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Solar panels in Whitby, designed on a free call.
About 6,190 kWh a year from 12 panels in Whitby, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Whitby roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Whitby at 973 kWh per kWp a year, 1% above our Yorkshire county estimate. 70% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 32.4 |
| February | 49.1 |
| March | 84.9 |
| April | 112 |
| May | 126 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 121 |
| August | 110 |
| September | 91.8 |
| October | 60.2 |
| November | 39.1 |
| December | 30.1 |
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 973, Whitby is 5% above it.
How Whitby compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Whitby. It is one of 122 Yorkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 22nd of 122 for solar yield, a town of 12,671 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 973 kWh per kWp a year, 2.67 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £877 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £630 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Whitby'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.
Planning applications here go through North Yorkshire; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Whitby 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Whitby's own coordinates (54.48111, -0.62066), 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 Whitby
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Whitby is Northern Powergrid, which runs the North East England licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, Northern Powergrid only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Whitby
A heat pump in Whitby
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Whitby, a 12-panel system makes about 190 kWh in December and 210 kWh in January, a fraction of its 800 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 Whitby
Whitby's May output, about 800 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.
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 Whitby
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Whitby as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Whitby: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Whitby?
About 6,190 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Whitby: 973 kWh per kWp, or 2.67 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 800 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Whitby?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Whitby, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,190 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Whitby, and what does it need from me?
Northern Powergrid covers Whitby. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection.
What could I earn from exporting in Whitby?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Whitby sends about 5,252 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £630. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Whitby get in December?
December is the low point: about 190 kWh from a 12-panel system in Whitby, on PVGIS data, rising to 800 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 960 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Whitby compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Whitby.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Whitby |
|---|---|---|
| Whitby | 973 | this town |
| Scarborough | 971 | −2 kWh |
| Pickering | 965 | −8 kWh |
| Marske-by-the-Sea | 953 | −20 kWh |
| Guisborough | 909 | −64 kWh |
| Redcar | 946 | −27 kWh |
| Eston | 934 | −39 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.
Also for Whitby: Solar panels in Whitby from OVO Solar & Battery
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Guides worth reading before your call
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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Read the guide →Heat pump running costs versus a gas boiler, assumptions shown
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Read the guide →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
Identical kit, five times the export income. The tariff decision worked through with August 2026 rates.
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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