Banffshire
Solar panels in Buckie, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Buckie 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 Buckie, in numbers
PVGIS puts Buckie at 853 kWh per kWp a year, 4% above our Banffshire 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 | 23.2 |
| February | 42.1 |
| March | 73.3 |
| April | 104 |
| May | 120 |
| June | 108 |
| July | 111 |
| August | 94.9 |
| September | 78.3 |
| October | 51.6 |
| November | 29.3 |
| December | 17.4 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 853 kWh per kWp in Buckie against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Buckie 8% below it.
How Buckie compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Buckie. It is the only Banffshire town we track so far, with county rankings to follow as its neighbours land, a town of 8,974 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 853 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.
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 Buckie's own yield.
Planning applications here go through Moray; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Buckie 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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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Buckie's own coordinates (57.67634, -2.96489), 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.
The network operator for Buckie
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) owns and runs the local electricity network in Buckie, as part of its North 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: SSEN is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. 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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Buckie
A heat pump in Buckie
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Buckie make about 110 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Buckie 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 Buckie
Buckie's 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.
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).
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 Buckie
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Buckie as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Solar in Buckie: your questions answered
How much electricity do solar panels make in Buckie?
About 5,430 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Buckie: 853 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 Buckie?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Buckie, 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 Buckie, and what does it need from me?
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) covers Buckie. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to SSEN within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. 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.
What could I earn from exporting in Buckie?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Buckie sends about 4,488 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £539. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Buckie get in December?
December is the low point: about 110 kWh from a 12-panel system in Buckie, on PVGIS data, rising to 760 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 710 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Buckie 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 Buckie |
|---|---|---|
| Buckie | 853 | this town |
| Elgin | 873 | +20 kWh |
| Forres | 840 | −13 kWh |
| Nairn | 845 | −8 kWh |
| Inverurie | 883 | +30 kWh |
| Fraserburgh | 910 | +57 kWh |
| Ellon | 919 | +66 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 Buckie: Solar panels in Buckie from OVO Solar & Battery
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Read the guide →G98 or G99: which one applies, what the application involves, and how long it takes
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