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Solar panels in Broughty Ferry, priced before anyone visits.
A 12-panel roof in Broughty Ferry makes about 5,830 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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How much a Broughty Ferry roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Broughty Ferry at 917 kWh per kWp a year, 1% below our Angus county estimate. 71% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 27.7 |
| February | 46.6 |
| March | 80.1 |
| April | 110 |
| May | 126 |
| June | 113 |
| July | 117 |
| August | 101 |
| September | 81.3 |
| October | 54.1 |
| November | 36.8 |
| December | 22.3 |
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 917, Broughty Ferry is 1% below it.
How Broughty Ferry compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Broughty Ferry. It is one of 7 Angus towns we track, and it ranks 6th of 7 for solar yield, a town of 18,082 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 917 kWh per kWp a year, 2.51 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £834 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £587 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Broughty Ferry'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.
Any planning application in Broughty Ferry sits with Dundee City, 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Broughty Ferry's own coordinates (56.46737, -2.87606), 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.
SSEN and your Broughty Ferry connection
On NESO's licence-area map, Broughty Ferry is in North Scotland, which Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) operates. That makes SSEN the network operator for any system fitted here.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to SSEN within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); SSEN, micro-generation connections page, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Heat pumps and EV charging in Broughty Ferry
A heat pump in Broughty Ferry
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Broughty Ferry, a 12-panel system makes about 140 kWh in December and 180 kWh in January, a fraction of its 800 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 Broughty Ferry
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Broughty Ferry make about 800 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.
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 Broughty Ferry
If a system in Broughty Ferry is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Broughty Ferry solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Broughty Ferry?
Broughty Ferry averages 2.51 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 917 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,830 kWh, 71% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Broughty Ferry?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Broughty Ferry, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,830 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Broughty Ferry, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN). Most home systems use the G98 route, a notification within 28 days of switch-on for up to 3.68kW per phase, so nothing waits on the network. Above that, G99 applies and has to be granted first. SSEN says it can take up to 45 working days to issue a quotation for a generation connection above 3.68kW per phase and up to 50kW. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What happens to the solar I do not use in Broughty Ferry?
Around £587 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,895 kWh a 12-panel system in Broughty Ferry exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.
How does solar perform in Broughty Ferry in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Broughty Ferry: about 140 kWh from 12 panels, against 800 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Broughty Ferry compares with its neighbours
The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Broughty Ferry.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Broughty Ferry |
|---|---|---|
| Broughty Ferry | 917 | this town |
| Monifieth | 909 | −8 kWh |
| Dundee | 935 | +18 kWh |
| Carnoustie | 921 | +4 kWh |
| St Andrews | 983 | +66 kWh |
| Cupar | 940 | +23 kWh |
| Forfar | 943 | +26 kWh |
Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.
Also for Broughty Ferry: Solar panels in Broughty Ferry from OVO Solar & Battery
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Guides worth reading before your call
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Microinverters, optimisers or a plain string inverter: who needs what
Shade and roof layout decide this. An honest triage of the three approaches.
Read the guide →How much a battery saves by charging on cheap night rates
What charging at 8.5p and using at 26.32p is actually worth over a year.
Read the guide →Home EV charger types and speeds, explained properly
Granny cable, 7kW wall unit or 22kW three phase. What each adds per hour, and which you need.
Read the guide →Which homes suit a heat pump, and which need work first
The trial data says no property type is unsuitable. Design quality decides the outcome.
Read the guide →The price cap explained, and what it does to solar payback
The cap limits unit rates, not bills. That changes what solar payback means.
Read the guide →Your MCS certificate: what it shows, when it arrives, and how a Smart Export Guarantee supplier uses it
The document your export payments hang on. Who issues it, what it shows, and how to get a copy.
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