Nottinghamshire
Solar panels in Stapleford, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,230 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Stapleford's solar year
Stapleford's best month is May, at 121.8 kWh per kWp; December manages 33. Over the year that comes to 980 kWh per kWp, 1% below our Nottinghamshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 35.5 |
| February | 50.9 |
| March | 85.6 |
| April | 111 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 121 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 91.5 |
| October | 61.9 |
| November | 42.7 |
| December | 33 |
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: Stapleford makes 980 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Stapleford is 6% above it.
How Stapleford compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Stapleford. It is one of 29 Nottinghamshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 16th of 29 for solar yield, a town of 15,481 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 980 kWh per kWp a year, 2.68 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £883 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £636 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Stapleford'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.
Broxtowe is the planning authority covering Stapleford, 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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Modelled for Stapleford at 52.93059, -1.26999 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Who runs the grid in Stapleford
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Stapleford is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), which runs the East Midlands licence area.
For a typical home the paperwork is light: a system of up to 3.68kW per phase goes through G98, which means NGED is notified within 28 days of switch-on rather than asked beforehand.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Stapleford
A heat pump in Stapleford
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Stapleford make about 1,030 kWh, against 2,970 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Stapleford
A 12-panel roof in Stapleford makes about 770 kWh in May. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
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.
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 Stapleford
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Stapleford as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Stapleford solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Stapleford?
Each kWp of panels in Stapleford makes 980 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,230 kWh, from about 210 kWh in December up to 770 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Stapleford?
£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 Stapleford differs is output: about 6,230 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Stapleford need approval from the network operator?
Stapleford is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's network (East Midlands licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Stapleford?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,296 kWh of the 6,230 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Stapleford goes to the grid, around £636 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 Stapleford in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 68% of a Stapleford roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,030 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Stapleford compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Stapleford |
|---|---|---|
| Stapleford | 980 | this town |
| Sandiacre | 981 | +1 kWh |
| Beeston | 983 | +3 kWh |
| Long Eaton | 986 | +6 kWh |
| Ilkeston | 973 | −7 kWh |
| Clifton | 983 | +3 kWh |
| Nottingham | 978 | −2 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
Also for Stapleford: Solar panels in Stapleford from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Stapleford
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