Solar panels, batteries and heat pumps in Sheffield
MCS-certified solar, batteries, heat pumps and EV chargers across Sheffield, from the Peak District edge to Worksop and the Don valley.
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Solar panel installers for Sheffield.
Sheffield is built on hills, and that decides more about a solar roof here than the postcode does. Streets climb the valley sides, so plenty of houses have their best slope facing east or west across the valley, and chimneys, trees and the house next door can shade it. The city itself is mostly semis and terraces on mains gas, with a high share of flats and electrically heated homes in the inner suburbs. Out past Stocksbridge and Penistone the land rises towards the Pennines and oil appears, and east of the city Worksop is on a different network operator. This page gives the figures for each.
Every install is MCS certified (NAP-75287), with 0% VAT on solar, batteries and heat pumps until March 2027 and the £7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant claimed for you.
- Postcode districts
- S1–S14, S17, S20 and S35 for the city (S1 the centre, S6 Hillsborough, Walkley and Stannington, S7 Nether Edge, Sharrow and Millhouses, S10 Crookes, Crosspool and Fulwood, S11 Ecclesall, S17 Dore and Totley, S20 Mosborough and Beighton, S35 Ecclesfield, Chapeltown, Grenoside and Oughtibridge), plus S36 for Stocksbridge and Penistone, S74 for Hoyland, S18 for Dronfield, S80 and S81 for Worksop and S64 for Mexborough
- Network operator (DNO)
- Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire; Worksop is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's East Midlands network). We make the G98 notification or G99 application for your solar or battery; you do not need to contact them.
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Sheffield in numbers.
What the public data says about homes here, and what it means for yours.
943 kWh
a year from each kW of panels
A south-facing roof at 35° in central Sheffield, after losses. An east or west roof gives about a fifth less (around 745 kWh), which matters on hillside streets where the best slope faces across the valley, and a battery makes better use of whatever the roof produces.
Source: PVGIS (European Commission Joint Research Centre), central Sheffield
64%
of city homes are semis or terraces
38% semi-detached and 26% terraced, with 18% purpose-built flats. Detached houses are 15% across the city but 45% in Dore and Totley ward and 35% in Fulwood, where bigger roofs take bigger arrays.
Source: Census 2021, TS044 accommodation type (ONS, via Nomis)
1 in 7
Nether Edge and Sharrow homes heated by electricity alone
14.7%, with 13.5% in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale and 12.0% in Walkley, against 7.3% across Sheffield. Many are flats and converted Victorian houses, and a battery charged on a cheap overnight tariff is the biggest saving available to them.
Source: Census 2021, TS046 central heating (ONS, via Nomis), 2022 wards
7.5%
of homes on oil in Penistone East ward
With another 2.0% on tank or bottled gas, against 0.2% on oil across Sheffield. The farms and villages around Penistone are where a heat pump replaces the dearest heat, and a home coming off oil or LPG gets the higher £9,000 grant.
Source: Census 2021, TS046 central heating (ONS, via Nomis), 2022 wards
What would this mean for your Sheffield home?
We come out, look at the roof, the loft and the meter, and tell you what is worth doing. No obligation.
Around Sheffield.
We cover Sheffield and everywhere around it. A few of the places nearby, and what tends to matter there.
Hillsborough
S6 · Sheffield City Council
Home of Sheffield Wednesday and Hillsborough Park, with conservation areas over the park and neighbouring Wadsley. Hillsborough ward is 44% terraced and 6.8% of its homes are heated by electricity alone, so the usual job is one slope of panels on a terrace roof, with a battery charged on a cheap overnight tariff.
Ecclesfield
S35 · Sheffield City Council
An old village on the city's northern edge, with a conservation area around St Mary's, the church known as the Minster of the Moors. East Ecclesfield ward is 87% on mains gas and nearly half semis: a straightforward solar-and-battery roof, with a heat pump as the next step when the boiler is due.
Stocksbridge
S36 · Sheffield City Council
A steel town high in the Little Don valley, with the Bolsterstone, Midhopestones and Upper Midhope conservation areas in the hills around it. Stocksbridge and Upper Don ward is 30% detached, and homes on the exposed hillsides get a wind-loading check on the panel fixings as part of the design.
Penistone
S36 · Barnsley Council
A Pennine market town on the upper Don, with conservation areas over Penistone itself and neighbouring Thurlstone. In Penistone East ward 53% of homes are detached and nearly one in ten burns oil or LPG, so a heat pump is more often the right answer here than in the city.
Hoyland
S74 · Barnsley Council
Next to Elsecar, whose conservation area takes in the Heritage Centre and the older streets around it. Hoyland Milton ward is half semis and 84% on mains gas: simple roofs, gardens with room for a heat pump, and the usual case for panels and a battery first.
Dronfield
S18 · North East Derbyshire District Council
Over the Derbyshire border but on Northern Powergrid's network, with conservation areas at Dronfield, Dronfield Woodhouse and Coal Aston. Gosforth Valley ward is 56% detached and 91% on mains gas. The boundary with National Grid Electricity Distribution runs close to the town, so we confirm the operator from your address.
Worksop
S80, S81 · Bassetlaw District Council
The one town on this page on National Grid Electricity Distribution's East Midlands network rather than Northern Powergrid's. Worksop has five conservation areas, among them the town centre, Mr Straw's around the National Trust house, Sunnyside and Old Gateford. Most of the town is on mains gas, but across Bassetlaw 8% of homes still burn oil, most of them in the villages around it.
