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Solar panel and battery installers in Birtley
Mark holds the OVO partnership for North East, and Birtley sits in their DH postcode patch. Book a free 45 minute video design and you get your roof layout, your numbers and a written quote, with nobody setting foot in your home.
What solar actually does in Birtley
Mark holds the OVO Solar & Battery partnership for North East, and Birtley sits inside their DH postcode patch. You deal with a named local expert, the design happens on a free 45 minute video call, and nobody visits your home until you have decided to go ahead. PVGIS puts Birtley at 944 kWh per kWp a year, so a 14 panel (6.3 kWp) system here generates around 5,947 kWh a year.
Yield and peak sun hours are PVGIS estimates for Birtley's own coordinates, not a regional average. Your free design refines them for your actual roof.
Get your free quote from Mark
Two minutes. We confirm your video slot within one working day.
Worth reading before your Birtley design call
Straight answers from the OVO Solar and Battery team, sourced and dated.
What happens on your free 45 minute design call
Roof on screen, usage talked through, written quote before you hang up. No home visit.
Read the guide →What a DNO is, and why it gets a say in your solar system
Your supplier sells you power. Your DNO owns the cables, and sets how much you can connect.
Read the guide →What a gateway does, and when whole home backup is worth it
A full battery is no use in a power cut without a gateway. Here is what one does.
Read the guide →How to read a battery warranty before you sign anything
Four numbers, the conditions underneath them, and a five minute way to compare two quotes.
Read the guide →The 20p export rate, and how it compares to standard SEG
4p or 20p for the same exported units. The conditions on each, in plain terms.
Read the guide →The energy price cap, and what it does to your solar payback
The cap sets your unit price. That price is what every unit of your own solar is worth.
Read the guide →Solar installers near Birtley
We also cover Washington, Chester-le-Street, Gateshead, Shiney Row and Penshaw, Fence Houses and Stanley.
See Mark's full North East coverage →Independent solar guidance for Birtley from Clearline Home Energy
Generation figures are PVGIS v5.2 estimates retrieved August 2026 for the coordinates of Birtley, assuming a south-facing roof at a 35 degree pitch with no significant shading, the same assumptions as the regional figures on this site. Population is the House of Commons Library settlement classification figure. Your free design accounts for your actual orientation, pitch and shading.