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Solar panels in Todmorden, sized to your roof.
About 5,320 kWh a year from 12 panels in Todmorden, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Todmorden can generate
Todmorden's best month is May, at 114.4 kWh per kWp; December manages 20.3. Over the year that comes to 837 kWh per kWp, 3% below our Lancashire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 22.1 |
| February | 38.9 |
| March | 72.3 |
| April | 102 |
| May | 114 |
| June | 106 |
| July | 109 |
| August | 94.3 |
| September | 76.1 |
| October | 47.9 |
| November | 32.4 |
| December | 20.3 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 837 kWh per kWp in Todmorden against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Todmorden 10% below it.
How Todmorden compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Todmorden. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks 109th of 109 for solar yield, a town of 13,086 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 837 kWh per kWp a year, 2.29 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £773 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £526 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 Todmorden's own yield.
Todmorden sits within Calderdale, 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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Modelled for Todmorden at 53.71444, -2.10282 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
Connecting solar to the Todmorden network
On NESO's licence-area map, Todmorden is in Yorkshire, which Northern Powergrid operates. That makes Northern Powergrid the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to Northern Powergrid 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. 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 Todmorden
A heat pump in Todmorden
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Todmorden's roofs make 720 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,700 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Todmorden
A 12-panel roof in Todmorden makes about 730 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.
The calculator above includes a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed. Renters and flat owners with off-street parking can claim 75% of a chargepoint's cost, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
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 Todmorden
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Todmorden: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Solar in Todmorden: your questions answered
What could a roof in Todmorden generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Todmorden at 837 kWh per kWp a year, 2.29 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 5,320 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
How much are solar panels in Todmorden?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Todmorden before a battery. What Todmorden changes is the return, about 5,320 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Todmorden?
Usually not in advance. Northern Powergrid, the network operator for Todmorden, 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. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection. "See our DNO explainer.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Todmorden?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Todmorden exports about 4,387 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £526; 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 Todmorden?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Todmorden 20.3 kWh per kWp in December and 22.1 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 130 kWh and 140 kWh in those months, against 730 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Todmorden compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Todmorden compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Todmorden |
|---|---|---|
| Todmorden | 837 | this town |
| Bacup | 869 | +32 kWh |
| Littleborough | 852 | +15 kWh |
| Rawtenstall | 863 | +26 kWh |
| Milnrow | 853 | +16 kWh |
| Rochdale | 863 | +26 kWh |
| Burnley | 863 | +26 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.
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