Leicestershire
Solar panels in Whitwick, sized to your roof.
About 6,230 kWh a year from 12 panels in Whitwick, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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What a roof in Whitwick can generate
Whitwick's best month is May, at 121.4 kWh per kWp; December manages 34.6. Over the year that comes to 979 kWh per kWp, level with our Leicestershire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 35.1 |
| February | 50.7 |
| March | 84.9 |
| April | 110 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 117 |
| July | 121 |
| August | 107 |
| September | 91.5 |
| October | 62.3 |
| November | 42.9 |
| December | 34.6 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Whitwick makes 979 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Whitwick is 6% above it.
How Whitwick compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Whitwick. It is one of 26 Leicestershire towns we track, and it ranks joint 23rd of 26 for solar yield, a town of 10,629 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 979 kWh per kWp a year, 2.68 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £882 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £635 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 Whitwick's own yield.
Whitwick sits within North West Leicestershire, 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 Whitwick at 52.74371, -1.35927 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 Whitwick network
Whitwick is served by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED): the town's centre falls inside its East Midlands 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 NGED within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Whitwick
A heat pump in Whitwick
Solar and a heat pump pull in opposite directions through the year: Whitwick's roofs make 1,040 kWh from November to February on a 12-panel system, and 2,970 kWh from May to August. The heating season leans on the grid, so off-peak rates do the heavy lifting.
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 Whitwick
A 12-panel roof in Whitwick makes about 770 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.
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.
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Whitwick
Guidance is nationwide, so the benchmarks hold in Whitwick: repair costs, service scope, and when the inverter is the real fault.
Common questions about solar in Whitwick
What could a roof in Whitwick generate?
PVGIS puts a roof in Whitwick at 979 kWh per kWp a year, 2.68 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons. A 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system makes about 6,230 kWh a year, most of it between April and September.
How much are solar panels in Whitwick?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Whitwick before a battery. What Whitwick changes is the return, about 6,230 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Do I need permission from the DNO for solar in Whitwick?
Usually not in advance. NGED, the network operator for Whitwick, 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. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late. "See our DNO explainer.
How much can I earn from exporting solar in Whitwick?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Whitwick exports about 5,290 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £635; 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 Whitwick?
Yes, at a lower level. PVGIS gives Whitwick 34.6 kWh per kWp in December and 35.1 in January, so a 12-panel system makes about 220 kWh and 220 kWh in those months, against 770 kWh in May. Winter output mostly covers daytime use rather than exporting.
How Whitwick 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 Whitwick |
|---|---|---|
| Whitwick | 979 | this town |
| Coalville | 979 | level |
| Shepshed | 986 | +7 kWh |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch | 982 | +3 kWh |
| Loughborough | 989 | +10 kWh |
| Castle Donington | 991 | +12 kWh |
| Woodville | 971 | −8 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.
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Further reading for Whitwick
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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