Cumberland
Solar panels in Whitehaven, priced before anyone visits.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,200 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Whitehaven, in numbers
Whitehaven's best month is May, at 135.1 kWh per kWp; December manages 23.6. Over the year that comes to 975 kWh per kWp, 12% above our Cumberland county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 26.9 |
| February | 49.8 |
| March | 84.2 |
| April | 119 |
| May | 135 |
| June | 127 |
| July | 124 |
| August | 111 |
| September | 86.9 |
| October | 55.2 |
| November | 33.2 |
| December | 23.6 |
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 975, Whitehaven is 5% above it.
How Whitehaven compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Whitehaven. It is one of 6 Cumberland towns we track, and it ranks 1st of 6 for solar yield, a town of 23,526 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 975 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 £879 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £632 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Whitehaven'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.
Any planning application in Whitehaven sits with Cumberland, 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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Modelled for Whitehaven at 54.54007, -3.57687 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
The network operator for Whitehaven
Whitehaven sits in Electricity North West's North West England licence area, so Electricity North West is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to Electricity North West within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: 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 Whitehaven
A heat pump in Whitehaven
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Whitehaven, a 12-panel system makes about 150 kWh in December and 170 kWh in January, a fraction of its 860 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Whitehaven
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Whitehaven make about 860 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.
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 Whitehaven
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Whitehaven as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Whitehaven solar questions
How much electricity do solar panels make in Whitehaven?
About 6,200 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Whitehaven: 975 kWh per kWp, or 2.67 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 860 kWh.
What does a typical solar system cost in Whitehaven?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Whitehaven, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,200 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Which DNO covers Whitehaven, and what does it need from me?
Electricity North West covers Whitehaven. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to Electricity North West within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Whitehaven?
Around £632 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,264 kWh a 12-panel system in Whitehaven 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 Whitehaven get in December?
December is the low point: about 150 kWh from a 12-panel system in Whitehaven, on PVGIS data, rising to 860 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 850 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Whitehaven compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Whitehaven compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Whitehaven |
|---|---|---|
| Whitehaven | 975 | this town |
| Workington | 950 | −25 kWh |
| Cockermouth | 868 | −107 kWh |
| Maryport | 956 | −19 kWh |
| Dalton-in-Furness | 1,005 | +30 kWh |
| Ulverston | 967 | −8 kWh |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 1,023 | +48 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 Whitehaven: Solar panels in Whitehaven from OVO Solar & Battery
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