Solar Panel Installation in East Midlands
5.0 kWp
Typical system size
968 kWh/kW
Annual sunshine
25.55p
Electricity rate
49.09p/day
Standing charge
£903
Annual net benefit (median)
Rates from Ofgem 2025Q4. Yield data from PVGIS (south-facing, optimal tilt).
Solar potential varies by 16% across East Midlands — location matters even within the same region.
Highest solar potential
LN13 (East Lindsey)
1035 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£840
/year
PE24 (East Lindsey)
1034 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£839
/year
PE12 (South Holland)
1020 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£827
/year
PE20 (Boston)
1019 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£826
/year
PE21 (Boston)
1016 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£824
/year
Lower potential areas
Still viable with the right tariff and usage patterns.
S32 (Derbyshire Dales)
893 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£724
/year
DE45 (Derbyshire Dales)
901 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£731
/year
DE4 (Derbyshire Dales)
900 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£730
/year
NG15 (Ashfield)
928 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£753
/year
S49 (Chesterfield)
933 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£757
/year
16% of properties here use oil or LPG heating — ideal candidates for heat pump and solar combinations.
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All postcodes in East Midlands
Select your postcode area to see exact costs, break-even time, and local installers. Sorted A–Z. Showing 189 postcode areas.
B77
Tamworth
Annual sunshine:
956 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£775
B78
North Warwickshire
Annual sunshine:
961 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£779
B79
Tamworth
Annual sunshine:
960 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£778
B95
Stratford-on-Avon
Annual sunshine:
965 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£783
CV1
Coventry
Annual sunshine:
958 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£777
CV10
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Annual sunshine:
960 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£778
CV11
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Annual sunshine:
959 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£778
CV12
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Annual sunshine:
961 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£780
CV13
Hinckley and Bosworth
Annual sunshine:
962 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£780
CV2
Coventry
Annual sunshine:
968 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£785
CV21
Rugby
Annual sunshine:
973 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£789
CV22
Rugby
Annual sunshine:
973 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£789
CV23
Rugby
Annual sunshine:
974 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£790
CV3
Coventry
Annual sunshine:
961 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£780
CV31
Warwick
Annual sunshine:
973 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£789
CV32
Warwick
Annual sunshine:
973 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£789
CV33
Stratford-on-Avon
Annual sunshine:
984 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£798
CV34
Warwick
Annual sunshine:
969 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£786
CV35
Stratford-on-Avon
Annual sunshine:
975 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£790
CV4
Coventry
Annual sunshine:
958 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£777
CV47
Stratford-on-Avon
Annual sunshine:
978 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£793
CV5
Coventry
Annual sunshine:
968 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£785
CV6
Coventry
Annual sunshine:
956 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£776
CV7
Solihull
Annual sunshine:
968 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£785
CV8
Warwick
Annual sunshine:
968 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£785
CV9
North Warwickshire
Annual sunshine:
962 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£780
DE1
Derby
Annual sunshine:
946 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£767
DE11
South Derbyshire
Annual sunshine:
946 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£767
DE12
North West Leicestershire
Annual sunshine:
956 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£775
DE13
East Staffordshire
Annual sunshine:
943 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£764
DE14
East Staffordshire
Annual sunshine:
938 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£761
DE15
East Staffordshire
Annual sunshine:
937 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£760
DE2
Derby
Annual sunshine:
960 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£778
DE21
Derby
Annual sunshine:
952 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£772
DE22
Derby
Annual sunshine:
946 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£767
DE23
Derby
Annual sunshine:
953 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£773
DE24
Derby
Annual sunshine:
960 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£778
DE3
Derby
Annual sunshine:
948 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£769
DE4
Derbyshire Dales
Annual sunshine:
900 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£730
DE45
Derbyshire Dales
Annual sunshine:
901 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£731
DE5
Amber Valley
Annual sunshine:
939 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£761
DE55
Amber Valley
Annual sunshine:
943 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£765
DE56
Amber Valley
Annual sunshine:
948 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£769
DE6
Derbyshire Dales
Annual sunshine:
934 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£757
DE65
South Derbyshire
Annual sunshine:
950 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£770
DE7
Erewash
Annual sunshine:
946 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£767
DE72
Erewash
Annual sunshine:
962 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£780
DE73
Derby
Annual sunshine:
957 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£776
DE74
North West Leicestershire
Annual sunshine:
962 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£780
DE75
Amber Valley
Annual sunshine:
949 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£770
DE99
Derby
Annual sunshine:
946 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£767
DN10
Bassetlaw
Annual sunshine:
956 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£775
DN22
Bassetlaw
Annual sunshine:
962 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£780
LE1
