Huntingdonshire
Solar panels in Yaxley, with the numbers shown.
A 12-panel roof in Yaxley makes about 6,550 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
Get my free quote
Three details. We call or text within one working day to book your free 30-minute design call, on video or by phone if you prefer.
or call 07782 219224
- Free 30-minute video design call
- Priced before anyone visits
- Installed by our MCS-certified, fully insured teams
Yaxley's solar year
Yaxley's best month is May, at 124.6 kWh per kWp; December manages 37.8. Over the year that comes to 1,030 kWh per kWp, 1% below our Huntingdonshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
Show the monthly figures
| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 39 |
| February | 54.6 |
| March | 88.9 |
| April | 113 |
| May | 125 |
| June | 121 |
| July | 124 |
| August | 113 |
| September | 96.7 |
| October | 68.3 |
| November | 48.7 |
| December | 37.8 |
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: Yaxley makes 1,030 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Yaxley is 11% above it.
How Yaxley compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Yaxley. It is one of 5 Huntingdonshire towns we track, and it ranks 4th of 5 for solar yield, a town of 9,731 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 1,030 kWh per kWp a year, 2.82 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £921 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £674 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Yaxley'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.
Huntingdonshire is the planning authority covering Yaxley, 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.
Your real roof and usage, worked through on a free 30-minute video call. Use the full form or leave three details below.
Price this for your roof
Three details. We call or text within one working day to book your free 30-minute design call, on video or by phone if you prefer.
Modelled for Yaxley at 52.51822, -0.2545 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 Yaxley
Yaxley is served by UK Power Networks: the town's centre falls inside its East England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: UK Power Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. 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 UK Power Networks 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.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Yaxley
A heat pump in Yaxley
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Yaxley make about 1,150 kWh, against 3,070 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 Yaxley
From April to September, 67% of a Yaxley roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 790 kWh in May on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
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 Yaxley
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Yaxley as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Yaxley solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Yaxley?
Each kWp of panels in Yaxley makes 1,030 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 6,550 kWh, from about 240 kWh in December up to 790 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Yaxley?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Yaxley differs is output: about 6,550 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Yaxley need approval from the network operator?
Yaxley is on UK Power Networks' network (East England licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: UK Power Networks 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 UK Power Networks as it does every network operator. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Yaxley?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 5,614 kWh of the 6,550 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Yaxley goes to the grid, around £674 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Yaxley in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 67% of a Yaxley roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 1,150 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Yaxley compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Yaxley compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Yaxley |
|---|---|---|
| Yaxley | 1,030 | this town |
| Peterborough | 1,029 | −1 kWh |
| Whittlesey | 1,035 | +5 kWh |
| Deeping St James | 1,030 | level |
| Huntingdon | 1,039 | +9 kWh |
| Chatteris | 1,033 | +3 kWh |
| Stamford | 1,026 | −4 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.
Also for Yaxley: Solar panels in Yaxley from OVO Solar & Battery
Also near Yaxley
See a number before you speak to anyone
Answer a few questions about your roof and usage and see an instant solar and battery estimate. No email needed to see the result.
Reading for Yaxley homeowners
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How do solar panels work? The full explanation, from photon to plug socket
Light into silicon, DC into AC, AC into your bill. The whole chain, explained.
Read the guide →Inside a home battery: capacity, power and losses
Usable capacity, kW output, round trip losses and chemistry, in plain terms.
Read the guide →How solar aware EV charging actually works
The CT clamp, the surplus tracking and the 1.4kW floor that catches people out.
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 →The price cap explained, and what it does to solar payback
The cap limits unit rates, not bills. That changes what solar payback means.
Read the guide →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
Solar work is notifiable. A competent person scheme means your installation team notifies, not you.
Read the guide →Get my free quote
Takes about two minutes. We call or text within one working day to book your free 30-minute video design call at a time that suits you. We design it around your roof and your numbers, and our MCS-certified, fully insured installation teams install it.