Lanarkshire
Solar panels in Carluke, designed on a free call.
About 5,380 kWh a year from 12 panels in Carluke, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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How much a Carluke roof makes, month by month
Carluke's best month is May, at 118.1 kWh per kWp; December manages 18.7. Over the year that comes to 846 kWh per kWp, level with our Lanarkshire county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 23.1 |
| February | 42.4 |
| March | 70.2 |
| April | 102 |
| May | 118 |
| June | 107 |
| July | 107 |
| August | 95.2 |
| September | 75.4 |
| October | 51.6 |
| November | 34.4 |
| December | 18.7 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
For scale: 846 kWh per kWp in Carluke against 925, our GB average (the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates), which puts Carluke 9% below it.
How Carluke compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Carluke. It is one of 18 Lanarkshire towns we track, and it ranks 14th of 18 for solar yield, a town of 13,916 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 846 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 £780 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £533 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Carluke's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Any planning application in Carluke sits with South Lanarkshire, 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 Carluke's own coordinates (55.73484, -3.84027), 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 Carluke
Carluke sits in SP Energy Networks' South and Central Scotland licence area, so SP Energy Networks is the network operator (DNO) any solar panels or battery here are registered with.
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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Carluke
A heat pump in Carluke
Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Carluke, a 12-panel system makes about 120 kWh in December and 150 kWh in January, a fraction of its 750 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 Carluke
Carluke's May output, about 750 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.
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 Carluke
If a system in Carluke is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Carluke solar questions
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Carluke?
Carluke averages 2.32 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 846 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,380 kWh, 72% of it between April and September.
Is solar more expensive in Carluke?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Carluke, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 5,380 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Who is the network operator in Carluke, and do I need a G99 application?
The operator is SP Energy Networks. 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. 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. Your design call checks which route yours needs.
What could I earn from exporting in Carluke?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Carluke sends about 4,444 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £533. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How does solar perform in Carluke in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Carluke: about 120 kWh from 12 panels, against 750 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Carluke 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 Carluke |
|---|---|---|
| Carluke | 846 | this town |
| Wishaw | 861 | +15 kWh |
| Lanark | 835 | −11 kWh |
| Larkhall | 864 | +18 kWh |
| Shotts | 824 | −22 kWh |
| Motherwell | 870 | +24 kWh |
| Hamilton | 871 | +25 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 Carluke: Solar panels in Carluke from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Carluke
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Why your inverter is smaller than your panel array, and why that is correct
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Read the guide →What MCS certification actually buys you on a heat pump job
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Read the guide →Choosing a tariff when you have solar, a battery and an EV
Solar, battery and EV want different tariffs. How to work out which one to protect.
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