Leicester
Annual sunshine:
952 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£772
LE10
Hinckley and Bosworth
Annual sunshine:
964 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£782
LE11
Charnwood
Annual sunshine:
963 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£781
LE12
Charnwood
Annual sunshine:
959 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£778
LE13
Melton
Annual sunshine:
984 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£798
LE14
Melton
Annual sunshine:
993 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£805
LE15
Rutland
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
LE16
Harborough
Annual sunshine:
990 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£803
LE17
Harborough
Annual sunshine:
967 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£784
LE18
Oadby and Wigston
Annual sunshine:
969 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£785
LE19
Blaby
Annual sunshine:
965 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£783
LE2
Leicester
Annual sunshine:
952 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£772
LE21
Leicester
Annual sunshine:
952 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£772
LE3
Leicester
Annual sunshine:
952 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£772
LE4
Leicester
Annual sunshine:
952 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£772
LE41
Leicester
Annual sunshine:
954 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£774
LE5
Leicester
Annual sunshine:
959 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£778
LE55
North West Leicestershire
Annual sunshine:
952 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£772
LE6
North West Leicestershire
Annual sunshine:
957 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£777
LE65
North West Leicestershire
Annual sunshine:
955 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£775
LE67
North West Leicestershire
Annual sunshine:
953 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£773
LE7
Charnwood
Annual sunshine:
957 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£776
LE8
Blaby
Annual sunshine:
986 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£800
LE87
Leicester
Annual sunshine:
966 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£784
LE9
Blaby
Annual sunshine:
969 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£786
LE94
Harborough
Annual sunshine:
990 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£803
LE95
Blaby
Annual sunshine:
954 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£774
LN1
Lincoln
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
LN10
East Lindsey
Annual sunshine:
980 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£794
LN12
East Lindsey
Annual sunshine:
982 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£796
LN13
East Lindsey
Annual sunshine:
1035 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£840
LN2
Lincoln
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
LN3
West Lindsey
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
LN4
North Kesteven
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
LN5
Lincoln
Annual sunshine:
999 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£810
LN6
Lincoln
Annual sunshine:
976 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£792
LN9
East Lindsey
Annual sunshine:
986 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
MK1
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
977 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£792
MK10
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
MK11
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
992 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£804
MK12
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
987 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£801
MK13
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
984 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£798
MK14
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
MK15
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
978 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£793
MK16
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
995 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£807
MK17
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
990 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£803
MK18
Buckinghamshire
Annual sunshine:
990 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£803
MK19
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
992 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£804
MK2
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
MK3
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
MK4
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
MK46
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
1002 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£813
MK5
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
990 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£803
MK6
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
MK7
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
977 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£793
MK77
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
990 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£803
MK8
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
MK9
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
985 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£799
MK98
Milton Keynes
Annual sunshine:
982 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£796
NG1
Nottingham
Annual sunshine:
949 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£770
NG10
Erewash
Annual sunshine:
958 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£777
NG11
Nottingham
Annual sunshine:
958 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£777
NG12
Rushcliffe
Annual sunshine:
971 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£788
NG13
Rushcliffe
Annual sunshine:
979 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£794
NG14
Gedling
Annual sunshine:
969 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£786
NG15
Ashfield
Annual sunshine:
928 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£753
NG16
Broxtowe
Annual sunshine:
945 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£766
NG17
Ashfield
Annual sunshine:
937 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£760
NG18
Mansfield
Annual sunshine:
953 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£773
NG19
Mansfield
Annual sunshine:
948 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£769
NG2
Nottingham
Annual sunshine:
953 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£773
NG20
Bolsover
Annual sunshine:
943 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£765
NG21
Newark and Sherwood
Annual sunshine:
