives pre-set to charge overnight, and why it waits before it starts.
Read the guide →Heat pump running costs versus a gas boiler, assumptions shown
Four numbers decide it: seasonal efficiency, flow temperature, tariff and heat demand.
Read the guide →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
Identical kit, five times the export income. The tariff decision worked through with August 2026 rates.
Read the guide →G98 or G99: which one applies, what the application involves, and how long it takes
The G98 line sits at 3.68kW per phase. Above it, your network operator has to say yes first.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
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