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Solar panels in Thurnscoe, designed on a free call.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,070 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Thurnscoe, in numbers
PVGIS puts Thurnscoe at 955 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Yorkshire county estimate. 68% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 33.7 |
| February | 52 |
| March | 84.1 |
| April | 106 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 112 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 108 |
| September | 88.5 |
| October | 60.6 |
| November | 42 |
| December | 32.7 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 955 kWh per kWp in Thurnscoe against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Thurnscoe 3% above it.
How Thurnscoe compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Thurnscoe. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 56th of 122 for solar yield, a town of 9,714 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 955 kWh per kWp a year, 2.62 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £863 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £616 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 Thurnscoe's own yield.
Any planning application in Thurnscoe sits with Barnsley, 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Thurnscoe (53.54604, -1.3116), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Northern Powergrid and your Thurnscoe connection
Thurnscoe is served by Northern Powergrid: the town's centre falls inside its Yorkshire licence area on NESO's boundary map.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Thurnscoe
A heat pump in Thurnscoe
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Thurnscoe, a 12-panel system makes about 210 kWh in December and 210 kWh in January, a fraction of its 760 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Thurnscoe
Thurnscoe's May output, about 760 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.
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 Thurnscoe
If a system in Thurnscoe is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Solar in Thurnscoe: your questions answered
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Thurnscoe?
Thurnscoe averages 2.62 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 955 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 6,070 kWh, 68% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Thurnscoe?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Thurnscoe, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,070 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Thurnscoe, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is Northern Powergrid. Most home systems use the G98 route, a notification within 28 days of switch-on for up to 3.68kW per phase, so nothing waits on the network. Above that, G99 applies and has to be granted first. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What could I earn from exporting in Thurnscoe?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Thurnscoe sends about 5,137 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £616. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Thurnscoe in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Thurnscoe: about 210 kWh from 12 panels, against 760 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Thurnscoe compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Thurnscoe compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Thurnscoe |
|---|---|---|
| Thurnscoe | 955 | this town |
| Goldthorpe | 955 | level |
| South Kirkby | 960 | +5 kWh |
| Wath upon Dearne | 954 | −1 kWh |
| Mexborough | 968 | +13 kWh |
| South Elmsall | 966 | +11 kWh |
| Wombwell | 957 | +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 Thurnscoe: Solar panels in Thurnscoe from OVO Solar & Battery
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