Lanarkshire
Solar panels in Airdrie, sized to your roof.
About 5,340 kWh a year from 12 panels in Airdrie, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Airdrie's solar year
PVGIS puts Airdrie at 839 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Lanarkshire county estimate. 72% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 22.6 |
| February | 41.9 |
| March | 70 |
| April | 101 |
| May | 118 |
| June | 107 |
| July | 107 |
| August | 94.3 |
| September | 73.5 |
| October | 51.6 |
| November | 33.1 |
| December | 18.6 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 839, Airdrie is 9% below it.
How Airdrie compares
Among the places we publish figures for, Airdrie is one of 18 Lanarkshire towns we track, and it ranks 15th of 18 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 35,739 residents, and its roofs see 2.30 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 5,336 kWh of generation, of which around 4,399 kWh is exported at 12p for £528 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Airdrie's own yield, and prices a 12 panel system at £6,360 installed before any battery. Your free design call reworks every number for your actual roof, its shading and your usage.
North Lanarkshire is the planning authority covering Airdrie, which the House of Commons Library classes as a medium town.
The charger is in the installed price but left out of payback: charging savings depend on your mileage and tariff, which the design call models properly.
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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Airdrie's own coordinates (55.86604, -3.98089), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.
Who runs the grid in Airdrie
Airdrie is served by SP Energy Networks: the town's centre falls inside its South and Central Scotland licence area on NESO's boundary map.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: SP Energy Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
A bigger inverter or battery output needs a G99 application in advance. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds SP Energy Networks as it does every network operator.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Ofgem, Distributed Generation Standards Direction guidance, checked 27 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Airdrie
A heat pump in Airdrie
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Airdrie make about 740 kWh, against 2,710 kWh from May to August, so winter heating runs mostly on grid electricity and the tariff matters more than the roof.
Scottish homes apply through Home Energy Scotland rather than the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: up to £7,500 in grant for a heat pump, up to £7,500 more as an optional interest-free loan, and a £1,500 uplift for rural and island homes (checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Airdrie
A 12-panel roof in Airdrie makes about 750 kWh in May. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
Installed prices, the same in every town
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Airdrie
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Airdrie as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Airdrie solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Airdrie?
Each kWp of panels in Airdrie makes 839 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,340 kWh, from about 120 kWh in December up to 750 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Airdrie?
£6,360 for 12 panels (6.36 kWp), the same as in every other place we cover, because solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed rather than by area. A battery adds its own installed price on top. Where Airdrie differs is output: about 5,340 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Airdrie need approval from the network operator?
Airdrie is on SP Energy Networks' network (South and Central Scotland licence area). Systems up to 3.68kW per phase of inverter output follow G98: SP Energy Networks is notified within 28 days of commissioning, with no approval needed first. Anything larger needs a G99 application before installation. Ofgem's guaranteed standard for a low voltage generation connection quotation is 45 working days, with £80 paid for each working day late, and it binds SP Energy Networks as it does every network operator. Our G98 vs G99 guide explains both routes.
How much would export pay on a system in Airdrie?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,399 kWh of the 5,340 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Airdrie goes to the grid, around £528 a year at 12p. A battery keeps more of it for the evening; the export rates table shows what suppliers pay.
Is solar worth it in Airdrie in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 72% of a Airdrie roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 740 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Airdrie compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Airdrie compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Airdrie |
|---|---|---|
| Airdrie | 839 | this town |
| Coatbridge | 849 | +10 kWh |
| Bellshill | 851 | +12 kWh |
| Uddingston | 860 | +21 kWh |
| Motherwell | 870 | +31 kWh |
| Cumbernauld | 827 | −12 kWh |
| Blantyre | 866 | +27 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
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Reading for Airdrie homeowners
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Read the guide →What the Smart Export Guarantee actually is
The scheme obliges suppliers to pay above zero, and leaves the rate to them.
Read the guide →NAPIT, NICEIC and competent person schemes: who tells building control about your solar
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