963 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£781
NG22
Newark and Sherwood
Annual sunshine:
973 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£789
NG23
Newark and Sherwood
Annual sunshine:
983 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£797
NG24
Newark and Sherwood
Annual sunshine:
975 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£790
NG25
Newark and Sherwood
Annual sunshine:
974 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£790
NG3
Nottingham
Annual sunshine:
949 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£770
NG31
South Kesteven
Annual sunshine:
995 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£807
NG32
South Kesteven
Annual sunshine:
975 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£791
NG33
South Kesteven
Annual sunshine:
1000 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£811
NG34
North Kesteven
Annual sunshine:
1002 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£813
NG4
Gedling
Annual sunshine:
967 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£784
NG5
Gedling
Annual sunshine:
951 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£771
NG6
Nottingham
Annual sunshine:
942 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£764
NG7
Nottingham
Annual sunshine:
942 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£764
NG70
Mansfield
Annual sunshine:
954 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£774
NG8
Nottingham
Annual sunshine:
942 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£764
NG80
Broxtowe
Annual sunshine:
953 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£773
NG9
Broxtowe
Annual sunshine:
949 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£770
NG90
Broxtowe
Annual sunshine:
953 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£773
NN1
West Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
990 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£803
NN10
North Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
1003 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£814
NN11
West Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
990 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£803
NN12
West Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
994 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£806
NN13
West Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
988 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£801
NN14
North Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
997 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£809
NN15
North Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
997 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£808
NN16
North Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
995 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£807
NN17
North Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
995 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£807
NN18
North Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
992 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£805
NN2
West Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
994 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£806
NN29
North Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
998 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£810
NN3
West Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
994 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£806
NN4
West Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
993 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£806
NN5
West Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
990 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£803
NN6
West Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
991 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£804
NN7
West Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
993 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£805
NN8
North Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
995 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£807
NN9
North Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
995 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£807
NN99
West Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
987 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£800
OX17
West Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
981 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£796
PE10
South Kesteven
Annual sunshine:
1004 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£814
PE11
South Holland
Annual sunshine:
1009 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£818
PE12
South Holland
Annual sunshine:
1020 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£827
PE20
Boston
Annual sunshine:
1019 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£826
PE21
Boston
Annual sunshine:
1016 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£824
PE22
East Lindsey
Annual sunshine:
1010 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£819
PE23
East Lindsey
Annual sunshine:
1006 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£816
PE24
East Lindsey
Annual sunshine:
1034 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£839
PE25
East Lindsey
Annual sunshine:
995 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£807
PE6
Peterborough
Annual sunshine:
1010 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£819
PE8
North Northamptonshire
Annual sunshine:
1009 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£818
PE9
South Kesteven
Annual sunshine:
1007 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£817
S21
North East Derbyshire
Annual sunshine:
949 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£769
S32
Derbyshire Dales
Annual sunshine:
893 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£724
S40
Chesterfield
Annual sunshine:
933 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£757
S41
Chesterfield
Annual sunshine:
935 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£758
S42
North East Derbyshire
Annual sunshine:
935 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£758
S43
Chesterfield
Annual sunshine:
935 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£759
S44
Bolsover
Annual sunshine:
935 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£758
S45
North East Derbyshire
Annual sunshine:
934 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£757
S49
Chesterfield
Annual sunshine:
933 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£757
S80
Bassetlaw
Annual sunshine:
955 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£775
S81
Bassetlaw
Annual sunshine:
956 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£775
ST14
East Staffordshire
Annual sunshine:
941 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£763
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