Lanarkshire
Solar panels in Bishopbriggs, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Bishopbriggs makes about 5,430 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Bishopbriggs, in numbers
From 19 kWh per kWp in December to 118.8 in May: a roof in Bishopbriggs makes 6.3 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 854 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 22.5 |
| February | 42.2 |
| March | 71.9 |
| April | 102 |
| May | 119 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 110 |
| August | 95.8 |
| September | 75.5 |
| October | 53 |
| November | 33.5 |
| December | 19 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Against Great Britain as a whole: Bishopbriggs makes 854 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Bishopbriggs is 8% below it.
How Bishopbriggs compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Bishopbriggs. It is one of 18 Lanarkshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 10th of 18 for solar yield, a town of 22,732 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 854 kWh per kWp a year, 2.34 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £786 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £539 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Bishopbriggs' own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Any planning application in Bishopbriggs sits with East Dunbartonshire, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is small 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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Modelled for Bishopbriggs at 55.90443, -4.22477 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
The network operator for Bishopbriggs
Bishopbriggs 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.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Bishopbriggs
A heat pump in Bishopbriggs
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Bishopbriggs make about 120 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Bishopbriggs comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
In Scotland, Home Energy Scotland offers a grant of up to £7,500 towards a heat pump, an optional interest-free loan of up to £7,500 on top, and £1,500 more for rural and island homes (Home Energy Scotland, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Bishopbriggs
Bishopbriggs' May output, about 760 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Bishopbriggs
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Bishopbriggs as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Bishopbriggs
How much electricity do solar panels make in Bishopbriggs?
About 5,430 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Bishopbriggs: 854 kWh per kWp, or 2.34 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 760 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Bishopbriggs?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Bishopbriggs, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,430 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Bishopbriggs, and what does it need from me?
SP Energy Networks covers Bishopbriggs. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to SP Energy Networks within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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.
What could I earn from exporting in Bishopbriggs?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Bishopbriggs sends about 4,495 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £539. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Bishopbriggs get in December?
December is the low point: about 120 kWh from a 12-panel system in Bishopbriggs, on PVGIS data, rising to 760 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 750 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Bishopbriggs compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Bishopbriggs compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Bishopbriggs |
|---|---|---|
| Bishopbriggs | 854 | this town |
| Glasgow | 854 | level |
| Kirkintilloch | 855 | +1 kWh |
| Bearsden | 851 | −3 kWh |
| Milngavie | 852 | −2 kWh |
| Rutherglen | 856 | +2 kWh |
| Cambuslang | 863 | +9 kWh |
PVGIS v5.2 for each town centroid, identical assumptions throughout. A few kWh either way is weather-year noise; a spread beyond about 30 kWh per kWp is real geography.
Also for Bishopbriggs: Solar panels in Bishopbriggs from OVO Solar & Battery
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