Solar Panel Installation in North West
5.0 kWp
Typical system size
870 kWh/kW
Annual sunshine
26.13p
Electricity rate
47.61p/day
Standing charge
£709
Annual net benefit (median)
Rates from Ofgem 2026Q3. Yield data from PVGIS (south-facing, optimal tilt).
Solar potential varies by 30% across North West — location matters even within the same region.
Highest solar potential
FY3 (Blackpool)
999 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£822
/year
FY5 (Wyre)
998 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£821
/year
FY2 (Blackpool)
998 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£821
/year
FY0 (Fylde)
995 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£818
/year
FY1 (Blackpool)
995 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£818
/year
Lower potential areas
Still viable with the right tariff and usage patterns.
CA12 (Cumberland)
767 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£631
/year
CA8 (Cumberland)
786 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£646
/year
CA17 (Westmorland and Furness)
792 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£652
/year
OL5 (Tameside)
803 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£661
/year
CA9 (Westmorland and Furness)
803 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£661
/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 North West
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BB0
Blackburn with Darwen
Annual sunshine:
864 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£711
BB1
Blackburn with Darwen
Annual sunshine:
857 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£705
BB10
Burnley
Annual sunshine:
848 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£698
BB11
Burnley
Annual sunshine:
848 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£697
BB12
Burnley
Annual sunshine:
848 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£698
BB2
Blackburn with Darwen
Annual sunshine:
857 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£705
BB3
Blackburn with Darwen
Annual sunshine:
855 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£703
BB4
Rossendale
Annual sunshine:
836 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£687
BB5
Hyndburn
Annual sunshine:
855 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£703
BB6
Ribble Valley
Annual sunshine:
860 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£707
BB7
Ribble Valley
Annual sunshine:
854 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£703
BB8
Pendle
Annual sunshine:
846 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£696
BB9
Pendle
Annual sunshine:
845 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£695
BD24
North Yorkshire
Annual sunshine:
849 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£698
BL0
Bury
Annual sunshine:
869 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£715
BL1
Bolton
Annual sunshine:
870 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£716
BL11
Bolton
Annual sunshine:
870 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£716
BL2
Bolton
Annual sunshine:
871 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£716
BL3
Bolton
Annual sunshine:
869 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£715
BL4
Bolton
Annual sunshine:
881 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£725
BL5
Bolton
Annual sunshine:
876 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£721
BL6
Bolton
Annual sunshine:
882 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£726
BL7
Bolton
Annual sunshine:
881 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£724
BL78
Bolton
Annual sunshine:
871 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£716
BL8
Bury
Annual sunshine:
866 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£712
BL9
Bury
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
CA1
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
886 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£729
CA10
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
865 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£712
CA11
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
877 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£722
CA12
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
767 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£631
CA13
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
812 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£668
CA14
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
903 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£743
CA15
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
915 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£753
CA16
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
855 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£703
CA17
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
792 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£652
CA18
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
868 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£714
CA19
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
887 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£729
CA2
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
885 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£728
CA20
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
887 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£729
CA21
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
950 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£781
CA22
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
938 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£772
CA23
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
892 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£734
CA24
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
894 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£736
CA25
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
893 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£735
CA26
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
868 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£714
CA27
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
949 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£780
CA28
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
920 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£757
CA3
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
884 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£727
CA4
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
875 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£720
CA5
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
854 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£703
CA6
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
893 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£735
CA7
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
910 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£749
CA8
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
786 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£646
CA9
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
803 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£661
CA95
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
920 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£757
CA99
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
886 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£729
FY0
Fylde
Annual sunshine:
995 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£818
FY1
Blackpool
Annual sunshine:
995 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£818
FY2
Blackpool
Annual sunshine:
998 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£821
FY3
Blackpool
Annual sunshine:
999 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£822
FY4
Blackpool
Annual sunshine:
986 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£811
FY5
Wyre
Annual sunshine:
998 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£821
FY6
Wyre
Annual sunshine:
980 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£806
FY7
Wyre
Annual sunshine:
986 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£811
FY8
Fylde
Annual sunshine:
977 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£803
L39
West Lancashire
Annual sunshine:
919 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£756
L40
West Lancashire
Annual sunshine:
917 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£754
LA1
Lancaster
Annual sunshine:
888 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£731
LA10
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
816 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£671
LA11
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
928 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£763
LA12
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
948 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£780
LA13
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
981 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£807
LA14
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
981 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£807
LA15
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
976 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£803
LA16
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
987 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£812
LA17
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
957 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£787
LA18
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
967 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£795
LA19
Cumberland
Annual sunshine:
931 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£766
LA2
Lancaster
Annual sunshine:
887 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£730
LA20
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
912 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£750
LA21
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
810 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£666
LA22
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
836 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£688
LA23
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
846 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£696
LA3
Lancaster
Annual sunshine:
917 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£754
