Areas we cover · Yorkshire · Wakefield
Solar panels in Wakefield — installed, repaired and serviced by one team
In the city and across the Wakefield district — Sandal, Outwood, Horbury and Ossett, out to Normanton, Castleford, Pontefract, Featherstone and South Elmsall — our own engineers install solar PV and battery systems, and repair and service systems fitted by any installer. We install our own systems and repair everyone else’s, so we know exactly how they fail.
Mon–Fri 9:00am–5:00pm · Clear written quote before any work starts
Talk to us about solar, batteries or repairs.
Call 0800 156 0191, Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm, or send us a message through our contact page.
MCS certified
NAPIT registered
TrustMark approved
Fully insured
England, Wales & Scotland
What we do in Wakefield
Installs, repairs and servicing across the WF postcodes.
Whether the system is two years old or fifteen, you deal with our own engineers and get a clear written quote.
Solar panel installation in Wakefield
New solar PV, with or without a battery, surveyed and fitted by our own MCS certified engineers.
Solar panel repair in Wakefield
We find out why the system has stopped or dropped, and put it right, whoever fitted it.
Inverter repair in Wakefield
Inverters showing a fault code, tripping out or sitting dead on the wall. Same-week repair or replacement on SolarEdge, SMA, Fronius, Growatt, Solis, SolaX and other makes.
Servicing and battery storage in Wakefield
A yearly health check of the panels, inverter, isolators and wiring, and storage added to an existing array or fitted with new panels. See what a solar battery costs.
Pigeons nesting under the panels on a Castleford or Featherstone terrace? See solar panel cleaning and solar panel bird proofing. Not sure what the fault is? Start with solar panel repair. Useful guides: why solar panels stop working, our solar panel maintenance checklist and how long solar inverters last.
Areas of Wakefield we cover
Where we work in and around Wakefield.
Our engineers work across WF1 and WF2 in the city — the centre, St John’s, Belle Vue, Agbrigg, Sandal, Lupset, Alverthorpe and Wrenthorpe — WF3 through Outwood, Stanley and Lofthouse Gate, WF4 through Horbury, Crigglestone, Crofton and Ryhill, and WF5 for Ossett. To the east we cover WF6 for Normanton and Altofts, WF7 for Featherstone and Ackworth, WF8 for Pontefract, WF9 for Hemsworth, South Elmsall and South Kirkby, WF10 for Castleford and WF11 for Knottingley. If your village isn’t listed, tell us the postcode and we’ll confirm cover.
- St John’s
- Sandal
- Belle Vue
- Agbrigg
- Lupset
- Alverthorpe
- Wrenthorpe
- Outwood
- Stanley
- Horbury
- Crigglestone
- Crofton
- Ossett
- Normanton
- Altofts
- Castleford
- Featherstone
- Pontefract
- Knottingley
- Ackworth
- Hemsworth
- South Elmsall
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Solar in Wakefield
Fieldhead Hospital in Wakefield has the go-ahead for 614 rooftop panels.
In September 2026 the Wakefield Express reported that plans for a rooftop solar farm at Fieldhead Hospital had been given the go-ahead, after a council planning officer’s report said prior approval was not required. The application, made to Wakefield Council on behalf of South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, sets out 614 panels across five buildings: the Horizon Centre, Learning and Wellbeing, Newhaven, the Unity Centre and Ryeburn. Fieldhead, nearby Pinderfields Hospital and the Yorkshire Ambulance Service headquarters at Carr Gate were among the first public buildings to receive a share of a £180m investment in solar from Great British Energy, with bill savings to be reinvested in frontline services. Simon Lightwood, MP for Wakefield and Rothwell, has called it “a big step towards a more sustainable and cost-effective NHS.”
Every unit a hospital roof makes and uses on site is one it doesn’t buy, and a house in Sandal or Ossett works the same way. Panels peak at midday while most homes use their power in the evening, so battery storage closes the gap. If an older array has dropped off or stopped altogether, solar panel repair finds out why.
Source: Hospital rooftop solar farm scheme gets green light, Wakefield Express, 1 September 2026.
Our work
Real jobs by our own engineers.
Photos from L&R jobs, each labelled with the place and year.
Why L&R
What you get from L&R in Wakefield.
We know Wakefield roofs
Wakefield is a small cathedral city with a ring of former mining towns around it. Near the centre, the Georgian terraces of St John’s are a conservation area with extra planning controls, one of 31 across the district, which also take in Horbury, Ossett and the streets around Pontefract Castle. Sandal, Wrenthorpe and Outwood have plenty of 1930s semis and newer estates with usable roof, while Normanton, Featherstone, Hemsworth, South Elmsall and Castleford have long streets of brick terraces under slate. The east of the district is lower and drier than the Pennine side of West Yorkshire, which suits solar, but homes near the Aire and Calder need thought about where the inverter and battery go.
Our own engineers
The engineer who comes to your home in Wakefield works for us. We don’t use subcontractors.
A clear written quote
You get a clear written quote before any work starts, on a new system or on any installer’s existing one.
Questions
The things people ask before they ring.
Not answered here? Call 0800 156 0191, Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm.
Do you cover Pontefract, Castleford, Ossett and Normanton?
Yes. Our engineers cover Wakefield and the whole district — Horbury, Ossett and Crigglestone to the west, Outwood, Stanley and Normanton to the north, Castleford, Pontefract and Knottingley to the east, and Featherstone, Ackworth, Hemsworth and South Elmsall to the south-east. Call 0800 156 0191 or tell us your postcode in the fault finder and we’ll confirm cover.
Will you repair a system in Wakefield that another company installed?
Yes. We repair and service systems fitted by any installer, including installers who are no longer trading, and we work on any make of panel, inverter or battery. See solar panel repair and inverter repair.
Are your solar panel installers in Wakefield MCS certified?
Yes. L&R Renewables is MCS certified, NAPIT registered and TrustMark approved, and every install in the Wakefield district is surveyed and fitted by our own engineers — we don’t use subcontractors. MCS certification is what energy suppliers normally ask for before they pay you for the electricity you export. You get a clear written quote before any work starts. See solar panel installations.
Ready when you are
Solar not doing what it should in Wakefield? Tell us.
We’ll call you back to talk it through, and you get a clear written quote before any work starts. Mon–Fri 9:00am–5:00pm.