Lancashire
Solar panels in Ulverston, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,150 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Ulverston's solar year
From 25.1 kWh per kWp in December to 132.1 in May: a roof in Ulverston makes 5.3 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 967 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 27.7 |
| February | 49.4 |
| March | 83.9 |
| April | 114 |
| May | 132 |
| June | 125 |
| July | 125 |
| August | 109 |
| September | 86.5 |
| October | 54.8 |
| November | 35 |
| December | 25.1 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 967 kWh per kWp in Ulverston against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Ulverston 5% above it.
How Ulverston compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Ulverston. It is one of 109 Lancashire towns we track, and it ranks 17th of 109 for solar yield, a town of 11,800 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 967 kWh per kWp a year, 2.65 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £873 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £626 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Ulverston'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.
Westmorland and Furness is the planning authority covering Ulverston, 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 Ulverston at 54.1908, -3.08538 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 Ulverston
Ulverston is served by Electricity North West: the town's centre falls inside its North West England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to Electricity North West 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. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds Electricity North West as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Ulverston
A heat pump in Ulverston
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Ulverston make about 870 kWh, against 3,120 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more 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 Ulverston
A 12-panel roof in Ulverston makes about 840 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.
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 Ulverston
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Ulverston as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Ulverston solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Ulverston?
Each kWp of panels in Ulverston makes 967 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,150 kWh, from about 160 kWh in December up to 840 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Ulverston?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Ulverston before a battery. What Ulverston changes is the return, about 6,150 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Ulverston need approval from the network operator?
Ulverston is on Electricity North West's network (North West England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: Electricity North West is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds Electricity North West as it does every network operator. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Ulverston?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Ulverston exports about 5,213 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £626; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Ulverston in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 71% of a Ulverston roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 870 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Ulverston 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 Ulverston |
|---|---|---|
| Ulverston | 967 | this town |
| Dalton-in-Furness | 1,005 | +38 kWh |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 1,023 | +56 kWh |
| Heysham | 976 | +9 kWh |
| Morecambe | 942 | −25 kWh |
| Lancaster | 900 | −67 kWh |
| Kendal | 896 | −71 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.
Also for Ulverston: Solar panels in Ulverston from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Ulverston
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 →What a battery gateway actually does
Without a gateway your system shuts down when the grid does. Here is what the box actually does.
Read the guide →What an EV charger installation actually involves
Main fuse, DNO notification, load balancing and the paperwork. What really happens.
Read the guide →Are air source heat pumps any good? What owners actually report
The UK's largest survey found 80% of heat pump owners satisfied, against 70% for gas boilers.
Read the guide →What the Smart Export Guarantee actually is
The scheme obliges suppliers to pay above zero, and leaves the rate to them.
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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