West Lothian
Solar panels in Bo'ness, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Bo'ness makes about 5,530 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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Sunlight in Bo'ness, in numbers
PVGIS puts Bo'ness at 869 kWh per kWp a year, 3% above our West Lothian 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 | 21.8 |
| February | 42.9 |
| March | 73.9 |
| April | 106 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 110 |
| July | 112 |
| August | 99.7 |
| September | 80.2 |
| October | 53.6 |
| November | 33.1 |
| December | 15.6 |
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 869, Bo'ness is 6% below it.
How Bo'ness compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Bo'ness. It is one of 6 West Lothian towns we track, and it ranks 3rd of 6 for solar yield, a town of 14,657 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 869 kWh per kWp a year, 2.38 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £798 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £551 from export at 12p.
Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Bo'ness' own yield.
Any planning application in Bo'ness sits with Falkirk, 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 Bo'ness at 56.01755, -3.60546 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
SP Energy Networks and your Bo'ness connection
The distribution network operator (DNO) for Bo'ness is SP Energy Networks, which runs the South and Central Scotland licence area.
G98 is the simple route. If the inverter, plus any battery, stays at or under 3.68kW per phase, SP Energy Networks only has to be told within 28 days after the system is commissioned.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Bo'ness
A heat pump in Bo'ness
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Bo'ness make about 100 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Bo'ness 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 Bo'ness
Bo'ness' May output, about 770 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.
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.
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Bo'ness
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Bo'ness as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Bo'ness: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Bo'ness?
About 5,530 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Bo'ness: 869 kWh per kWp, or 2.38 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 770 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Bo'ness?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Bo'ness, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,530 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Bo'ness, and what does it need from me?
SP Energy Networks covers Bo'ness. 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 Bo'ness?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Bo'ness sends about 4,590 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £551. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Bo'ness get in December?
December is the low point: about 100 kWh from a 12-panel system in Bo'ness, on PVGIS data, rising to 770 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 720 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Bo'ness compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Bo'ness |
|---|---|---|
| Bo'ness | 869 | this town |
| Linlithgow | 870 | +1 kWh |
| Polmont | 869 | level |
| Grangemouth | 870 | +1 kWh |
| Dunfermline | 892 | +23 kWh |
| Falkirk | 867 | −2 kWh |
| Rosyth | 895 | +26 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.
Also for Bo'ness: Solar panels in Bo'ness from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Bo'ness
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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Read the guide →Heat pump running costs versus a gas boiler, assumptions shown
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Read the guide →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
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