Mexborough
S64 · City of Doncaster Council
A Don valley town in Doncaster borough, with a conservation area of its own. Mexborough ward is 36% terraced and 30% of households have no car, so a battery on a cheap overnight tariff usually comes before an EV charger.
Nearby towns with their own page: Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Chesterfield.
Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0, adapted, via Wikimedia Commons
Sheffield homes, and what suits them
The Victorian and Edwardian terraces of Walkley, Crookes, Sharrow and Nether Edge are built along steep streets that run every way across the hills, so many have their two roof slopes facing east and west rather than south. Splitting the panels over both slopes works well here: each gives about a fifth less than a south roof, but together they produce through more of the day. Broomhill, Ranmoor and Nether Edge's stone villas are a different job, with slate roofs, chimneys and mature trees, so we model the shading rather than guess.
The interwar and post-war semis of Ecclesall, Birley, Richmond and Southey are the city's easiest roofs: simple gables, concrete tiles and a garden with room for a heat pump. Birley ward is 75% semis and Ecclesall 55%. Dore and Totley, on the south-western edge, are 45% detached, with bigger roofs that suit a larger array and a second battery; Beighton and Mosborough have newer estates where a battery and an EV charger usually matter more than more panels.
Car ownership changes sharply across the city: 29% of Sheffield households have no car, against 23.5% across England, rising to 60% in the City ward and falling to 12–13% in Ecclesall and Dore and Totley. So an EV charger is a suburban conversation more than an inner-city one, while a battery and the right smart tariff make sense in both.
Planning and conservation areas
Sheffield has 38 conservation areas within the city boundary, including Nether Edge, Broomhill, Broomhall, Ranmoor, Endcliffe, Hanover, Kelham Island and Neepsend, Dore, Totley, Ecclesfield and Hillsborough Park. Sheffield City Council manages 35 of them; High and Low Bradfield, Upper Midhope and Langsett come under the Peak District National Park Authority, and Moss Valley under North East Derbyshire. In a conservation area, roof panels are normally still permitted development, but panels on a wall facing the road and a heat pump on a wall or roof facing the road need planning permission. In Nether Edge and Broomhill, Article 4 directions go further: panels on a roof slope facing the road need planning permission too. We check the council's map at the survey and make the application for you if one is needed.
The Peak District National Park boundary runs along the city's western edge, just beyond Dore, Totley and Stannington; those suburbs are outside it and Sheffield City Council decides there, but High and Low Bradfield are inside it, where the National Park Authority is the planning authority and the same limits as a conservation area apply. Around the city, Barnsley Council covers Penistone, Thurlstone and Elsecar's conservation areas, North East Derbyshire covers Dronfield's, Bassetlaw covers Worksop's and Doncaster covers Mexborough's. Outside those areas and listed buildings, roof solar, batteries and air source heat pumps are permitted development on most houses.
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What we fit in Sheffield.
Solar panels
Solar and battery starting at £6,995 installed. 0% VAT until March 2027.
Battery storage
Sized to how you actually use power, not to fill a wall. 0% VAT until March 2027.
Air source heat pumps
£7,500 or £9,000 off under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, claimed for you. 0% VAT until March 2027.
EV chargers
Fixed prices from £1,195 fitted, VAT included. Pick your charger, pay online, and we fit it.
Air conditioning
Priced per room. 0% VAT on a fixed system in your home until March 2027.
Commercial
Solar, batteries and air conditioning for Sheffield businesses, schools and farms.
Questions from Sheffield.
Who runs the electricity network in Sheffield?
Northern Powergrid covers Sheffield, Stocksbridge, Penistone, Hoyland, Mexborough and Dronfield. Worksop is on National Grid Electricity Distribution's East Midlands network instead, though the villages just north of it, such as Carlton in Lindrick and Langold, are back on Northern Powergrid. Either way, a typical home system is notified after the install under G98, and a bigger inverter or a large battery needs a G99 application first, which can take several weeks. We check which operator covers your address and deal with them for you.
I live in Nether Edge or Broomhill. Can I still have solar panels?
Usually yes, but both conservation areas carry Article 4 directions, so panels on a roof slope facing the road need planning permission there. Rear and side slopes are often fine. We check your house against Sheffield City Council's map at the survey and, if consent is needed, prepare and submit the application.
I live in Dore or Totley, near the Peak District. Do different rules apply?
Dore and Totley are outside the National Park, so Sheffield City Council is the planning authority, but both have conservation areas around their old village centres, where panels on a wall facing the road or a heat pump on the front of the house need planning permission. Roof panels are normally still permitted development. Inside the park, at High and Low Bradfield for example, the Peak District National Park Authority decides instead.
Is a heat pump worth it in a village off the gas, out towards Penistone?
That is where it makes most sense. Oil and LPG cost more per unit of heat than a heat pump does to run, and a home coming off oil or LPG gets the higher £9,000 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant, taken off the price up front. Stone farmhouses up here lose more heat than a modern semi, so we size it from a room-by-room heat loss survey, not from the old boiler.
Do you cover the whole of Sheffield?
Yes: every part of the city, plus Stocksbridge, Penistone, Hoyland, Dronfield, Worksop and Mexborough. Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley and Chesterfield have pages of their own. We fit anywhere in the country, so if your postcode is not listed here, put it in anyway.
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