West Lothian
Solar panels in Broxburn, with the numbers shown.
About 5,390 kWh a year from 12 panels in Broxburn, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Broxburn's solar year
PVGIS puts Broxburn at 848 kWh per kWp a year, level with 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 | 23.4 |
| February | 41.1 |
| March | 69.1 |
| April | 102 |
| May | 118 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 108 |
| August | 95.8 |
| September | 76.8 |
| October | 52 |
| November | 34.6 |
| December | 19.4 |
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 848, Broxburn is 8% below it.
How Broxburn compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Broxburn. It is one of 6 West Lothian towns we track, and it ranks 5th of 6 for solar yield, a town of 10,860 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 848 kWh per kWp a year, 2.32 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £782 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £535 from export at 12p.
Treat these as calibration rather than a quote. The calculator below runs the same model, opened on Broxburn'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.
West Lothian is the planning authority covering Broxburn, which the House of Commons Library classes as a 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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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Broxburn (55.93429, -3.46944), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Who runs the grid in Broxburn
SP Energy Networks owns and runs the local electricity network in Broxburn, as part of its South and Central Scotland licence area.
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.
Anything bigger is a G99 case and is applied for first. 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 Broxburn
A heat pump in Broxburn
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Broxburn make about 750 kWh, against 2,730 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 Broxburn
From April to September, 72% of a Broxburn roof's yearly output arrives, peaking at about 750 kWh in May on 12 panels. A car parked at home in daylight can soak up what the house, at around 70 kWh of daytime use that month, cannot.
The calculator above includes a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed. Renters and flat owners with off-street parking can claim 75% of a chargepoint's cost, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
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 Broxburn
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Broxburn as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Broxburn solar questions
What does a solar panel system produce in Broxburn?
Each kWp of panels in Broxburn makes 848 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,390 kWh, from about 120 kWh in December up to 750 kWh in May.
What would 12 solar panels cost in Broxburn?
£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 Broxburn differs is output: about 5,390 kWh a year from that system.
Would a system in Broxburn need approval from the network operator?
Broxburn 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 Broxburn?
It is exported. With typical use and no battery, about 4,457 kWh of the 5,390 kWh a 12-panel system makes in Broxburn goes to the grid, around £535 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 Broxburn in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 72% of a Broxburn roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 750 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Broxburn 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 Broxburn |
|---|---|---|
| Broxburn | 848 | this town |
| Livingston | 821 | −27 kWh |
| Queensferry | 896 | +48 kWh |
| Linlithgow | 870 | +22 kWh |
| Bathgate | 850 | +2 kWh |
| Rosyth | 895 | +47 kWh |
| Bo'ness | 869 | +21 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 Broxburn: Solar panels in Broxburn from OVO Solar & Battery
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