Midlothian
Solar panels in Dalkeith, sized to your roof.
Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 5,700 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.
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Dalkeith's solar year
Dalkeith's best month is May, at 122.4 kWh per kWp; December manages 21.1. Over the year that comes to 897 kWh per kWp, 7% above our Midlothian county estimate.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 27.4 |
| February | 45.8 |
| March | 76.1 |
| April | 106 |
| May | 122 |
| June | 110 |
| July | 111 |
| August | 101 |
| September | 82.5 |
| October | 55.9 |
| November | 37.7 |
| December | 21.1 |
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: Dalkeith makes 897 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Dalkeith is 3% below it.
How Dalkeith compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Dalkeith. It is one of 7 Midlothian towns we track, and it ranks 3rd of 7 for solar yield, a town of 15,360 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 897 kWh per kWp a year, 2.46 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £819 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £572 from export at 12p.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Dalkeith'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.
Midlothian is the planning authority covering Dalkeith, 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 Dalkeith (55.88858, -3.0807), 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 Dalkeith
Dalkeith is served by SP Energy Networks: the town's centre falls inside its South and Central Scotland licence area on NESO's boundary map.
Most home systems stay within 3.68kW per phase of inverter output, which puts them on G98, a notification to SP Energy Networks within 28 days of switch-on. Panel count does not decide it; the inverter and any battery do.
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.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Dalkeith
A heat pump in Dalkeith
A heat pump does most of its work from November to February. Over those four months, 12 panels in Dalkeith make about 840 kWh, against 2,830 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 Dalkeith
A 12-panel roof in Dalkeith makes about 780 kWh in May. A typical home uses around 70 kWh of that in daylight (the calculator's typical-use settings), which leaves most of the month's output for an EV or for export.
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.
What the named kit costs, installed
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Dalkeith
Faults, servicing and ageing inverters follow the same economics in Dalkeith as anywhere else, and the guides below price them plainly.
Common questions about solar in Dalkeith
What does a solar panel system produce in Dalkeith?
Each kWp of panels in Dalkeith makes 897 kWh a year on PVGIS figures, so a typical 12-panel system produces around 5,700 kWh, from about 130 kWh in December up to 780 kWh in May.
How much are solar panels in Dalkeith?
The price does not move by postcode. At £1,000 per kWp installed, 12 panels (6.36 kWp) come to £6,360 in Dalkeith before a battery. What Dalkeith changes is the return, about 5,700 kWh a year from that system, and your design call prices your actual roof.
Would a system in Dalkeith need approval from the network operator?
Dalkeith 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 can I earn from exporting solar in Dalkeith?
With typical use and no battery, a 12-panel system in Dalkeith exports about 4,768 kWh a year. At 12p per kWh that is roughly £572; a supplier paying more, or a battery that keeps more for the evening, changes the figure. See the export rates table.
Is solar worth it in Dalkeith in winter?
It works, but the year is lopsided. 71% of a Dalkeith roof's output lands between April and September; the four months from November to February give about 840 kWh on a 12-panel system. Payback is worked out on the whole year, not the winter.
How Dalkeith 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 Dalkeith |
|---|---|---|
| Dalkeith | 897 | this town |
| Bonnyrigg | 896 | −1 kWh |
| Gorebridge and Mayfield | 881 | −16 kWh |
| Musselburgh | 900 | +3 kWh |
| Edinburgh | 915 | +18 kWh |
| Prestonpans | 924 | +27 kWh |
| Tranent | 901 | +4 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 Dalkeith: Solar panels in Dalkeith from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Dalkeith
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
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Read the guide →Sizing a heat pump: what a proper survey covers
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Read the guide →Get my free quote
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