Midlothian
Solar panels in Bonnyrigg, designed on a free call.
About 5,700 kWh a year from 12 panels in Bonnyrigg, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Bonnyrigg roof makes, month by month
From 21.6 kWh per kWp in December to 121.3 in May: a roof in Bonnyrigg makes 5.6 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 896 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 27.3 |
| February | 45.8 |
| March | 76.5 |
| April | 106 |
| May | 121 |
| June | 109 |
| July | 111 |
| August | 101 |
| September | 83 |
| October | 56 |
| November | 37.5 |
| December | 21.6 |
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: Bonnyrigg makes 896 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Bonnyrigg is 3% below it.
How Bonnyrigg compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Bonnyrigg. It is one of 7 Midlothian towns we track, and it ranks 4th of 7 for solar yield, a town of 18,213 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 896 kWh per kWp a year, 2.45 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £818 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £571 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 Bonnyrigg's own yield.
Any planning application in Bonnyrigg sits with Midlothian, 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 Bonnyrigg at 55.87401, -3.10705 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 Bonnyrigg
On NESO's licence-area map, Bonnyrigg is in South and Central Scotland, which SP Energy Networks operates. That makes SP Energy Networks the network operator for any system fitted here.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to SP Energy Networks within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
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 Bonnyrigg
A heat pump in Bonnyrigg
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Bonnyrigg, a 12-panel system makes about 140 kWh in December and 170 kWh in January, a fraction of its 770 kWh in May, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.
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 Bonnyrigg
Bonnyrigg's 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.
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.
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 Bonnyrigg
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Bonnyrigg as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Common questions about solar in Bonnyrigg
How much electricity do solar panels make in Bonnyrigg?
About 5,700 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Bonnyrigg: 896 kWh per kWp, or 2.45 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 770 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Bonnyrigg?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Bonnyrigg, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,700 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Bonnyrigg, and what does it need from me?
SP Energy Networks covers Bonnyrigg. 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 Bonnyrigg?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Bonnyrigg sends about 4,762 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £571. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Bonnyrigg get in December?
December is the low point: about 140 kWh from a 12-panel system in Bonnyrigg, on PVGIS data, rising to 770 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 840 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Bonnyrigg 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 Bonnyrigg |
|---|---|---|
| Bonnyrigg | 896 | this town |
| Dalkeith | 897 | +1 kWh |
| Gorebridge and Mayfield | 881 | −15 kWh |
| Musselburgh | 900 | +4 kWh |
| Penicuik | 846 | −50 kWh |
| Edinburgh | 915 | +19 kWh |
| Prestonpans | 924 | +28 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 Bonnyrigg: Solar panels in Bonnyrigg from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Bonnyrigg
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
How to size a solar and battery system, properly
Usage, storage, connection, array. Four decisions, and the order between them matters.
Read the guide →What a battery gateway actually does
Without a gateway your system shuts down when the grid does. Here is what the box actually does.
Read the guide →What it really costs to charge an EV at home versus in public
Home off-peak charging costs a fraction of the public price. The arithmetic, and the tariff it depends on.
Read the guide →Heat pump running costs versus a gas boiler, assumptions shown
Four numbers decide it: seasonal efficiency, flow temperature, tariff and heat demand.
Read the guide →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
Identical kit, five times the export income. The tariff decision worked through with August 2026 rates.
Read the guide →What MCS certification actually is, and why your export payments depend on it
The badge that decides whether your solar earns export payments. It cannot be added later.
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