Solar panels in Liverpool

Similar to Manchester — below average yield, offset by relatively low install costs in the region.

Yield in Liverpool

860

kWh per kWp a year

A 4 kWp system

3,440

kWh generated

Worth per year

£707

saved plus exported

Payback

7.9

years, south-facing

Liverpool sits in the North West solar region, at roughly 82% of what the same panels would produce in Cornwall and Devon. Below average yields, but rising electricity prices keep the sums working.

Work out your own roof

System size (kWp)

4 kWp is about 10 panels

Roof faces

Your electricity use (kWh/year)

Used at home (%)

50% typical, 75% with a battery

Pays for itself in

7.9 years

£707 a year in North West, against about £5,600 installed. Over 25 years you would be roughly £12,077 ahead.

Generated per year

3,440 kWh

860 kWh per kWp here

Used at home

1,720 kWh

£449 off your bill

Exported

1,720 kWh

£258 earned

Solar in other cities

London Manchester Birmingham Leeds Glasgow Edinburgh Bristol Sheffield Newcastle Nottingham Leicester Southampton Portsmouth Brighton Plymouth Exeter

Or see the North West regional page.