Lancashire
Solar panels in Standish, with the numbers shown.
A 12-panel roof in Standish makes about 5,930 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Standish's solar year
From 27.6 kWh per kWp in December to 121.7 in May: a roof in Standish makes 4.4 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 932 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 29.2 |
| February | 50.2 |
| March | 82.3 |
| April | 109 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 114 |
| July | 115 |
| August | 103 |
| September | 84.8 |
| October | 56.5 |
| November | 37.8 |
| December | 27.6 |
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: Standish makes 932 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Standish is 1% above it.
How Standish compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Standish. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks 34th of 109 for solar yield, a town of 13,934 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 932 kWh per kWp a year, 2.55 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £846 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £599 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 Standish's own yield.
Wigan is the planning authority covering Standish, which the House of Commons Library classes 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 Standish (53.58562, -2.65735), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Standish
Standish is served by Electricity North West: the town's centre falls inside its North West England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
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.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for 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.
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 Standish
A heat pump in Standish
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Standish make about 920 kWh, against 2,890 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more 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 Standish
From April to September, 70% of a Standish roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 770 kWh in May on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
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 Standish
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Standish as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Solar in Standish: your questions answered
What does a solar panel system produce in Standish?
Each kWp of panels in Standish makes 932 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,930 kWh, from about 180 kWh in December up to 770 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Standish?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Standish differs is output: about 5,930 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Standish need approval from the network operator?
Standish is on Electricity North West's network (North West England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: Electricity North West is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. 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. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Standish?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,991 kWh of the 5,930 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Standish goes to the grid, around £599 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Standish in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 70% of a Standish roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 920 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Standish compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Standish.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Standish |
|---|---|---|
| Standish | 932 | this town |
| Coppull | 922 | −10 kWh |
| Wigan | 937 | +5 kWh |
| Adlington | 915 | −17 kWh |
| Ince-in-Makerfield | 933 | +1 kWh |
| Orrell | 941 | +9 kWh |
| Chorley | 882 | −50 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 Standish: Solar panels in Standish from OVO Solar & Battery
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