Leicestershire
Solar panels in Syston, with the numbers shown.
A 12-panel roof in Syston makes about 6,260 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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What a roof in Syston can generate
PVGIS puts Syston at 985 kWh per kWp a year, level with our Leicestershire county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in July.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 35.8 |
| February | 50.7 |
| March | 84.7 |
| April | 111 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 117 |
| July | 121 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 92.9 |
| October | 63 |
| November | 44.2 |
| December | 35.3 |
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: Syston makes 985 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Syston is 6% above it.
How Syston compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Syston. It is one of 26 Leicestershire towns we track, and it ranks joint 19th of 26 for solar yield, a town of 13,392 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 985 kWh per kWp a year, 2.70 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £886 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £639 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Syston's own yield, and prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.
Syston sits within Charnwood, its local planning authority, and the House of Commons Library classes it 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 Syston (52.69658, -1.07719), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Connecting solar to the Syston network
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Syston is National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), which runs the East Midlands licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, NGED only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Syston
A heat pump in Syston
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Syston's roofs make 1,060 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,970 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Syston
From April to September, 68% of a Syston roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 770 kWh in July 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.
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 Syston
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Syston: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Solar in Syston: your questions answered
What could a roof in Syston generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Syston at 985 kWh per kWp a year, 2.70 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,260 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
How much are solar panels in Syston?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Syston before a battery. What Syston changes is the return, about 6,260 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Syston?
Usually not in advance. NGED, the network operator for Syston, only needs a G98 notification within 28 days of commissioning for systems up to 3.68kW per phase. Bigger inverter or battery outputs need G99 approval first. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. "See our DNO explainer.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Syston?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Syston exports about 5,328 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £639; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Do solar panels work in winter in Syston?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Syston 35.3 kWh per kWp in December and 35.8 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 220 kWh and 230 kWh in those months, against 770 kWh in July. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Syston 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 Syston |
|---|---|---|
| Syston | 985 | this town |
| Thurmaston | 985 | level |
| Birstall | 981 | −4 kWh |
| Sileby | 978 | −7 kWh |
| Mountsorrel | 978 | −7 kWh |
| Leicester | 994 | +9 kWh |
| Oadby | 1,005 | +20 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
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Further reading for Syston
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Solar installation day: exactly what happens, hour by hour
The week before, the day itself hour by hour, and the paperwork that follows.
Read the guide →GivEnergy in administration: what owners should do now
The sourced timeline, the warranty position, and the owner's checklist for this month.
Read the guide →How solar aware EV charging actually works
The CT clamp, the surplus tracking and the 1.4kW floor that catches people out.
Read the guide →How an air source heat pump actually works
It moves heat rather than making it. The cycle, the efficiency numbers and the trade-offs.
Read the guide →The price cap explained, and what it does to solar payback
The cap limits unit rates, not bills. That changes what solar payback means.
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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