Solar panels in Yorkshire and the North East
Slightly below average — payback runs a year or two longer than the south.
Yield here
870
kWh per kWp per year
A 4 kWp system
3,480
kWh generated a year
Typical payback
7.8
years, south-facing
That is about 17% below Cornwall and Devon, the sunniest part of the UK — which sounds worse than it is. A 4 kWp system here still returns roughly £715 a year and pays for itself in 7.8 years.
Work out your own roof
4 kWp is about 10 panels
50% typical, 75% with a battery
Pays for itself in
7.8 years
£715 a year in Yorkshire and the North East, against about £5,600 installed. Over 25 years you would be roughly £12,283 ahead.
Generated per year
3,480 kWh
870 kWh per kWp here
Used at home
1,740 kWh
£454 off your bill
Exported
1,740 kWh
£261 earned