Argyllshire
Solar panels in Dùn Obhainn, priced before anyone visits.
About 5,090 kWh a year from 12 panels in Dùn Obhainn, £6,360 installed, with your system designed on a free 30-minute video call.
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Sunlight in Dùn Obhainn, in numbers
From 14.1 kWh per kWp in December to 117 in May: a roof in Dùn Obhainn makes 8.3 times as much in its best month as in its darkest, and 800 kWh per kWp across the year.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 16.8 |
| February | 37.7 |
| March | 68.4 |
| April | 102 |
| May | 117 |
| June | 110 |
| July | 106 |
| August | 90 |
| September | 66.4 |
| October | 46.1 |
| November | 25.7 |
| December | 14.1 |
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 800, Dùn Obhainn is 14% below it.
How Dùn Obhainn compares
Small towns rarely get published solar figures, so here are the numbers for Dùn Obhainn. It is one of 3 Argyllshire towns we track, and it ranks joint 2nd of 3 for solar yield, a town of 7,552 people in the House of Commons Library settlement data. PVGIS gives its roofs 800 kWh per kWp a year, 2.19 peak sun hours a day averaged across the seasons, and the standard 12 panel model turns that into £745 of year one benefit, £247 of it from your own generation and £498 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 Dùn Obhainn's own yield.
Planning applications here go through Argyll and Bute; nationally, the House of Commons Library classes Dùn Obhainn 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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Modelled for Dùn Obhainn at 56.41198, -5.47255 on PVGIS data, with imports valued at 26.32p/kWh and solar at £1,000 per kWp installed. Sources and assumptions: help page.
The network operator for Dùn Obhainn
On NESO's licence-area map, Dùn Obhainn is in North Scotland, which Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) operates. That makes SSEN the network operator for any system fitted here.
Below 3.68kW per phase of inverter and battery output, the G98 route applies: the installation is notified to SSEN within 28 days of commissioning, with no prior approval.
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.
Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Dùn Obhainn
A heat pump in Dùn Obhainn
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Dùn Obhainn make about 90 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Dùn Obhainn 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 Dùn Obhainn
Summer is where a car earns its place. In May, 12 panels in Dùn Obhainn make about 740 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 Dùn Obhainn
If a system in Dùn Obhainn is underperforming, start with the guides below: repair benchmarks, service scope, and the inverter question.
Common questions about solar in Dùn Obhainn
How much energy would 12 solar panels make in Dùn Obhainn?
Dùn Obhainn averages 2.19 peak sun hours a day, which PVGIS turns into 800 kWh per kWp a year. On a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp roof that is about 5,090 kWh, 74% of it between April and September.
What does a typical solar system cost in Dùn Obhainn?
Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Dùn Obhainn, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 5,090 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.
Who is the network operator in Dùn Obhainn, 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 Dùn Obhainn?
Around £498 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 4,151 kWh a 12-panel system in Dùn Obhainn 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 Dùn Obhainn in the winter months?
December is the weakest month in Dùn Obhainn: about 90 kWh from 12 panels, against 740 kWh in May. The panels still generate on bright winter days; they just cover a smaller share of what the house uses.
How Dùn Obhainn compares with its neighbours
How the towns nearest Dùn Obhainn compare on the same PVGIS settings, closest first.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Dùn Obhainn |
|---|---|---|
| Dùn Obhainn | 800 | this town |
| Oban | 800 | level |
| Helensburgh | 834 | +34 kWh |
| Gourock | 820 | +20 kWh |
| Greenock | 820 | +20 kWh |
| Port Glasgow | 810 | +10 kWh |
| Bonhill and Renton | 846 | +46 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.
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