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Solar panels in Thurmaston, priced before anyone visits.
About 6,260 kWh a year from 12 panels in Thurmaston, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Thurmaston, in numbers
Thurmaston's best month is July, at 121.1 kWh per kWp; December manages 35.3. Over the year that comes to 985 kWh per kWp, level with our Leicestershire county estimate.
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.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 985, Thurmaston is 6% above it.
How Thurmaston compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Thurmaston. It is one of 26 Leicestershire towns we track, and it ranks joint 19th of 26 for solar yield, a town of 9,749 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.
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 Thurmaston's own yield.
Any planning application in Thurmaston sits with Charnwood, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Thurmaston's own coordinates (52.67769, -1.0931), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
The network operator for Thurmaston
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) owns and runs the local electricity network in Thurmaston, as part of its 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.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Thurmaston
A heat pump in Thurmaston
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Thurmaston make about 220 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Thurmaston 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 Thurmaston
Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Thurmaston make about 770 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
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.
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Thurmaston
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Thurmaston as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Thurmaston
How much electricity do solar panels make in Thurmaston?
About 6,260 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Thurmaston: 985 kWh per kWp, or 2.70 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 770 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Thurmaston?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Thurmaston, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,260 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Thurmaston, and what does it need from me?
National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Thurmaston. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Thurmaston?
Around £639 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,328 kWh a 12-panel system in Thurmaston exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How much solar does Thurmaston get in December?
December is the low point: about 220 kWh from a 12-panel system in Thurmaston, on PVGIS data, rising to 770 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,060 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Thurmaston compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Thurmaston.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Thurmaston |
|---|---|---|
| Thurmaston | 985 | this town |
| Birstall | 981 | −4 kWh |
| Syston | 985 | level |
| Leicester | 994 | +9 kWh |
| Mountsorrel | 978 | −7 kWh |
| Sileby | 978 | −7 kWh |
| Oadby | 1,005 | +20 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.
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Guides worth reading before your call
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