LA4
Lancaster
Annual sunshine:
917 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£754
LA5
Lancaster
Annual sunshine:
901 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£741
LA6
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
892 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£734
LA7
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
896 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£737
LA8
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
874 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£719
LA9
Westmorland and Furness
Annual sunshine:
852 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£701
M1
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
M10
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
848 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£697
M11
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
856 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£704
M12
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
M13
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
M14
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
870 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£716
M15
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
M16
Trafford
Annual sunshine:
868 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£714
M17
Trafford
Annual sunshine:
868 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£714
M18
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
856 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£704
M19
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£709
M2
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
M20
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
870 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£716
M21
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
877 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£721
M22
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
881 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£725
M23
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
876 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£721
M24
Rochdale
Annual sunshine:
846 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£696
M25
Bury
Annual sunshine:
862 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£709
M26
Bury
Annual sunshine:
865 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£712
M27
Salford
Annual sunshine:
868 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£714
M28
Salford
Annual sunshine:
881 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£725
M29
Wigan
Annual sunshine:
885 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£728
M3
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
M30
Salford
Annual sunshine:
875 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£720
M31
Trafford
Annual sunshine:
891 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£733
M32
Trafford
Annual sunshine:
884 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£727
M33
Trafford
Annual sunshine:
884 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£727
M34
Tameside
Annual sunshine:
845 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£695
M35
Oldham
Annual sunshine:
848 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£697
M38
Salford
Annual sunshine:
880 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£724
M4
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
M40
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
848 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£697
M41
Trafford
Annual sunshine:
882 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£726
M43
Tameside
Annual sunshine:
845 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£695
M44
Salford
Annual sunshine:
894 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£736
M45
Bury
Annual sunshine:
862 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£709
M46
Wigan
Annual sunshine:
885 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£728
M5
Salford
Annual sunshine:
869 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£714
M50
Salford
Annual sunshine:
875 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£720
M52
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
871 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£716
M6
Salford
Annual sunshine:
869 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£714
M60
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
M61
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
M7
Salford
Annual sunshine:
862 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£709
M8
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
853 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£702
M9
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
856 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£704
M90
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
881 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£725
M99
Manchester
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
OL1
Oldham
Annual sunshine:
829 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£682
OL10
Rochdale
Annual sunshine:
851 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£700
OL11
Rochdale
Annual sunshine:
833 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£685
OL12
Rochdale
Annual sunshine:
843 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£693
OL13
Rossendale
Annual sunshine:
838 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£690
OL15
Rochdale
Annual sunshine:
834 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£686
OL16
Rochdale
Annual sunshine:
833 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£685
OL2
Oldham
Annual sunshine:
832 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£684
OL3
Oldham
Annual sunshine:
815 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£670
OL4
Oldham
Annual sunshine:
837 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£688
OL5
Tameside
Annual sunshine:
803 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£661
OL6
Tameside
Annual sunshine:
842 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£692
OL7
Tameside
Annual sunshine:
845 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£695
OL8
Oldham
Annual sunshine:
837 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£688
OL9
Oldham
Annual sunshine:
831 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£684
OL95
Oldham
Annual sunshine:
830 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£683
PR0
Preston
Annual sunshine:
884 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£728
PR1
Preston
Annual sunshine:
891 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£733
PR11
Preston
Annual sunshine:
884 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£728
PR2
Preston
Annual sunshine:
894 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£735
PR25
South Ribble
Annual sunshine:
898 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£739
PR26
South Ribble
Annual sunshine:
891 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£733
PR3
Wyre
Annual sunshine:
905 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£744
PR4
Fylde
Annual sunshine:
893 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£735
PR5
South Ribble
Annual sunshine:
860 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£707
PR6
Chorley
Annual sunshine:
862 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£709
PR7
Chorley
Annual sunshine:
862 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£709
SK1
Stockport
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
SK10
Cheshire East
Annual sunshine:
839 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£690
SK11
Cheshire East
Annual sunshine:
827 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£680
SK12
High Peak
Annual sunshine:
847 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£697
SK13
High Peak
Annual sunshine:
830 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£682
SK14
Tameside
Annual sunshine:
841 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£692
SK15
Tameside
Annual sunshine:
841 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£692
SK16
Tameside
Annual sunshine:
842 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£692
SK17
High Peak
Annual sunshine:
898 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£739
SK2
Stockport
Annual sunshine:
851 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£700
SK22
High Peak
Annual sunshine:
850 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£699
SK23
High Peak
Annual sunshine:
881 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£725
SK3
Stockport
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
SK4
Stockport
Annual sunshine:
859 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£706
SK5
Stockport
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
SK6
Stockport
Annual sunshine:
852 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£701
SK7
Stockport
Annual sunshine:
861 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£708
SK8
Stockport
Annual sunshine:
875 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£720
SK9
Cheshire East
Annual sunshine:
872 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£717
WA12
St. Helens
Annual sunshine:
904 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£744
WA14
Trafford
Annual sunshine:
890 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£732
WA15
Trafford
Annual sunshine:
890 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£732
WA3
Warrington
Annual sunshine:
903 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£743
WN1
Wigan
Annual sunshine:
901 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£741
WN2
Wigan
Annual sunshine:
885 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£728
WN3
Wigan
Annual sunshine:
901 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£741
WN4
Wigan
Annual sunshine:
900 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£740
WN5
Wigan
Annual sunshine:
905 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£744
WN6
Wigan
Annual sunshine:
885 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£728
WN7
Wigan
Annual sunshine:
900 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£740
WN8
West Lancashire
Annual sunshine:
909 kWh/kW
Annual net benefit (5 kW):
£748
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